FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Everything You Wanted To Know About Hot Air And Gas Balloons WHAT ARE HOT AIR BALLOONS MADE OF? The bag – or envelope, as it’s more properly called is made of a reinforced fabric called rip-stop nylon. Polyester and other fabrics […]
Submitted by Mackenzie Jeffress for Bristlecone Audubon Chapter with photos by NDOW staff. Often when I tell people that I am a biologist for the Wildlife Diversity Division for the Nevada Department of Wildlife, I have to follow-up with an explanation. The reason? Nevada is home to over 600 wildlife species […]
Hot Peppers! With summer just around the corner, what a great time to talk about peppers. HOT peppers that is! What Makes Peppers Hot? There is a chemical, called CAPSAICIN, found in peppers that give them their heat. Up to 80% of a pepper’s heat is found in the seeds and […]