Mineral County Yucca Mountain Oversight
Seven miles downstream from Yerington, the Walker River runs alongside the Mason
Valley Wildlife Management Area, an extensive natural habitat area of over 13,000
acres maintained by the Nevada Division of Wildlife. Just beyond this area, at the
north end of Mason Valley, the Walker River begins a swooping clockwise turn from
north to east to southeast and enters the Walker River Paiute Indian Reservation.
Here, the Walker River flows through Campbell Valley and after some 13 miles, enters
Weber Reservoir. From Weber Reservoir, the Walker River continues mostly south for
another 21 miles across alluvial flats of dried lakebed before entering Walker Lake.
