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Walker Lake
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Located in the South Central Region of the state, in Mineral County. The nearest community is Hawthorne. The area around Walker Lake in (What was known as), the Utah Territory was set aside for "Indian purposes" in 1859 by executive order, formally establishing the Walker River Indian Reservation in 1874. In 1974, over 500 tribal members lived on the reservation. The total land area, including the northern end of Walker Lake, exceeds 300,000 acres, as it did in 1874.Walker Lake has much in common with its fellow ancient Lahontan survivor, Pyramid Lake: the high evaporation rate, meager rainfall regime, the somewhat saline waters and water diversions from its river source. Walker and Pyramid lakes, are inhabited by a hardy and beautiful species of trout known as Lahotian Cutthroats.These extremely specialized trout have adapted to live in the highly alkaline (salty) broth left behind as Lake Lahotian evaporated into memory, and have rightly been named the Nevada state fish.
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