A Reno to Rim Trail reality? (Nevada Appeal)

The avid hiking and cycling population in Incline Village, Crystal Bay and the entire Northern Nevada community has for years wondered if a Reno to Tahoe hiking trail was feasible.

Around this time next year, those citizens may get a positive answer.

A tentative date is set for mid-summer 2009 to begin work on a 15-mile hiking trail that would connect at the Tahoe Rim Trail, near the base of the Mt. Rose summit, run north through the Carson Range and end at Hunter Creek, just south of Reno, said Mark Kimbrough, executive director of the Tahoe Rim Trail Association and a Carson City resident.

Read the complete story at the Nevada Appeal.

Commission okays proceeding towards buying Dayton floodplain land

In a step to prevent further development in the Carson River floodplain in Dayton, the Lyon County Board of Commissioners March 20 approved moving forward on seeking a grant to buy land along the Carson River.

Commissioner Bob Milz explained the county would apply for Question 1 grant funding from the state (program authorize by a Question 1 statewide ballot question approved by voters) and the 25 percent match would come from equity in the land value, as he said the owner would sell the land to the county below the value given from an appraisal, so that could be used as the required match.

Read the complete story at the Reno Gazette-Journal.

City seeking grant to preserve 395 acres (Nevada Appeal)

CARSON CITY, Nev.–Carson City is working to buy 395 acres in the eastern part of the city for its parks department, but has not been able to agree on a price with the property owners.

The area, south of Riverview Park, is owned by the Jarrard Family and is known as the Jarrard Ranch.

Read the complete story at the Nevada Appeal.

County approves funding agreement for Santa Maria River Park

DAYTON, Nev.—The County Commission approved a funding agreement Thursday, which will fund a Carson River access and park in the Santa Maria Ranch Planned Unit Development in the Dayton area.

According to an agenda summary form, the $328,000 grant comes from the Nevada Division of State Lands and Conservation and Resource Protection Grant Program. The grant comes from Question 1 monies, which were approved via Nevada voters in 2002 for projects of this nature, along with $75,000 from a Land and Water Conservation Fund Grant. The Board approved the latter in April while the County’s land match obligation has been covered via a nearly 34-acre property donated via Dayton Land Developers, LLC.

Read the complete story at The Leader-Courier.