Fire restrictions implemented at more of Nevada’s state parks

Spring Mountain Ranch State Park near Las Vegas and Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park near Gabbs are affected

CARSON CITY–The Nevada Division of State Parks and Nevada Division of Forestry announced today that added fire restrictions are being implemented at Nevada’s state parks because of the high potential for wildfires. The divisions instituted restrictions on Friday at four of Nevada’s state parks.

Extreme temperatures and high fire danger prompted today’s decision to add restrictions to two more of Nevada’s 24 state parks, park administrators said.

Nevada Division of State Parks Implements Fire Restrictions

Campfires not allowed at Lake Tahoe-Nevada, Beaver Dam, Fort Churchill and Cathedral Gorge State Parks

CARSON CITY, Nev.–The Nevada Division of State Parks and Nevada Division of Forestry announced today that added fire restrictions are being implemented at Nevada state parks because of the high potential for wildfires. In addition to fire restrictions that are in place for all of Nevada’s 24 state parks, visitors to the following parks are not allowed to have any open fires even in designated picnic and campground areas:

• Lake Tahoe-Nevada State Park, which includes Sand Harbor, the Marlette/Hobart backcountry and Spooner Lake
• The Carson River Ranches area of Fort Churchill State Park in Silver Springs
• Beaver Dam State Park near Caliente
• Cathedral Gorge State Park near Panaca

Lake Tahoe-Nevada Sand Harbor Visitor Center (video)

LAKE TAHOE, Nev.–Governor Jim Gibbons helped celebrate the grand opening of the Sand Harbor Visitor Center June 15, 2007 at Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park.

The grand opening featured McAvoy Layne as Mark Twain, a ribbon cutting ceremony by Governor Jim Gibbons and tours and talks about the park provided by Nevada Division of State Parks staff.

The Visitor Center, located at Sand Harbor, recently opened to the public and is designed to provide educational and interpretive programs to visitors to Lake Tahoe-Nevada State Park. The center gives the park new services, including a bistro and gift shop operated by Harbor House Bistro and Beach Goods that features California Culinary graduate Chef Paul Bonaldi.

The $5 million facility was built with money from the Tahoe Environmental Improvement Program, the 2002 Question 1 Conservation Bond, the Federal Land and Water Conservation Fund grant and the Tahoe License Plate Fund.

Sand Harbor visitors center opens (Tahoe Daily Tribune)

LAKE TAHOE, Nev.–In 1990, the state of Nevada came up with a master plan for its parks. This included a visitor center for Sand Harbor that would be one part museum, one part conference center and one part restaurant/venue for sundry items. Read the complete article at the Tahoe Daily Tribune.