The City of Reno Public Works Department and the Nevada Land Conservancy continue to work on post-fire restoration in Manzanita Canyon following the Caughlin Fire.
Starting tomorrow, February 22 until April 1, 2012, Soil Tech will be installing 13,000 linear feet of sediment logs, 17 acres of hydromulching, and 650 feet of willow wattles within the canyon bottom. The Nevada Land Conservancy was awarded a Truckee River Fund grant for emergency restoration measures. Soil Tech was awarded the contract by the Nevada Land Conservancy.
Residents are encouraged to limit their use of the access road during restoration activities
In mid December, while working on plans for erosion control, the City of Reno Public Works Department designed and installed nine check dams in the bottom of Manzanita Canyon to stabilize sediments in the drainage, and prevent rain and storm water from washing them out in the most severely burned areas. These structures have effectively held the soils back from washing down the drainage way during the January and February storms.
In addition, Starbucks has partnered in the effort on post –fire restoration by providing coffee and a meeting place for impacted home owners of the Caughlin Fire to pick up native grass seed. Impacted home owners can obtain the seed on Saturday, February 25 at the Caughlin Ranch Starbucks from 8:30 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. or Sunday, February 26 at the Lakeside Drive McCarran Boulevard. A one-sixth acre bag of grass seed will be handed out along with instructions for hand seeding. Address identification will be required to receive the seed. Interested fire victims may request seed before these dates, by calling the Nevada Land Conservancy (see numbers below).
Community members interested in volunteering and helping in restoring the canyon should call Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful at 851-5185.
In the upcoming weeks more organized restoration efforts will be announced.
For more information, please contact Lynda Nelson of Nevada Land Conservancy at 997-3982 or Tracy Visher at 742-0076.
