Environment

City of Reno Responds to TMFPD Board’s Discussion Regarding Automatic Aid

The Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District Board of Fire Commissioners (TMFPD) directed their staff Tuesday to work with staff from the City of Reno to develop an Automatic Aid agreement suitable to both agencies. Automatic Aid is when the nearest fire station immediately responds...

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Washoe County Commissioners Will Hear Dispatch Plans for Fire Services

Washoe County Commissioners Will Hear Dispatch Plans for Fire Services

Residents in Washoe County will have their emergency fire calls answered in one of two ways after the fire services restructure between the County and the City of Reno becomes official on July 1. The Washoe County Commissioners, acting as the Board of Fire...

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Explore and Care for the Black Rock Desert at the 2012 Black Rock Rendezvous May 25-28

Friends of Nevada Wilderness is teaming up with the Bureau of Land Management, Friends of the Black Rock-High Rock, Nevada Outdoor School and other organizations to explore, celebrate and give back to Northern Nevada’s desert treasures. The Black Rock Rendezvous offers the following activities: • Lectures and...

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Prevent Youth Firesetting

With the significant wildland fire potential being above normal and expected to increase as the summer months approach, the Reno Fire Department would like to remind parents to supervise children to ensure they do not play with fire along with educating them on the...

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Forest Service releases decision for Heavenly 2012 Capital Projects

Forest Service releases decision for Heavenly 2012 Capital Projects

South Lake Tahoe, Calif.  –The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit has released the draft Decision Memo for 2012 Capital Improvement Projects at Heavenly Ski Resort.  Improvements would include trail upgrades, a new surface tow lift, a new Kids Adventure Zone, an...

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Forest Service to begin Pope-Baldwin Bike Path repair project

Forest Service to begin Pope-Baldwin Bike Path repair project

South Lake Tahoe, Calif.  –The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will begin work to repair the Pope-Baldwin Bike Path on Monday, May 14, 2012.  The Pope- Baldwin Bike Path is located near the south end of Lake Tahoe and runs along Hwy....

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USDA to conduct second outreach meeting in rural Nevada

NRCS NEWS RELEASE USDA agencies are joining together to conduct their second public meeting to reach customers in the most rural areas of Nevada. The meeting will be held in Ely, June 5, at the Bureau of Land Management office, at 1:00 pm.  The...

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Greater sage-grouse advisory committee to meet Tuesday

GOVERNOR’S OFFICE NEWS RELEASE CARSON CITY – The Governor’s Office this morning announced that members have been appointed to the Greater Sage-grouse Advisory Committee and the first meeting of the advisory committee will occur Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 8:30am in the Guinn Room...

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NV Energy installs program’s largest solar water heating system at senior living apartments

NV Energy

NV ENERGY NEWS RELEASE Reno’s Community Services Agency (CSA) will celebrate the installation of two solar water heating systems on Tuesday, May 15, at 11:30 a.m. Both systems were installed at the Rev. Willie J. Wynn Orvis Ring Senior Living apartments in Reno. Project...

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Campground fees to increase in the Lake Tahoe Basin

South Lake Tahoe, Calif. –Due to increased costs of doing business, fees at campgrounds operated by California Land Management (CLM) on National Forest System lands in the Lake Tahoe Basin will rise by $2 this season. Camping fees will increase at Fallen Leaf (now $32,...

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OPINION: Nevada newspaper goes behind the wall…to die

SUBMITTED BY PAUL KISER The Reno Gazette-Journal recently decided to lock themselves behind a wall and it will cost you at least $12/month to see what...

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