Cooperative Agreement F24AC00558

This $152,057.03 Formula Grant award was provided by the Federal Highway Administration (CFDA 20.219 Recreational Trails Program) to the Department of Transportation Nevada for a project titled "Humboldt-Toiyabe Wilderness Trail Maintenance." The grant funding will support the Friends of Nevada Wilderness, in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service, to maintain approximately 20 miles of wilderness trails across the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest in Nevada. The trail maintenance...

The Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration awarded a $127,500 Formula Grant under the Recreational Trails Program (CFDA 20.219) on May 11, 2022 to the Nevada Department of Transportation. The funding will support maintenance of up to 30 miles of the Toiyabe Crest National Recreation Trail and select access trails within the Arc Dome Wilderness area of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest in Nevada. Specifically, the grant funds will be used for basic trail maintenance...

This Federal Formula Grant award of $109,485.00, provided by the Federal Highway Administration (CFDA 20.219 Recreational Trails Program), supports trail maintenance, enhancement, and restoration within the existing Hidden Valley Regional Park Trail System in Nevada. The key project components include: 3 miles of trail improvements to the Highland Loop Trail Installation of 4 major kiosks, 25 wayfinding markers, and 2 metal signs Decommissioning 0.6 miles of social trails Replacement of existing...

The City of Carson City, Nevada will receive a $2,420,750 cooperative agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act program to design and construct a 2.5 mile multi-use non-motorized trail along Prison Hill and improve the existing Koontz Lane trailhead. Trailhead improvements will include upgrading the access road and drainage, regrading and reshaping the parking area, and installing an ADA accessible vault toilet and picnic area with...

This $343,810.78 Formula Grant award from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) under the Recreational Trails Program (CFDA 20.219) supports the construction of 13.1 miles of new multi-use singletrack trail and four bridge crossings as part of the Sierra Front Trail project in Nevada. The award recipient, the Nevada Department of Transportation, is partnering with the Carson Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest to build the trail, which will provide connections between the...

The Nevada Department of Transportation was awarded a $175,000 Formula Grant from the Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration under the Recreational Trails Program (CFDA 20.219) on May 24, 2022. The grant funding will support Nevada Outdoor School in completing planning and National Environmental Policy Act documentation for a new, up to 50-mile multi-use stacked loop trail system located between Elko and Spring Creek, Nevada. Specifically, grant funds will cover costs...

The Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District will implement hazardous fuels reduction, defensible space creation, ecological improvements, and habitat restoration on 100 to 200 acres of land along the Mount Rose Corridor in Nevada. Funded activities under the $801,838 cooperative agreement from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management include removing dead brush and timber, thinning live brush and timber, eliminating ladder fuels, and restoring aspen stands. Additional work...

Lincoln County, Nevada will receive $778,695 from the Bureau of Land Management under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act cooperative agreement program to construct a 4-mile trail and trailhead on 415 acres of conveyed public lands near Pioche, Nevada. Key deliverables include construction of the Slaughterhouse Trail, a 10-12 foot wide multi-use path, trailhead facilities, signage, fencing, drainage improvements, picnic areas, and campgrounds to support outdoor recreation. Standard...

The Nevada Division of State Parks (NDSP) received a $223,711.86 Formula Grant award from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) under the Recreational Trails Program (CFDA 20.219) on August 15, 2024. The grant will fund a variety of projects at Valley of Fire State Park, including the construction of three new trails connecting the new visitor center to nearby points of interest, the installation of 365 trail markers, 47 trail wayfinding signs, 24 kiosk maps, 21 interpretive signs, and 17...

The Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration awarded a $175,770 Formula Grant under the Recreational Trails Program (CFDA 20.219) on June 22, 2022 to the Nevada Department of Transportation. The grant funding will support planning and clearances by the Biggest Little Trail Stewardship in collaboration with the U.S. Forest Service for the extension of the existing Tamarack Lake Trail and future construction of up to 7.5 miles of multi-use non-motorized trails connecting...