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...
The North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District will reduce hazardous fuels on 210-620 acres and plan additional hazardous fuels removal on non-federal lands in Incline Village and Crystal Bay, Nevada to mitigate wildfire risk and improve forest health through a $1.8 million cooperative agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management Nevada Region. Funded by the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act program, which supports community-based conservation partnerships, the district will...
The Jefferson County Soil and Water Conservation District, in partnership with the Middle Deschutes Watershed Council, will receive $263,564 from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) to remove western juniper trees from 460 acres of upland habitat surrounding Willow Creek in Oregon. This project aims to restore water connectivity between upland and in-stream habitats by removing juniper that has caused flows in...
The California Tahoe Conservancy and USDA Forest Service will implement a coordinated hazardous fuels reduction strategy in community forests on the California side of the Lake Tahoe Basin through a $4.3 million cooperative agreement awarded by the Bureau of Land Management Nevada Region. Under the six-year award beginning August 2022 through the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act program (CFDA 15.235), the awardees will reduce hazardous fuels on 650-850 acres of small, forested...
The Tahoe Resource Conservation District will receive $10,017,490 through December 2028 under a Cooperative Agreement from the Bureau of Land Management Nevada Region's Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act program to deliver a coordinated Lake Tahoe Basin Fire Adapted Communities project. The Tahoe RCD will partner with local fire protection districts to provide up to 25,000 defensible space inspections and 15,000 residential chipping services on private properties, corresponding to fuel...
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...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Rangeland Resource Management program (CFDA 15.237) provides $112,500.00 to the Sierra Soil & Water Conservation District (SSWCD) to conduct invasive weed control efforts in New Mexico. The objective is to coordinate with multiple jurisdictions and stakeholders to aerially treat 2,773 acres of creosote-infested rangeland on the W Spear Bar Ranch in Engle, New Mexico using the herbicide Spike 20P. SSWCD...
Through a $248,500 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631), the Klamath Soil & Water Conservation District will provide natural resource conservation services in the Klamath Basin region of Oregon. The funding will support removal of encroaching western juniper to restore springs and riparian areas that feed the Sprague and Sycan Rivers, which have experienced significant declines in surface water flow due...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (CFDA 15.631) provides $196,454 to Coleman Valley Ranch LLC for a stream restoration project in Gerlach, Nevada. The project aims to reverse past erosion and degradation of an ephemeral stream, reconnect the stream-floodplain ecosystem, and enhance sagebrush and mesic habitats while supporting sustainable land use. Key activities include implementing natural stream restoration...
This Cooperative Agreement award, with a total funding of $717,512, was provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife (CFDA 15.631) federal grant program. The award supports a collaborative effort between the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) and federal, state, and private partners to conserve the sagebrush ecosystem in Nevada. Key activities to be delivered under this agreement include: Protecting sagebrush habitats from the spread of invasive...