The Sierra Front Field Office, in Carson City, Nevada, has started to put together an Adopt a Space program for volunteer groups. The program will coordinate with these groups to choose an area for them to help keep clean by picking up garbage that has been illegally dumped.

PNMTA has met with the BLM, discussing our annual cleanup and pinpointing some of the usual illegal dump spots. Also discussed was the possible coordination between other volunteer groups and PNMTA’s  annual cleanup.

More information can be obtained by calling the BLM Sierra Front Field Office at 775-885-6000, or by stopping in and picking up a flier about the program. The office is located at 5665 Morgan Mill Rd., (corner of Deer Run Rd.) Carson City, Nevada 89701.

Aug. 18 Open House to address open space, parks in Carson River area
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Thu, 08/07/2014 – 2:30pm

Residents interested in open space and parks along the Carson River, including Silver Saddle Ranch and the Prison Hill Recreation Area, may want to attend an Aug. 18 open house hosted through the Carson City Parks and Recreation Department.

The event will be in Bonanza Room of the Carson City Community Center, 851 East William Street from 3 to 5:45 p.m. and will include information, maps and draft recommendations from the Management Plan. Written comments are also encouraged.

Immediately following the open house, the Open Space Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting at 6 p.m. in the Sierra Room of the Carson City Community Center with a presentation and an opportunity to submit public testimony.

A second opportunity to view the presentation and submit public testimony will be at the Parks and Recreation Commission meeting on Sept. 2, 5:30 p.m. in the Sierra Room of the Carson City Community Center. All comments are encouraged and welcomed.

The Draft Management Plan along with the maps, appendices, and comments and staff responses can be found here.

DRAFT Management Plan for Carson City Open Space and Parks in the Carson River Area

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http://www.carson.org/index.aspx?page=2521

Carson Valley Chamber of Commerce member luncheon
PNMTA members with interest in the subject are invited to join the luncheon — don’t forget to sign up using the link below

The August Membership Luncheon will look at the upcoming release of the BLM’s Resource Management Plan, with a special look at the plans and the items that Carson City BLM has considered related to Douglas County and the surrounding area.

We will be joined by Colleen Sievers, the Acting Associate District Manager and RMP Project Manager in the BLM Carson City District. Don Holmstrom, the new Carson City District Acting District Manager, will also be joining us.

We’ll be treated to lunch at Jethro’s, and their luncheon offerings always get rave reviews.

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Dear BRC Action Alert Subscriber,

The Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest has released the Revised Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Revised DEIS) for the Greater Sage-grouse Bi-State Distinct Population Segment (Bi-state sage-grouse) Forest Plan Amendment. This Bi-state sage-grouse population occurs in portions of Lyon, Mineral, Esmeralda and Douglas counties in Nevada, and in portions of Alpine, Inyo, and Mono counties in California.

The Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest proposes to amend the Toiyabe National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to amend the BLM Carson City District and Tonopah Field Office Resource Management Plans to conserve, enhance and/or restore habitats to provide for the long-term viability of the Bi-state sage-grouse.

The management plan amendments will specifically enhance management direction for the Bi-state sage-grouse habitat. The amendments would add additional goals, objectives, standards, and guidelines to the existing management plans to address the key threats identified by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) in its October 28, 2013, proposal to list the Bi-state sage-grouse as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

The Revised DEIS was developed to address public comments received on the August 2013 DEIS and to incorporate emerging science that will help guide restoration and habitat improvement projects. The Forest Service and BLM decided to prepare a Revised DEIS in April of 2014, after the USFWS announced the extension of the comment period for the proposed rule and has now delayed the listing decision to April of 2015.

The Revised DEIS displays the effects of the Modified Proposed Action (Alternative B – which is the preferred alternative), an alternative to the Proposed Action, the No Action alternative and Alternative C (the environmental alternative). The Revised DEIS will be available for public review and comment for 90 days following publication of the Notice of Availability in the Federal Register.

Of special note to the OHV community, Alternative B adopts a number of the managed OHV recommendations submitted by the BlueRibbon Coalition, with support from various NV and other OHV organizations. Those OHV standards and guidelines can be found on page 20 of the Revised DEIS.

OHV interests should review those proposed OHV management prescriptions with a special focus on any site-specific impacts they might have on existing casual and permitted OHV recreational activities.

The agencies are encouraging interested parties to review the Revised DEIS and provide input. After the 90-day comment period, the agencies will consider the comments provided, update the analysis and issue a Final EIS.  Based on the analysis in the Final EIS, the BLM and the Forest Service will issue separate Records of Decisions amending their respective management plans.

The Revised DEIS is available at http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/fs-usda-pop.php/?project=40683, or a hard copy may be requested from the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest by contacting Susan Joyce at 775-355-5313.

Thanks in advance and, as always, if you have any questions or concerns, please contact BRC.

The BlueRibbon Coalition (BRC) is a national non-profit organization that champions responsible recreation and encourages a strong conservation ethic and individual stewardship, while providing leadership in efforts to keep outdoor recreation alive and well — all sports; all trails. With members in all 50 states, BRC is focused on building enthusiast involvement with organizational efforts through membership, outreach, education

and collaboration among recreationists.

1-800-BLUERIB – www.BlueRibbonCoalition.Org

The latest meeting of the Nevada Commission on Off Highway Vehicles was held July 2, 2014.

The Commission continued working on language for the OHV Grant Regulations.

Language brought forth from the Regulations Committee meetings was discussed. Some of it was modified, then voted on by the full Commission. The resulting document will be sent to the Nevada State Legislative Bureau for legal scrutiny then brought back to the Commission to be presented in a public workshop.

The public workshop is where you and I get to comment on the Commissions ideas for how the State OHV grants are given out. This is the time for all of us to get involved.

 The grant regulations document should be posted on the NCOHV website prior to the  workshop. Dates and times of future meetings, and links to view the documents will be posted.

 For more information go to the Nevada Commission on Off Highway Vehicles website at nvohv.com.