Please join us for a day of taking care of our trails. The idea of this event is to maintain and improve one of the trails by fixing bumps and drainage issues. We will be meeting at to AM at the single tree staging area (just past the Gardnerville dump on Pine Nut Rd #2).

We will be meeting at the tree at 10 AM to maintain the “Teacher’s Trail” on the north side of Pine Nut Road.
• Work is planned from 10 until 2 pm.
• Pizza is provided afterwards.
• Bring tools, gloves and everything you need for a safe day working in the desert.
• We will have some tools and gloves to loan out.

These events are really fun! Come on out and build up your trail Karma

January 24, 2015

 

A quick synopsis of the BLM “Draft Resource Management Plan” meeting held Thursday night, 1-22-15, at the Carson Valley Inn, in Minden Nev.

 

The public turnout was much larger than I expected.

 

As it was set up as an informational meeting, the BLM their respective experts at their separate areas with their maps, charts and information. It seemed like there was constant dialog at all the stations.

 

Colleen Sievers, the project manager, opened with a short power point that described the process and discussed how to get a comment to the BLM. Comment forms were available at the meeting as well as written information on where to send comments and a guide to help write substantive comments.

 

Another meeting will be held this afternoon, Saturday Jan., 24, 2015 from 2:00pm to 4:00pm in Carson City at the Carson Plaza Hotel. 801 South Carson St.

 

The last of these meetings will be held on Thursday, January29, 2015, from 5:00pm to 7:00pm in Yerington Nev., at the Yerington Elementary School, 112 North California St., Yerington, Nev. 89447

 

If you have any questions about this process, these are the places to get those answered.

 

This Resource Management Plan is the document that will guide the use of this entire north western Nevada BLM district for the next 20 YEARS!

 

THE DEADLINE FOR SENDING COMMENTS TO BLM IS MARCH 27, 2015

 

IF YOU”RE CONCERNED, GET INVOLVED.

 

This Monday should be a great day for riding.  Come join Nate Littrell for an exploratory expedition to the monitor pass area.   We will tailor the ride according to the skill levels of the group.  It will be a 40 mile or more ride, so be sure your gas tank is big and full!

Details:

Meeting place:   1914 Cutter ln, gardnerville in ruhentstroth

Time:  meet at 9:30, rolling at ten

Description:  this ride can be easy two track, or technical single track.  It depends on what the group wants.   There will likely be some snow and mud.   It will be cold, so dress appopriately.

It should be a great day.  Come on out!

Since the inception of the Pine Nut Mountains Trail Association, one of the most beneficial projects that we have accomplished is our yearly cleanup of illegally dumped garbage in the Pine Nut Mountains.

During our May 2013 cleanup, volunteers picked up over 34,000 lbs of garbage. In June 2014, we picked up over 20,000 lbs.

PNMTA receives an incredible amount of support from local four wheel drive clubs, The Sierra Stompers have shown up in force to help for many years and the Nevada Four Wheel Drive Assoc. has also been a huge help. Many local backcountry users who just want to help clean up the Pine Nuts show up every year. Local businesses such as V&C Construction and Bing Materials have been a huge help, and we couldn’t do this without the generous support of Douglas Disposal Inc.

The date of the cleanups are generally in the spring. Occasionally we will organize two per year. One in  the spring and one in the fall.The location of the cleanup staging area is dependent on where the greatest concentration of garbage dump sites are at that time.

Check back to this web site for current information about our next Pine Nut Mountains cleanup.

This open mine pit is adjacent to a very popular, well used single track trail in the Pine Nut Mountains. The BLM did not have this mine shaft on their list of hazardous open mines until the information and location was brought to them by PNMTA members. BLM employees quickly constructed some temporary fencing to help improve the safety of the area.

By Doug Holcomb