Grab your coat, run out the door, and get to the Nevada Museum of Art right away. The Truckee River is one of the landscapes featured in the captivating art of Phillis Shafer. She reminds us of nature’s – indeed the river’s – beauty in this exhibition “I only went out for a walk …”. Continue Reading »
As most of us in Reno already know – it is an extremely dry winter. What does this mean for the Truckee River, Lake Tahoe and Pyramid Lake? Likely, without a significant change in the overall precipitation pattern, Lake Tahoe will fall below its rim at 6,223 feet and no more water will flow to Continue Reading »
The Truckee River is the keystone of our communities from the town of Truckee in California across the state line in Nevada to the cities of Reno and Sparks, and continuing on to Wadsworth and Nixon on the Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation. The river is our life blood supplying water for many uses along Continue Reading »
Time was that the community came together to develop our community flood coalition flood project. That project protected the river and the businesses and residences. The idea was clear. Re-create a “living river” within the reality of our community with businesses, homes, and recreation needs. Protect the river by creating a new flood plain for Continue Reading »
The Truckee River flows just over 110 miles from its source at Lake Tahoe through forested mountains, the town of Truckee, the cities of Reno and Sparks and ends its journey not in the Pacific Ocean, but instead in Pyramid Lake on the Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation. We all have our reasons for loving this Continue Reading »