Ever wonder why the Truckee River looks … well … bruised and abused once it gets to Nevada? The damage to the river’s native trout and bird life has been 150 years in the making. Today, we’re living with the consequences of decisions to divert flows and, literally, straighten out the Truckee River that were made by the first settlers to the area and subsequent generations – both good and bad. But we had and still have a chance to do things right by the river we all love.
Flood Wall near Walmart constructed on Reno-Sparks Indian Colony Lands in 2009
Bruce Bledsoe explains the current state of affairs of Truckee River restoration successes and otherwise in two articles just posted to our website:
You can find all of Bruce’s loaned articles (© Bruce Bledsoe, 2014) on our website under Resources and see all the Chapter title’s of Bruce’s book there as well. And while you’re looking around don’t miss all the other posted tidbits from the Pyramid Lake water elevations of the 21st century to the Truckee River Watershed Map (produced by the Nature Conservancy).