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  • public_Workshop

    Washoe Valley Scenic Byway Corridor Management Plan

    What is a Corridor Management Plan (CMP)? • Identifies the corridor’s most valuable intrinsic qualities • Establishes goals to manage and preserve valued qualities • Address issues related to safety, access, visitor experience and environmental gain • Identifies opportunities for wayfinding and signage • Creates marketing and promotion strategies • Identifies implementation and management strategies to achieve the goals and vision Want More Information? Contact Alison Cotey at 775-588-5929 acotey@designworkshop.com THURSDAY Sept. 3, 2015 NDF Eastlake Facility 885 Eastlake Blvd, Carson City, NV 89704 Carson City, NV 89701 Want More Information? Contact Alison Cotey at 775-588-5929 acotey@designworkshop.com 5:00 - 7:00 pm

  • National Public Lands Day

    National Public Lands Day

    Join us Saturday September 26th, 9am-12pm at Washoe Lake State Park. Volunteers will collect seeds from native plants in Washoe Lake State Park. The seeds collected from this event will go into restoration projects for other public land sites. When heading North or South on I580/395 Take exit 46 For more information please contact the BLM Office at 775-885-6000

  • Mt. Rose Scenic Byway and the Washoe Valley Scenic Byway Corridor Management Plans Approved

    On Tuesday, Jan.12, 2016, the Washoe County Board of County Commissioners approved the Mt. Rose Scenic Byway and the Washoe Valley Scenic Byway Corridor Management Plans. Special thanks to Cheryl Surface, Washoe County Parks Planner, Design Workshop, and all of you who participated in the process by attending workshops and completing surveys. We can all look forward to working hand-in-hand with Washoe County to meet future goals.

  • Neighborhood Watch

    Neighborhood Watch Course

    Neighborhood Watch Learn how neighbors can help each other protect our entire neighborhood. Deputy Teresa Aquilar Thursday, February 18, 2016 7:00 p.m. National Division of Forestry Building 885 Eastlake Blvd. Hosted by: Washoe Valley Alliance washoevalleyalliance.org

  • Junk the Junipers

    Sat, May 06, 8:00 AM - Sat, May 06, 1:00 PM 855 Eastlake Blvd855 Eastlake Blvd, New Washoe City, NV, United State Download Event Poster Here Ornamental junipers are considered a bad plant choice for homes located in wildfire-prone areas. A good fire adapted community tip is to remove ornamental junipers or other hazardous wildfire fuels located within 30 feet of your home or other structures and bring them to the collection site for FREE chipping. Participants will receive a coupon from Moana Nursery (valid May 6 - 13) for 20% off of a Moana-grown replacement shrub. Limit one coupon per household, while supplies last. ACCEPTED: Junipers, pines, rabbitbrush, sagebrush, other woody vegetation. NOT ACCEPTED: Construction lumber, hazardous materials, lawn clippings, sod, dirt infested vegetation, tree stumps or limbs in excess of 8" in diameter. For more information, contact Sonya Sistare at 775-887-2252 or sistares@unce.unr.edu. This event is sponsored by: Moana Nursery Nevada Division of... Read more

  • Spring Clean-up

    May 20 Spring Clean-up (with a link to this information: Washoe Valley Alliance in cooperation with Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful has scheduled a Spring clean-up of Eastlake Blvd from old 395 to the Truckee Meadows Protection District Station 16 alongside Little Washoe Lake (a distance of 1 mile) on Saturday, May 20 at 9:30 AM. We will meet at the dirt parking lot at the corner of 395 and Eastlake Blvd. If you wish to participate, please call Karen Critor at 772-7715 by Wed. May 17 to insure that we have enough equipment. We will provide safety vests, pickers, trash bags and latex gloves. You might wish to bring heavier gloves.

  • Spring Clean-up

     Saturday, June 10 at 8:30 AM Washoe Valley Alliance in cooperation with Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful has scheduled a spring clean-up of Eastlake Blvd from old 395 to the Truckee Meadows Protection District Station 16 alongside Little Washoe Lake (a distance of 1 mile) on Saturday, June 10 at 8:30 AM.  We will meet at the dirt parking lot at the corner of 395 and Eastlake Blvd.  We will provide safety vests, pickers, trash bags and latex gloves.  You might wish to bring heavier gloves.  Please allow about 1 hour. If you wish to participate, call Karen Critor at 775 772-7715 by Wednesday, June 7 to insure that we have enough equipment.

  • Summer Clean up August 23:

    Washoe Valley Alliance, in cooperation with Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful, has scheduled the summer clean-up of Eastlake Blvd from old 395 to the Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District Station 16 along Little Washoe Lake (a distance of 1 mile) on Saturday, August 26 at 8:30 AM We will meet at the dirt parking lot at the corner of 395 and Eastlake Blvd. If you wish to participate, please call Karen Critor at 772-7715 by Wed. August 23 to insure that we have enough equipment for all participants. We will provide safety vests, pickers, trash bags and latex gloves. You might wish to bring heavier gloves. Please allow 1-1 1/2 hours.

  • Planning Commission

    Washoe County Board of Adjustment meeting - Time Certain 3:30pm PLEASE ATTEND: Washoe County Board of Adjustment                                      Thursday, October 5, 2017                                         Time Certain  3:30 p.m.                                  Washoe County Commission Chambers                                     1001 East Ninth Street, Reno, NV Special Use Permit Case Number WSUP17-0014 (Gail Willey)     Gail Willey, owner of Gail Willey Landscaping and Color Rock, has requested a Special Use Permit to relocate his businesses to 134 Andrew Lane in Pleasant Valley. This request would relocate a Heavy Industrial Business into a General Rural area and is not in conformance with the Washoe County Development Code and Master Plan.  The request includes three large buildings, sixty parking places (40 for heavy equipment), and bins to store landscaping materials, and wholesale nursery items.The project will generate an estimated 312 daily trips. The proposed business location is in a flood plain and would create many adverse effects on the rural residences nearby.      Please attend this important meeting and express your opinion to this request. Applicant/ Property Owner: Willey land, LLC Location: 134 Andrew Lane, approximately 500 feet south of its intersection with Highway 395 Assessor’s Parcel Number: 017-430-01 Staff: Planner Kelly Mullin, 777-328-3608, kmullin@washoecounty.us

  • Washoe County Board of Adjustment meeting

    Washoe County Board of Adjustment meeting Oct. 5 -  Time Certain 3:30pm PLEASE ATTEND: Washoe County Board of Adjustment                                      Thursday, October 5, 2017                                         Time Certain  3:30 p.m.                                  Washoe County Commission Chambers                                     1001 East Ninth Street, Reno, NV Special Use Permit Case Number WSUP17-0014 (Gail Willey)     Gail Willey, owner of Gail Willey Landscaping and Color Rock, has requested a Special Use Permit to relocate his businesses to 134 Andrew Lane in Pleasant Valley. This request would relocate a Heavy Industrial Business into a General Rural area and is not in conformance with the Washoe County Development Code and Master Plan.  The request includes three large buildings, sixty parking places (40 for heavy equipment), and bins to store landscaping materials, and wholesale nursery items.The project will generate an estimated 312 daily trips. The proposed business location is in a flood plain and would create many adverse effects on the rural residences nearby.      Please attend this important meeting and express your opinion to this request. Applicant/ Property Owner: Willey land, LLC Location: 134 Andrew Lane, approximately 500 feet south of its intersection with Highway 395 Assessor’s Parcel Number: 017-430-01 Staff: Planner Kelly Mullin, 777-328-3608, kmullin@washoecounty.us

  • National Public Lands Day

    National Public Lands Day Saturday, October 7, 2017  Cemetery Clean-up            National Public Lands Day              Saturday October 7, 2017               Washoe Lake State Park                Activity 9am-12pm

  • Fall Clean-up

    Fall Clean-up - October 21, 2017 This event hasa been Canceled!