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WESTERN NEVADA RC&D OFFICE
705 North Plaza, Room 203
P.O. Box 3543
Carson City, NV 89702-4061
(775) 883-2292
(775) 883-5348 fax

Dan Kaffer, RC&D Coordinator

The Western Nevada RC&D Office covers an area of 6 million acres, consisting of three major watersheds – Carson River, Walker River, and the Truckee River watersheds. These watersheds are a mixture of private, state, federal, and tribal lands that are changing rapidly from influences of urban expansion. Resource concerns are dominantly water quantity and quality, watershed conservation and restoration, invasive weeds, risk of wildfire, and the loss of farmland and wildlife habitat to urbanization.

The Western Nevada RC&D office has excellent partnerships and broad-based community support. The RC&D Council includes representatives from three native tribes (Washoe Tribe, Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, and Walker River Paiute Tribe), six County governments (Douglas, Lyon, Carson City, Storey, Washoe, and Churchill), three Water districts; and eight Conservation Districts). Dan has received two National NRCS awards and Nevada Congressional awards for his strong leadership in local conservation efforts, as well as over 100 awards and commendations from local partners.

Partners have worked with Dan to implement conservation and educational projects, utilizing thousand of volunteers to get conservation on the ground. An example of this is the Carson River Workdays, which has benefitted from the work of 15,000 volunteers and over 100 organizations to date. The Workday provides an opportunity for volunteers to experience hands-on conservation, while restoring the riparian corridor and environment. In 2007, Dan implemented a similar program for the Walker River and Walker Lake. Over 350 people participated in the Walker River Workdays.

Other projects initialized and coordinated by the Western RC&D include:
  • Conservation easement partnerships, utilizing NRCS, Federal, State, and County programs
  • Streambank restoration and bioengineering stabilization projects, through NRCS Plant Materials Center and National Office supported hands-on workshops
  • The Eagles in Agriculture Program, a popular conservation and educational program and tour to support seasonal migration habitat of bald eagles on agricultural land and to promote conservation easements
  • Conservation planting and demonstration projects at local schools and community centers
  • Cultural resource protection and historic preservation projects.

The Western Nevada RC&D’s focus is on watershed-wide conservation and restoration efforts, through working partnerships and volunteerism.

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2009 Annual Report (PDF; 1MB)
Western Nevada RC&D Fact Sheet (PDF; 514KB)

Partners

The Western Nevada RC&D works with many partners to make things happen.  One of them is the River Wranglers, an organization that helps youth and families explore, conserve, and celebrate our rivers through community programs, projects, and hands-on education. Our vision is to excite youth and their families by deepening their understanding of and commitment to watersheds, rivers, and streams that sustain life for generations to come. River Wranglers focuses on the Carson and Truckee watersheds located in central Nevada.

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Last Modified: 06/18/2010