At 6:30 am KRNV TV reported the fire has been contained by hand crews overnite to one and a half acres. The crew will continue to work at the site throughout the day. No word on the cause yet.
Posts under ‘Outdoors’
Fire Update
7 pm. The helicopter left probably due to darkness. I can see flashlights just above the flames so maybe firefighters on the ground are making their way to it.
Slide Mt. Fire
We noticed this fire on the eastern slope of Slide Mt. tonight at about 6:15pm when I took this photo. A Helicopter with a bucket is dropping water on it now. It seems to be creeping along on the ground and not getting up in the trees yet.
Invasive Weed Question
Dear Rick: I wrote you previously with a question about weeds, and you were very helpful.
Now I have another question: The weeds in Washoe Valley that are said to be “invasive” – why are they bad? What is harmful about them? I refer primarily to the 5 or 6 posted on the sign at the [...]
Butterflies Pass By On Way To Canada
From Dr. Monte Sanford’s blog (see photo there):
“Currently in the western USA, another spectacular painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) migration is in full swing. In late March, millions of these butterflies were passing through northern Mexico and southern Arizona on their way northward. In the last week here in the Reno, Nevada, area we are [...]
Bowers Pool Still To Be Dry
This RGJ article further confirms that our local pool will be closed this summer but the rest of Bower’s Mansion County Park will be open. The parks dept. is looking for groups or companies to “sponsor a park”.
Silver Mills Still Around
Or at least their effluent. Mercury was used extensively in the process to extract silver and gold from the native rock mined around the Virginia Range to the east. At the beginning of the development of the Comstock Lode, several mills located in Washoe Valley used the abundant water from the Carson Range to the [...]
WL State Park To Remain Open
Contrary to what was quoted in our previous article, it it reported that Washoe Lake State Park has no plans as yet to close or cut back due to the state’s budget woes. The information in our previous post was from a Las Vegas newspaper and double checked by washoevalley.org reader Amy who talked directly [...]
Empty Budget=Empty Pool
It is reported that the Bowers Mansion Pool will be closed this summer in response to the county’s budget shortfall in this KTVN article.
“We’ve shut down our pools in Bowers Mansion and Washoe Valley and up in Sun Valley. The future of the Sierra Sage Golf Course will be determined between now and September 30th,” [...]
Where Is Jumbo Falls?
A reader writes in: “A friend asked if I could find out exactly where Jumbo Falls is located. He and his wife try to find it in spring and they were hoping to be successful this spring.
Please let me know if you have the location.”
There it is! Actually, it is northeast of New Washoe City [...]
