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Pines To Mines trail gets shovel-ready segment; Sierra Buttes Stewardship advances multi-forest trail projects
Summary
Presenters said the Pines To Mines multi-use trail linking Truckee to Nevada City is shovel-ready for a segment this summer after NEPA clearance and local land acquisitions; Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship reported construction on Boca and Verdi Ridge and promoted a "fire-hardened trails" approach to align fuels reduction with trail corridors.
Nonprofit trail groups and land trusts reported progress on two multi-jurisdiction trail efforts and described how trail-building is being coordinated with forest managers and tribal monitors.
"This is a proposed trail connecting Truckee with Nevada City, about 70 miles total. Luckily because we're incorporating existing trails on both ends we only need 22 miles of new construction," Lisonbee Pedley, executive director of the Truckee Trails Foundation, said about the Pines To Mines corridor. She said segment 3 was selected for initial construction this summer and that NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act) analysis and Forest Service decisions are complete for the portion slated to start…
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