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City staff outline progress on Prison Hill, Riverview and Carson River Trail rebranding; SNPLMA grants cited
Summary
Carson City's trails coordinator and open space staff updated the advisory committee on ongoing trail construction at Prison Hill West, the Riverview Trailhead design schedule and a rebranding and signage project for the Carson River Trail. Volunteers and nonprofit groups supported recent revegetation and vertical-mulching work.
Carson City staff updated the Open Space Advisory Committee on multiple trail projects and maintenance activities that will continue into fiscal year 2026.
Greg Berger, the city’s trails coordinator, summarized work on Prison Hill West — a project funded through the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA). Berger said construction is underway and that trail-building is expected to continue this spring, with a grand-opening event planned for June 14. “That project…about a 2.5-mile accessible trail…at least a third of that trail has been completed now, and the feedback we're getting so far has been very good,” Berger said.
Berger also described the Riverview Trailhead project, another SNPLMA-funded effort. He said the city recently completed required cultural clearances (Section 106) with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and is now preparing to select a design and engineering consultant; construction was slated for the following year after design. A separate recreational-trails grant is funding Carson River Trail repairs and a rebranding of several segments between Morgan Mill and the Mexican Dam; staff plan new interpretive panels, cohesive signage and wayfinding maps for the unified “Carson River Trail.”
Staff highlighted on-the-ground restoration work, including vertical mulching and reseeding at several disturbed parcels on Prison Hill and at other sites. Berger described volunteer and partner contributions; staff photo documentation in the packet showed before-and-after results where scarification, vertical mulching and native-seed applications reduced the visual footprint of informal social roads.
Committee members and staff discussed access points and how some neighborhood spurs would be retained for local access (for example, Bennett access) without becoming formal trailheads with parking. Berger emphasized a mix of decommissioning redundant roads, converting other old roads to single-track trails and formalizing popular neighborhood access points.
No formal committee vote was required for the update; staff will return with design and procurement milestones as projects advance.
