Nevada County- This spring Nevada County residents will once again be able to take advantage of free Community Green Waste Drop-off Events at the McCourtney Road Transfer Station.
Nevada County Office of Emergency Services (OES), Nevada County Public Works, CAL FIRE, Waste Management of Nevada County, City of Grass Valley, City of Nevada City, and Nevada County Consolidated Fire District have partnered to offer these important opportunities for residents to reduce hazardous vegetation in western Nevada County.
“Free green waste drop-off events represent a collaborative commitment to meet our community where they are at to support county-wide wildfire resilience. Each spring our residents are out in force, creating defensible space around their homes and removing hazardous vegetation from along evacuation routes. These events are a key piece of the puzzle because they provide an option for folks to get rid of that biomass at no cost,” said Alex Keeble- Toll, Interim Director of Emergency Services
In addition to Green Waste Programming, this year the Office of Emergency Services in partnership with PG&E has launched the Biomass Pilot Project which has removed approximately 5,200 tons of biomass that was converted into biochar. This project is part of the ongoing commitment to remove hazardous vegetation from Nevada County.
Free Green Waste Drop-Off Events
WHAT: Free Green Waste drop off days for Nevada County residents. This is an opportunity for residents to dispose of landscape trimmings including trimmed branches, leaves, grass clippings, shrubs, untreated wood, and flowers. Material should not exceed 4 feet in length and should be no more than 18 inches in diameter.
WHERE: Waste Management of Nevada County, McCourtney Road Transfer Station, 14741 Wolf Mountain Road, Grass Valley.
WHEN: April 28, May 5, May 12, May 19, and May 26 (Memorial Day) from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
PLEASE NOTE: No food waste, dirt, rock, sod, palm fronds, blackberry, poison oak, stumps, scotch broom, concrete, asphalt, plastic bags, animal waste, palm tree branches, yucca plants, ice plants (succulents), cactus, painted wood, treated wood (including railroad ties and utility poles), construction debris, and any metal fencing, wire, or metal materials. All participants must provide a valid ID with an address within Nevada County or proof of residency. All commercial vehicles are prohibited and licensed landscape vehicles are limited to 1 trip per day and single axle trailers.
OES is offering free green waste bin deliveries to Firewise Communities. To arrange a bin delivery, Firewise Communities should contact Ricky Martinez for additional details.
“The recent tragic losses in Los Angeles due to extreme wildfire behavior serves as a constant reminder how important home hardening and defensible space are to saving lives and property. It’s up to all of us to take advantage of these free green waste disposal opportunities and help make a more resilient Nevada County,” said Ricky Martinez, Defensible Space Supervisor.
About the Nevada County Office of Emergency Services (OES)
OES works under the Emergency Preparedness Board Objective, leading the community in all hazards planning, preparedness, response, and recovery with a focus on wildfire. OES focuses on improving county-wide evacuation routes and safety, continuing to strengthen early alert and critical communication systems, and working with residents and community partners in emergency preparedness, defensible space, home hardening, green waste disposal, and fire- safe land stewardship. We are all in this together.
Learn more about OES at: ReadyNevadaCounty.org.
A recent Review-Journal letter to the editor mischaracterized Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto’s Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act, also known as the Clark County Lands bill. As the former executive director of the Nevada Conservation League, I wholeheartedly support this legislation, so I wanted to set the record straight.
Sen. Cortez Masto has been working on this bill for years in partnership with state and local governments, conservation groups like the NCL and local area tribes. It’s true that the Clark County lands bill would open 25,000 acres to help Las Vegas grow responsibly, while setting aside 2 million acres for conservation. It would also help create more affordable housing throughout the valley while ensuring our treasured public spaces can be preserved for generations to come.
What is not correct is that the money from these land sales would go to the federal government’s coffers. In fact, the opposite is true.
The 1998 Southern Nevada Public Lands Management Act is a landmark bill that identified specific public land for future sale and created a special account ensuring all land sale revenues would come back to Nevada. In accordance with that law 5 percent of revenue from land transfers goes to the state of Nevada for general education purposes, 10 percent goes to the Southern Nevada Water Authority for needed water infrastructure and 85 percent supports conservation and environmental mitigation projects in Southern Nevada. This legislation has provided billions to Clark County and will continue to benefit generations of Southern Nevadans. Sen. Cortez Masto’s lands bill builds upon the act’s success.
So here’s the good news: All of the money generated from land made available for sale under Sen. Cortez Masto’s bill would be sent to the special account created by the 1998 law. Rather than going to an unaccountable federal government, the proceeds would continue to help kids in Vegas get a better education, bolster outdoor recreation and modernize Southern Nevada’s infrastructure.
I know how important it is that money generated from the sale of public land in Nevada stay in the hands of Nevadans, and so does the senator. That’s why she opposed a Republican effort last year to sell off 200,000 acres of land in Clark County and other areas of the country that would have sent those dollars directly to Washington.
Public land management in Nevada should benefit Nevadans. We should protect sacred cultural sites and beloved recreation spaces, responsibly transfer land for affordable housing when needed and ensure our state has the resources it needs to grow sustainably. I will continue working with Sen. Cortez Masto to advocate for legislation, such as the Clark County lands bill, that puts the needs of Nevadans first.
Paul Selberg writes from Las Vegas.
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Las Vegas High’s baseball team claimed a 3-2 home win over Coronado on Friday.
Las Vegas (9-13-1) next hosts Rancho at 10 a.m. Saturday. Coronado (13-14) hosts Chaparral at 3:30 p.m. Monday.
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LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Nevada’s jobless rate is holding steady, but the state is still adding jobs.
A new report from DETR shows February’s unemployment rate unchanged at 5.3 percent, with the labor force growing by nearly 3,800 people.
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Nevada now has about 1.6 million nonfarm jobs, up 2.2 percent over the past year and 1,500 more jobs than in January.
“This month’s report shows a strengthening labor market,” said David Schmidt, Chief Economist. ”Compared to the report for January, the pace of job gains in the past year increased from 1.9% to 2.2%, building on what was already the fastest pace of job growth in the country. While the unemployment rate remained stable, the labor force participation rate rose to 63.7%, 1.7 percentage points higher than the national level.”
In Las Vegas, employment ticked up by 1,100 jobs in February, about 0.1 percent, and is up more than 25,000 jobs compared to last year.
Reno added 1,000 jobs on the month, while Carson City shed about 200 but is still slightly above where it was a year ago.
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