What’s next at Lahontan? Nevada State Parks hosts virtual open house to gather public input

Do you recreate at Lahontan State Recreation Space? What sort of actions do you interact in? If you happen to had a magic wand, what would you prefer to see at Lahontan?

On Monday, August 8, the Nevada Division of State Parks introduced the opening of a digital open home to collect public enter into the Lahontan State Recreation Space Growth Plan Replace. This digital platform is a follow-up to the preliminary public workshop sequence held in June.

Beginning Monday Lahontan guests can have the chance to weigh in on key questions to assist form the way forward for the recreation space. Plus, individuals can be entered right into a raffle to win a Nevada State Parks All Entry park cross, which supplies free entrance, tenting and boating for a whole yr.

“This can be a great alternative for us to higher perceive what our guests want and wish out of Lahontan,” stated Tony Beauregard, Lahontan State Recreation Space Supervisor. “The extra enter we obtain, the higher, so we strongly encourage everybody to take part.”

LSRA is greater than 29,000 acres and supplies quite a few leisure alternatives, together with tenting, boating, searching, and fishing. Final modified in 1991, the prevailing improvement plan is outdated. The plan replace venture is a collaboration between NDSP and the Nationwide Park Service Rivers Trails and Conservation Help program, and brings collectively a multi-disciplinary group of planners, area employees, and different subject material specialists.

When full, the Growth Plan Replace will assist NDSP implement precedence tasks to enhance the recreation expertise.

“Public enter is essential to a profitable plan. With this digital open home, we will broaden our attain to extra guests and higher perceive person wants, constraints, and alternatives. By taking the time to take part, our guests will help information the way forward for the recreation space,” stated Dana Dapolito, NDSP Planning Program Supervisor.

The digital open home can be accessible for participation by way of Wednesday, September 7.

To entry the digital open home, please go to parks.nv.gov. For extra data on the venture, go right here. For questions or feedback relating to the planning course of, e mail planning@parks.nv.gov.