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tmrpa's plan update

By Nate Kusha, Chohnny Sousa & Jeremy Smith, TMRPA

As you look out your window at our beautiful snowy landscape, you may evolve in the future. There is so much to love in our region, and how we plan for our future could not be more important. That’s where the Truckee Meadows Regional Planning Agency (TMRPA) comes in and hopes to make a positive mark on how we map out our Truckee Meadows for current and future generations to enjoy. TMRPA has been working to develop a centralized document, the Natural Resources Plan (NR Plan), to coordinate natural resource planning across the Truckee Meadows. The agency has finished collecting natural resource data for our region and they are hitting the ground running this year working on both data organization and analysis as well as crafting narratives, which make up the backbone of the NR Plan. Additionally, TMRPA staff is going to be working with their consultant Stantec (formerly Cardno) to finalize cleaning up all the create a searchable database tool within their website to support planners and the public alike! This tool will serve as a valuable resource for everyone to provide more information on various regional environmental priorities.

Check out their most recent engagement initiative where they highlight more reasons to love where we live! From local environmental and sustainability projects, our unique Great Basin high desert biome and riparian areas teeming with wildlife, to the many outdoor recreational activities we get to enjoy, TMRPA wants to show our fellow Truckee Meadows community what motivates them to work on the Natural Resources Plan.

Go to www.tmrpa.org/nrplan to stay up-todate and keep up on their progress for the Natural Resources Plan.