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Parks around Nevada to receive federal grant money for upgrades
North Sunridge Park in the Indian Hills area of Carson City, Miner's Park in Virginia City, Fallon Pauite Shosone Tribe Park and Nevada State Parks are among a handful of publicly maintained sites to receive federal grant money to make improvements, Sen. Harry Reid announced Thursday.
Nevada has received nearly $400,000 in grants from the Land and Water Conservation Fund to improve park and recreation areas throughout the Silver State. It is the first round of funding from the LWCF since Reid led a bipartisan effort to reinstate the program late last year.
The Indian Hills General Improvement District, which maintains North Sunridge Park, won a $25,000 grant so it could install a restroom on the property. Storey County will receive $30,000 for improvements at Miner's Park in Virginia City. The money will be used to replace the obsolete playground and install accessible surfacing and sidewalks.
The Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony received a grant in the amount of $164,796 to develop a new park, including construction of park utilities, roads and parking, security lighting, picnic facilities, walkways, a playground, a water spray playground, restroom, lawn, stage, baseball field and fencing.
Nevada Division of State Parks will receive $85,800 in grant money to replace obsolete picnic facilities at 13 state parks across Nevada. They are: Cathedral Gorge, Echo Canyon, Lake Tahoe Nevada, Fort Churchill, Lahontan, Valley of Fire, Cave Lake, Ward Charcoal Ovens, Washoe Lake, South Fork, Dayton, Berlin-Ichthyosaur and Kershaw-Ryan.
Washoe County will also receive grant money, in the amount of $91,207.50 for playground rehabilitation at South Valleys Park in Reno. The project will replace loose fill playground surfacing at South Valleys Park in Reno with accessible, rubberized playground surface.
Created in 1965, the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) is a bipartisan commitment to protect natural areas, water resources and cultural heritage, while also providing recreation and economic opportunities to Americans. It costs the taxpayers nothing and is partially funded with a portion of fees collected from offshore oil and gas drilling.
Last October, Congressional Republicans allowed LWCF to expire for the first time in more than 50 years. Following its expiration, Senator Reid fought to bring the LWCF back, securing a three-year extension of the program in the Omnibus appropriations bill that was signed into law in December.
“I am happy to announce the Land and Water Conservation Fund is back in business,” said Senator Reid. “This is one of the most important conservation programs in the country. For decades, the Land and Water Conservation fund has played an important role in protecting and restoring Nevada’s scenic wonders and expanding opportunity. This round of funding will have a tremendous impact on rural areas in the Silver State by supporting projects that improve quality of life and give communities additional tools to build and grow their economies.”
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