Forest Service seeks comment on potential sale of 28.8-acre parcel in north Douglas County
CARSON CITY — The Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest’s Carson Ranger District is seeking public comment on the Notice of Proposed Action for the Vista Grande Administrative Site Sale for the next 30 days.
The project proposal is to sell an isolated 28.8-acre parcel of National Forest System land located in Douglas County in Nevada north of Jacks Valley Road, west of U.S. Highway 395, and east of Vista Grande Boulevard. Public comments will be used to help improve the proposed action that will be analyzed in the Environmental Assessment.
“In 1988 the parcel was transferred to the Toiyabe National Forest from the Bureau of Land Management in accordance with the Nevada Enhancement Act of 1988,” said Carson District Ranger Matt Zumstein. “This isolated parcel is surrounded by development and no longer suitable to the current needs of the Forest and will be sold through a competitive bid process in accordance with the Forest Service Facilities Realignment and Enhancement Act of 2005 (FSFREA).”
Zumstein added that the revenue generated from the sale of this parcel will support projects on the Carson Ranger District that are needed and would better serve the public. Currently, the District has a backlog of deferred maintenance needs for all its’ administrative facilities.
Public comments will be accepted for 30 days following publication of the legal notice in the Reno Gazette-Journal. The date of this legal notice is the exclusive means for calculating the time to submit comments.
The draft NOPA and other project documents are available at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=60010.
Electronic comments must be submitted in a format such as an email message, pdf, plain text (.txt), rich text format (.rtf), or Word (.doc). They can be uploaded to the “Comments/Objection on Project” section of the project website at https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=60010 under “get connected.” Please put “Vista Grande Administrative Site Sale NOPA” into the subject line.
Written comments must be submitted to the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Attn: Vista Grande Administrative Site Sale NOPA, 1536 S. Carson St., Carson City, NV 89701 or faxed to 775-884-8199. For more information on this project please contact Matt Zumstein, District Ranger, 775-884-8100 or matthew.zumstein@usda.gov.