A patent and deed for transfer of public lands from the Bureau of Land Management to Carson City should be finalized by the end of May 2015. Approximately 5,400 acres will be included in the transfer and are located throughout Carson City.
Efforts by wild horse advocates to stop the trapping of 11 horses this week may have been dashed but there are plans in the works to see if the horses can be allowed to roam elsewhere, including the Silver Saddle Ranch. Margie Quirk addressed the Carson City Board of Supervisors Thursday.
In July of 2021, the Tamarack fire burned 9,959 acres of Bureau of Land Management managed lands. Of that, only 130 acres are proposed for harvest to meet restoration goals