For decades, Nevada’s wetlands were taken for granted as sources of flat, developable land and divertible water. But after a century of Western Nevada losing its wetlands, a joint project between the city of Reno and the Truckee Meadows Parks Foundation is restoring more than 200 acres of native habitat.
The city and the foundation recently entered a 30-year lease to restore the city-owned, 219-acre Rosewood Lakes Golf Course to a natural wetlands area with a nature center and walking paths.
“This is a unique habitat in the area,” according to Elena Larsen, wetland restoration program director for the foundation. “We are the driest state, and we are losing wetlands pretty rapidly.”
Church services have been a sometimes controversial topic since the coronavirus pandemic began in March.
Then even more restrictive Stay At Home orders were issued Dec. 6 in Long Beach. That lockdown stretches past Christmas, leaving church leaders scrambling to keep Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services as meaningful as in past years. We made the decision back in September, Pastor Dave Clark said at Bay Shore Community Church. We knew we had to prepare if we were going to provide a meaningful virtual Christmas Eve, so we committed to it.
Clark was speaking during a break from video taping the lighting of candles portion of the service last Thursday, Dec. 10. Musical performances before the camera started in October. Soon, it will be up to Chap Cooper, the church s videographer and sound engineer, to put it all together for its premiere next Thursday, Dec. 24.