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Photo: Elias Funez One hundred and ten people signed up to protest at six different locations around Nevada County on Thursday to spread information about the potential risks of reopening the Idaho-Maryland Mine. Tracy Sheehan helped organize the event to get petitions signed and distribute anti-mine signs, a yellow-and-black accessory for yards in the area. Sheehan, who worked to oppose Centennial Dam three years ago as coordinator for the Foothills Water Network, said the public-facing event was meant to counter any traction Rise Gold may have gained after publishing survey results she said are the antithesis to the community’s true, overwhelming opinion. ....
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Shelly Covert stands on the Deer Creek Tribute Trail, near where in 2018 the California Heritage: Indigenous Research Project acquired 32 acres of land. Covert is the spokesperson for the Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribe and executive director of CHIRP. (Photo by Kial James) Fighting for Recognition Back Q&A May 6, 2021 By Sena Christian Shelly Covert proudly identifies as Nisenan, an Indigenous tribe whose ancestral lands are situated in the Yuba River and American River watersheds in what is now Nevada County. Her identity also ties directly into her day job as spokesperson for the Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribe and executive director of the ....
Photo: Elias Funez It welcomed its new general manager Jennifer Hanson. And it declared a drought. Hanson, who previously served as Lincoln’s city manager, will be NID’s 15th general manager and the first woman to head the district in its 100-year history. Division 1 Director Ricki Heck said the board chose Hanson to replace interim General Manager Greg Jones because of her financial expertise evident in a robust resume and several positive recommendations. The Board of Directors unanimously vote for Jennifer Hanson to become the water district’s new general manager. Photo: Elias Funez NID Board President Chris Bierwagon noted the board’s transition to majority women for the first time in its century-long existence earlier this year, after Karen Hull replaced five-term Division 4 incumbent W. Scott Miller in the November 2020 election. Hull joined ranks with Division 1 Director Heck and Division 4 Director and NID Board Vice President Laura Peters ....
The year 2020 was not a good one for a lot of us, and certainly not for the unfortunate souls and families impacted by the coronavirus. However, there is some good news on the local conservation front. One is that the Bear River between Rollins Reservoir and Lake Combie is still flowing unimpeded by the proposed Centennial Dam. Second, there are positive changes at the Nevada Irrigation District. To recap, the proposed Centennial Dam is a 275-foot-high dam with a 110,000 acre-feet capacity, flooding the popular Bear River Canyon recreation corridor with a $1,000,000,000 ($1 billion) price tag. Three of the original architects of the proposed dam left NID in 2020. General Manager Rem Scherzinger resigned, Director Nick Wilcox retired, and Director Scott Miller lost his seat in the 2020 election. ....