CARSON CITY - The Nevada Division of State Parks is holding Recreational Trails Committee meetings May 8-9 to hear and rate applications for 2013 federal funding.
The meetings will be held at 901 S. Stewart St., Carson City, on the fifth floor. Meetings will begin at 8 a.m. both days.
Public comment periods will be at 9:30 a.m. on May 8 and at 8:20 a.m. on May 9 and are limited to three minutes per person. All presentations are open to the public. For an agenda, email jscanland@parks.state.nv.gov.
The Recreational Trails Program (RTP) is a federal-aid assistance program to help states provide and maintain recreational trails for both motorized and non-motorized trail use.
The program provides funding for all kinds of recreational trail uses, such as pedestrian uses (hiking, running, wheelchair use), bicycling, in-line skating, equestrian use, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling, off-road motorcycling, all-terrain vehicle riding, four-wheel driving, or using other off-road motorized vehicles.
Each state develops its own procedures to solicit projects from project sponsors, and to select projects for funding, in response to recreational trail needs within the state.
Nevada State Parks administers the RTP in Nevada. The meetings scheduled for May 8-9 will determine which trail projects will be selected this year.[[In-content Ad]]
