Over the weekend of January 4-6, residents of Fernley, NV were caught in an icy hell. While most of Northern Nevada was getting excited about heading into the mountains to ski in 6+ ft of powder, over 800 people in Northern Lyon County were watching their homes fill up with water from a broken levee along the Truckee River Irrigation line. Memories, new Christmas presents, years of hard work, and homes were lost when the cold flood waters began to rise uncontrollably.
The Nevada Wilderness Project in conjunction with some of our coalition members will be collecting clothing, blankets, and toiletries to take out to Fernley residents until January 17th. Please help us help others by dropping items off at 8550 White Fir St, Reno, NV 89523. If you have any other questions or would like to become more involved, please contact Cameron.
Thank you.
For the wild and each other,
The NWP Team
