During the Truckee-Carson Irrigation Board of Directors meeting held early this month, Richard Grondin, a board member of the Mosquito, Vector, and Noxious Weed Abatement District reported that work in this wet year had already begun in efforts to get a jump on what likely will be a banner year for the unofficial state bird of the Lahontan Valley – the mosquito.
Grondin said the district had lost its aerial spray program but has purchased an airboat that will allow technicians to go into places where vehicles and quads can’t go. The district will also be able to use the airboat in the fall to treat weeds.
After several questions have been raised about the Extraordinary Maintenance project to line portions of the Truckee Canal through the Fernley reach, Ben Shawcroft, general manager of TCID said the project is underway. “Work is being done preparing one area for the lining of the canal. They will construct that first area as a test phase to make sure everything meets specifications then continue with the lining,” he said.
Litigation over the construction project continues as well, with the City of Fernley opposing any lining that may impact the groundwater recharge that serves community and municipal customers.
The TCID board meets the first Tuesday of each month at 9 a.m. in the district office at 2666 Harrigan Road.
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