- In
Nevada, the NEMO Program provides all participants in their workshops
with a NEMO resource binder filled with information
on the impacts of land use on natural resources. Planning
commissioners are now using the binders as a reference when
considering development proposals. As a result, commissioners are
asking developers to find ways to increase infiltration and reduce
polluted runoff in their plans.
- The
NV NEMO Program, led by the University of Nevada Cooperative
Extension, is working with communities along the Truckee River
to implement a watershed protection plan for
the tributary streams of the Truckee River. As part of the implementation,
a low impact development (LID) manual is being developed to provide
guidance to new developments. To date, a new 3,000 home development
in the small rural community of Verdi is being required to use
low impact development practices promoted in the manual.
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