The River Mountain Trail often times gets confused with the River Mountains Loop Trail and visa versa. That is because they are both trails in the River Mountains. The original River Mountain Trail was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) between 1935-1937 during the time of Hoover Dam construction. The trail head is located just downhill […]
Wildflowers of Railroad Pass, Nevada…..April 24, 2010
April 24th, 2010 Earth Day Weekend – The photo’s posted herein were taken on Saturday April 24th, 2010. We were doing our “Trail Watch” work along the trail from Railroad Pass Casino (MM 0.0 east to MM 32.5). We started early at 6:30 a.m. to beat the heat and to get the best color contrast for photos. […]
Loop Trail project brings biologist to town to help protect desert tortoises
Great Article in todays Boulder city View about trail construction of Segment #5 of the River Mountians Loop Trail. Good discussion about desert tortoises. This was an unbudgeted expense for the construction, but necessary. follow this link to the entire article: http://www.viewnews.com/2008/VIEW-Dec-23-Tue 2008/BoulderCity/25843818.html FacebookTwitterLinkedinPinterestGoogle+RedditStumbleUponTumblremail
RMLT construction status
I was looking at some old reports on our web site and I was quoted as saying we would be done hopefully in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and now I’m saying spring 2009, let’s make that 2010. Things happen and when you are dealing with three Federal Land Management agencies, NDOT, private land owners, […]
