Land Between the Lakes has had it’s landscape go from nearly being cleared to now flourishing just a year later.
The US Forest Service has agreed to zero commercial logging through 2016, including the cancellation of the Pisgah Bay Project, which would have saw 4,400 acres logged.
Lyon County Judge Executive Wade White says the LBL Coalition wants to highlight the positive things happening in between the lakes.
Nature Resource Specialist Chad Ingle says the Hillman Ferry Campground is getting two new shelter buildings, maintenance work and a new bridge that will cut down on traffic while they are closed for the season.
Maintenance on roads and drainage ditches were of most concern to the Coalition due to washouts.
At Cravens Bay Campground, they have replaced campsite markers, reworked road drainage for better flow of water in storm events and rehabilitated the current bathhouse by gutting and replacing the interiors completely.
At Wranglers Campground, they have upgraded underutilized basic camping sites while constructing four new lots to 50-amp electric camping sites and widened the road by 10 feet in front of the outpost building for safer traffic flow.
Finally at Piney Campground, they have completed various paving projects, reconstructed campsite borders and water control ditch at the waste treatment facility.
The US Forest Service is also working with the LBL Coalition to apply for a grant that would fund work on portions of the north-south trail needing improvements and add areas for water and maps.
White hopes to work with the Forest Service on a new management plan that’s scheduled for 2019.
For more information on the Coalition, click here http://lblcoalition.org/wp/