Coordinated Vegetation Management Planning Efforts for the Truckee River
In April 2025, One Truckee River (OTR) released a report assessing environmental conditions along the Truckee River’s urban corridor. It can be used to determine priority project areas for riverbank repair projects to improve the healthy functioning of the river system.
Here in the Truckee Meadows, we're fortunate to have a river, the Truckee, running through our urban core. Our river already has many natural strengths - including native vegetation and wildlife alongside residents’ apartments and businesses, and a continuous path following much of its banks. Yet, how the Truckee River Corridor is managed, maintained, and could be improved is often overlooked.
Working towards a priority goal from the One Truckee River Management Plan, OTR and the Nevada Land Trust came together, with the support of the Bureau of Reclamation to expand and support coordinated vegetation management efforts for the Truckee River in Nevada.
The work included:
2020: The development of a Technical Working Group that includes government authorities and nonprofits that work to protect the Truckee River in Nevada.
2022: With TWG members input and guidance, the One Truckee River Framework Vegetation Management and Restoration Plan was completed. The plan clarified regulatory constraints, identified compatible vegetation management techniques, developed an implementation planning guide, and tools to support sustainable vegetation management and riverbank repair projects.
2023: An in-depth conditions assessment was completed. It provides a snapshot of the riparian conditions along the Truckee River in Washoe County from Crystal Peak Park to Vista Narrows.
2024: From the assessment data collected, a Project Prioritization Tool was developed with an Ecological Conditions Index, feasibility rating, and public need scoring.
Below is the plan, tools, and mapping created.
Keep reading to learn more about sustainable vegetation management and riverbank repair for the Truckee River!
2025 COORDINATED VEGETATION MAP
Conditions Assessment and
Project Prioritization REPORT (2025)
Case study: coming soon
Regulatory Framework Tool (2022)
Truckee River Conditions Assessment Prioritization Tool (2025)
OTR Framework
Vegetation Management and Restoration Plan (2022)
Framework vegetation management and restoration plan Technique Compatibility Tool Tool (2022)