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Truckee River Agency Inventory: Federal Agency List and Function

The Inventory presented here is original work of Dale Barcomb, copyright 1998.
Department of Agriculture
United States (US) Forest Service
Farm Service Agency
Natural Resource Conservation Service
Department of the Army
US Army Corps of Engineers
Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Weather Service
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Bureau of Land Management
Bureau of Reclamation
Fish and Wildlife Service
United States Geological Survey
National Park Service
Truckee Carson Coordination Office
Department of Justice (Federal Court System)
Federal Water Master (for the Carson and Truckee)
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal Emergency Management Region 9

 
Truckee River Agency Inventory
Agency Contacts Data/Documents Maps/Photos Phone Involvement
Federal
Department of Agriculture
Forest Service (USFS)
Toiyabe N.F., Carson District

Tahoe N.F. ,Truckee District
 

Recreation Officer

Maureen Joplin

Jane Schmidt

Joanne Roubique Rick Maddalena

Gray Creek Water Monitoring Project Report; Recreation management plans for reservoirs Forest Service Jurisdictions 

Aerial Photos, 

355-5394ph

882-2766ph

331-6444 ph

916-587-3558ph

916-587-6914fx

no interests in the T.M. proper but 80% land ownership of Gray Creek Watershed, interest in TR watershed upstream of TM, and interest in instream flows and recreational issues of T.R. and its reservoirs. Maintain and operate compgrounds within reservoir system, and along river. Interest in wildlife issues
Farm Service Agency (FSA)
State Executive Director

County Exec. Dir. (Washoe, Storey, Churchill)
 

Wendell Newman

Bob Baldwin

Acreage and Crop Data Aerial photos of ranches along the Truckee, maintained at Fallon office. 784-5411ph

702-423-5127ph

Voluntary programs directed at ranchers. Agricultural conservations including erosion control, water conservation, and repair of flood damage.
Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)
State Conservationist 

State Resource Conservationist

Resource area con.

Resource Specialist with CC office

Bill Goddard

John Capurro
 

Sandy Higa

Dan Kaffer

Soil Survey of Washoe County; Soil Survey of Storey County; Evans Creek Watershed Plan; Truckee Meadows Wildlife Mitigation, Enhancement, and Recreation Features Report; Aerial Photos(agriculturally related) 

Soil Survey Maps

784-5863ph

784-5939fax
 

784-5408ph

784-5512fax

Conservation programs on private lands, field offices provide water conservation and erosion control programs at advisory level. Snow surveys and runoff forecasts.
Department of the Army
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE)
Planning

Regulatory-Environmental Protection Specialist
 

Park Division
 

Reservoir Control Section

Chief of Water Management

Unit Leader

Dave Gore

Kevin Roukey
 
 
 

Doug Grothe
 
 
 

Paul Pugner

Russell Yaworsky

Lower Truckee River, Nevada: Reconnaissance Report; Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact Statement 1985 Flood plain maps 916 557-6765ph

784-5304ph

784 5306fax
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

916.557.7101ph

916-557-7103ph

916-557-7863fx

Lower Truckee River restoration efforts;

Flood control planning and implementation, set all reservooir drawdown criteria.

Maintain campgrounds at Martis Reservoir;

Responsibility for permits for dredging and fill operations(Sec. 404 of Clean Water Act)

Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
National Weather Service Gary Barbato Flood Potential outlook reports; Flood Forecasts; Water Supply Forecasts . 673-8104ph

673-8110fx

Water supply forecasts in conjunction with NRCS; Truckee River basin flood forecasting
Department of the Interior (DOI) 
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
Water Rights Settlement specialists Tom Strekal

Lew Fry

. . 887-3599ph

887-0496fx

TROA, OCAP, Cui-ui recovery issues as addressed by P.L. 101-618
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Nv. Outdoor Recreation

Carson District- Recreation Planner
 

Lahontan Resource Area Manager

Margaret Phillips

Tom Abbett
 

Mike Phillips

Draft EIS on Honey Lake Project Land Status Maps 785-6400ph

885-6000ph
 
 
 

885-6115ph

Forest Service Enhancement Act of 1986 transferred any BLM land west of Highway 395 to USFS, significant land interests in Lower Truckee River below Truckee Meadows.
Bureau of Reclamation (BOR)
Lahontan Area Dist.Manager

Chief, Special Studies Div.
 

Ann Ball

Dave Overvold, P.E.

River flows, Truckee River modeling, Preliminary Draft of EIS for TROA, Historic documents of old dam studies. Irrigated areas of Newlands project, Truckee-Carson system map 882-3436p

882-7592fx

884-8367p

882-7592fx

OCAP, Responsibility for Newlands project, reservoir system, TROA-EIS. 
Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)
State Supervisor
 

Assistant State Supervisor, TROA
 

Fish and Wildlife Biologist
 

Fish and Wildlife Biologist
 

Cui-ui/LCT Recovery Suprv.
 

Robert Williams

Chet Buchanon
 

Mary Jo Elpers
 

Pat Coffin 
 

Lisa Heki

TROA EIS

Truckee River Riparian Vegetation and Fluvial Geomorphology Study;

Lahontan Cuttthroat Trout Recovery Plan; Cui-ui Recovery Plan; The Distribution and Abundance of Amphibians and Reptiles Along the Truckee River System; water rights aquisition plans, minimum flow recommendations

Partners for Wildlife program
 

Aerial photos in conjunction with TROA flown by NDOT in Nov. 1991 784-5227ph

784-5870fx

Involvement with TROA EIS. Studies and planning for wildlife and associated water rights aqcuisition.
Geological Survey (USGS)
Hydrology-NV Basin and Range NAWQA Chief

GIS Section Chief

Truckee Carson Section Chief

Hugh Bevans
Lorie Peltz-Lewis
Tim Liebermann
Larry Bohman
Water Resources Data: Nevada Water Years; Surface and Ground water surveys, Flow modeling for possible public domain use Watershed Map

Flood Prone area maps

887 -7600ph

887 -7688ph

887 -7623ph

887-7679ph

Water monitoring, reporting on surface and groundwater, extensive GIS capabilities, and database.
National Park Service (NPS)
Rivers and Trails Conservation Assistance Peg Henderson Detailed lists of other river projects  Photos of other various river projects 415-744-3975ph Provide planning assistance to river and trail projects.
Truckee Carson Coordination Office (TCCO)
Team Leader

Project Leader/Fisheries Biologist

Economist

Engineer

Jeff Zippin

Steve Elkhorn

Tom Crawford

Paul Hendricks

. . .887-0640ph Operates under mandate of Secretary of Interior to insure implementation of PL 101-618; writing comprehensive EIS on all Truckee negotiations.
Department of Justice
U.S. District Court Water Master's Office
Federal Water Master Hydrologists

Office Manager

Garry Stone
Chad Blanchard
Jeff Boyer
Jalie Porter
Flows and Diversions

Orr Ditch Decree

Truckee River Agreement

Ditch Map of Truckee Meadows;

Culture Map of all Orr ditch water rights

784-5241ph

784-5750fax

Officer of the Federal Court, enforces court decrees; legal descriptions of diversions are listed in the Orr Ditch Decree. Coordinates and directs all reservoir operations.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental Scientist - NV. Project Officer

Nv Emergency Planner

Stephanie Wilson

Dana Barton

Developing Truckee River Area Geographic Response Plan Funded GIS work on lower Truckee and Carson Rivers 415.744.1968ph

415.744.2329ph

water quality issues and watershed activities, soon to be moving Nevada project office to Carson City
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region 9
Nevada Project Manager Ken Nauman

Ray Lenabrook

. FEMA flood plain maps 415-923-7181ph .