Truckee River White Top Eradication Project/ Mogul and Steamboat Creeks

Project Sponsor: Great Basin Institute/Nevada Conservation Corps
Grant amount:$13,692.70
Organization Match: $5,753 ( Monetary: $5,428.80 and In-Kind: $325 by Nevada Conservation Corps)
Funding date: November 2006
Grant # 26

This project involves the eradication of Tall White Top from approximately 20 acres of river corridor near the confluence of the Truckee River and the Steamboat and Mogul Creeks. Tall White Top is an invasive, noxious weed that competes with the natural riparian habitat. It has a profound deleterious impact upon the riparian habitat of the lower Truckee River.

The project will involve the spraying of an environmentally suitable herbicide for Tall White Top followed by the planting of native cottonwoods, willows and grasses. The project directly improves water quality and the watershed.