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Truckee River Day
Sun, Oct 19
|Location sites announced mid-September
Rain or shine on Sunday, October 19th! Start times at 9am or 11am until approximately 2:30pm. Various locations throughout the watershed. Specific sites announced mid-September.
Time & Location
Oct 19, 2025, 9:00 AM – 2:30 PM
Location sites announced mid-September
About the event
Be part of what started it all. It was that first Truckee River Day in 1996 that spawned today’s Truckee River Watershed Council. Since then thousands of nature-lovers have shown up yearly with their gumboots, buckets, shovels and smiles to take on 100s of restoration projects throughout the watershed.
Work along side your friends – and make new ones – as together we repair and restore our watershed. Restoration projects begin at 9am and 11am and are open for all ages and abilities. Truckee River Day projects are designed to boost the benefits of large-scale restoration construction that has been completed in recent years. Activities like spreading native seed, planting willows, mulching, building beaver dams, improving trails and stabilizing streambanks help to recharge groundwater, increase moisture to vegetation that supports critical habitat, and keeps water flowing in our streams later into the dry season.
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