Connected Communities Project News Today

The "Lost Sierra Route" aims to link up mountain towns across 600 miles and draw recreationists to a region hit by fires and hard economic times.

The "Lost Sierra Route" aims to link up mountain towns across 600 miles and draw recreationists to a region hit by fires and hard economic times.

The "Connected Communities Initiative" is a project 7 seven years in the making. The initiative plans to better connect the city's historically underserved neighborhoods to nearby trails and greenways.

The Truckee and Lake Tahoe areas are linked to the history of the greater Sierra Nevada by hundreds of old trails and paths used by early miners, loggers and mail carriers.

The Truckee and Lake Tahoe areas are linked to the history of the greater Sierra Nevada by hundreds of old trails and paths used by early miners, loggers and mail carriers.

The Lost Sierra Route will connect Lake Tahoe with the northern Sierra Nevada. Project coordinators hope the trail will make a big impact on the region.

The first phase will open next year. but wil grow over the next seven years to connect 15 towns in Northern California and a slice of Nevada with 600 miles of multi-use trails.

The effort is underway to create a 600-mile network of multi-use trails connecting 15 northern California mountain towns and Reno, Nevada.