The Lahontan Project, Truckee,California

This planned development has approximately 741 acres of land with 43 acres of jurisdictional wetlands, 315 acres of open space including an 18-hole golf course, and 383 acres of residential lots and roadways. Of the 43 acres of wetlands, only 0.51 acre were impacted due to the project.



Since 1992, H&C, Inc. has been responsible for baseline water quality data collection and data analysis to establish discharge standards for the proposed project. H&C, Inc. has also been responsible for watershed analysis to determine secondary impacts to wetlands due to the quality of water discharging into wetlands thereby preserving wetland integrity. Additionally, the impacts from channelized urban storm runoff and the resultant sedimentation, erosional deposition and nutrient loading from waters discharging into the wetland have been evaluated. To mitigate these secondary impacts H&C, Inc. designed a best management plan to cover the 741 acre property. H&C, Inc. was responsible for preparing and obtaining approval of the following: