TRAILS WEST -- MARKERS OF THE CALIFORNIA TRAIL

Historic Trails Center
Good Fit for Elko's Western Heritage Image

Starting as a grassroots effort by Elko citizens in 1998, the California Trails Interpretive Center in Elko is several steps closer to being a reality.   The basic building blocks for the interpretive plan - primary interpretive themes and visitor experience goals - were completed in January by a core team of northeast Nevada trail experts and historians, National Park Service specialists and BLM staff.   The next step is to complete the interpretive plan, which is expected by the end of March, and then move on to contracting the design of the building. "When people visit the Trails Center or the trail wayside interpretive sites around northeastern Nevada, we want them to say 'Wow!,' said Helen Hankins, BLM's Elko Field Office Manager.   "BLM is fortunate to have the dedicated citizens of Elko, Elko County, and northeast Nevada to help us make this Trail Center happen." The proposed $18 million project is a private/public partnership of local, county, state and federal partners, the City of Elko, Elko County, the State of Nevada, and the BLM. Reprinted from Nevada Sage, Spring, 2002. Nevada Sage is published by the Nevada State Office, Bureau of Land Management.   To obtain a copy or to subscribe, send your request to Editor, BLM Office of Communications, P.O. Box 12000, Reno, NV, 89520-0006. Or, send an Email to jworley@nv.blm.gov.

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