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U.S. Sen. Harry Reid will swing through Fallon today on a one-day, four-stop, whirlwind round of rural Nevada town hall meetings.
Reid, a Democrat, is running for a fourth term in the senate against a host of fringe party candidates and Republican Richard Ziser, who is best known as a vociferous opponent of same-sex marriage.
At Monday's town hall meetings, Reid will be seeking feedback from local residents on such issues as health care and education.
Reid staffer Tessa Hafen said topics for discussion will be ruled mostly by the audience in a question and answer setting.
Reid's first town hall meeting Monday will be at the Fernley Senior Citizen Center from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.
His second stop will be at the Fallon Convention Center on Campus Way from 11 a.m. to noon. The public is encouraged to attend to talk federal issues with the senator, Hafen said.
From Fallon, Reid will head out to Lovelock's Pershing County Senior Center, then to Winnemucca and Battle Mountain.
The town hall meeting won't be Reid's only business in Fallon. The state's senior senator will also present the U.S. Natural Resources and Conservation Service, along with the University of Nevada, Reno's school of agriculture, a $450,000 check to help establish a new plant materials center in Fallon.
The money equals an appropriation Reid helped secure last year to help create an NRCS program for developing and growing Nevada-friendly plants.
Land managers in Nevada have a tough time rehabilitating the state's ranges after fires, over-grazing or abandoned farming, because there is a dearth of native Nevada seeds on the market.
While there are several NRCS plant materials centers throughout the country, none are in Nevada and few grow Nevadan plants.
The NRCS and the UNR is working on a proposal that would give the service much of the university's agricultural research station just south of Fallon for a plant materials project.
While the NRCS would grow and cultivate the seeds that land rehabilitators need, UNR officials hope the farming knowledge they gather will be passed on to local growers in search of a more valuable, lower water-use crop.
Reid has said he is working to fund the center to the tune of $1.5 million.
Cory McConnell can be contacted at cmcconnell@lahontanvalleynews.com
Reid, a Democrat, is running for a fourth term in the senate against a host of fringe party candidates and Republican Richard Ziser, who is best known as a vociferous opponent of same-sex marriage.
At Monday's town hall meetings, Reid will be seeking feedback from local residents on such issues as health care and education.
Reid staffer Tessa Hafen said topics for discussion will be ruled mostly by the audience in a question and answer setting.
Reid's first town hall meeting Monday will be at the Fernley Senior Citizen Center from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.
His second stop will be at the Fallon Convention Center on Campus Way from 11 a.m. to noon. The public is encouraged to attend to talk federal issues with the senator, Hafen said.
From Fallon, Reid will head out to Lovelock's Pershing County Senior Center, then to Winnemucca and Battle Mountain.
The town hall meeting won't be Reid's only business in Fallon. The state's senior senator will also present the U.S. Natural Resources and Conservation Service, along with the University of Nevada, Reno's school of agriculture, a $450,000 check to help establish a new plant materials center in Fallon.
The money equals an appropriation Reid helped secure last year to help create an NRCS program for developing and growing Nevada-friendly plants.
Land managers in Nevada have a tough time rehabilitating the state's ranges after fires, over-grazing or abandoned farming, because there is a dearth of native Nevada seeds on the market.
While there are several NRCS plant materials centers throughout the country, none are in Nevada and few grow Nevadan plants.
The NRCS and the UNR is working on a proposal that would give the service much of the university's agricultural research station just south of Fallon for a plant materials project.
While the NRCS would grow and cultivate the seeds that land rehabilitators need, UNR officials hope the farming knowledge they gather will be passed on to local growers in search of a more valuable, lower water-use crop.
Reid has said he is working to fund the center to the tune of $1.5 million.
Cory McConnell can be contacted at cmcconnell@lahontanvalleynews.com
