Pyramid Lake National Scenic Byway
Corridor Management Plan and Implementation
Planning for Sustainable Tourism and Economic Growth
Pyramid Lake is a unique natural resource offering outstanding scenic, historic, cultural and recreational opportunities for visitors. Located only about 30 miles north of Reno, the lake provides a wide range of recreational opportunities easily accessible to residents of Nevada's second largest metropolitan area, as well as to cross-country travelers. The largest lake entirely within Nevada--and one of the largest lakes in the West--Pyramid Lake supports a productive cutthroat trout fishery that draws sportsmen from throughout the country. On the east side of the lake, Anaho Island is a National Wildlife Refuge that is home to the largest colony of the endangered American white pelican.Pyramid Lake is the home of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Indian Tribe, whose reservation encompasses the lake and the lower reaches of the Truckee River. The Lake has always played a central role in the Paiutes' culture, economy and society. In the twentieth century it has also become an important recreational area for northwest Nevada.
Recognizing the importance of preserving the Lake's special attributes, and wishing to encourage sustainable tourism as the foundation for economic development, the Pyramid Lake Paiute Indian Tribe designated the main roads through the Reservation as a Scenic Byway. Taintor & Associates helped the Tribe to prepare the byway nomination and to develop a corridor management plan meeting the guidelines of the National Scenic Byway Program. The plan provides a framework for the Tribe's efforts to protect the Reservation's critical natural and cultural resources while enhancing the ways in which visitors can experience and understand Pyramid Lake and its environs.
The Scenic Byways Program is particularly useful for the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe because of its dual emphasis on promotion and protection. It recognizes that tourism based on natural and cultural resources must respect these resources in order to be sustainable, and that environmental protection must take place within the context of people's need for economic security.
The Scenic Byways Program thus provides a way to join together the separate strands of the Tribe's tourism, economic development and environmental protection efforts. The designation and promotion of the Pyramid Lake Scenic Byway is both an outgrowth of previous tourism promotion efforts and an integral component of the Tribe's larger economic development efforts.
Corridor Management Plan Documents
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