The Resort at Red Hawk
(Lakes Course) |
Once a duck-hunting retreat and also a ranch for raising champion
Labrador retrievers and quarter horses and cattle grazing, the first
certified Audubon Signature Cooperative Sanctuary in Nevada is located
within the eastern Spanish Springs Valley in the extreme northeast
corner of the city of Sparks. Pastures were historically flood
irrigated by the Orr Extension of the Spanish Springs Valley ditch, the
watershed of which drains into the Truckee River. Northern Desert Shrub
vegetation, which covers 74% of the site, includes such species as
sagebrush, black greasewood, rabbit brush, and Indian rice grass.
Because the project is located in the Great Basin cold desert regional
areas, preserving and expanding wetlands is a primary focus. The front
nine holes of the golf course is integrated into
natural springs, while the back nine surrounds two
large existing lakes and wetlands, both with the Sierra Nevada Mountains
as a backdrop and both designed by golf course architect, Robert Trent
Jones II. For more about Red Hawk, visit www.resortatredhawk.com |
