Incline Lake - A potential local Lahontan Cutthroat Trout Fishery?

Some of you may remember fishing Incline Lake (aka Little Lake), formerly owned by the Incline Lake Corp. which was little more than a collection of locals who wanted a nearby private retreat. Above is an aerial photo from 2006 when the lake had water.  Situated at an 8,300ft elevation and only one mile west of Mt Rose Ski Resort (Slide Mountain), it is secluded and private and you used to have to be invited by an owner to fish it.  What a great little fishery, feisty little brookies and nice fat bows 2-5 pounds with some fish growing well in excess.  The lake was full of forage fish that kept the trout fat and healthy.  The 33-acre lake is now at a crossroads.  In 2009 it, along with 777 adjacent acres of forest, was purchased by the Forest Service for the bargain price to the public of $43.5 Million, of which ~$5.5 Million was appropriated for rebuilding the damn.  Part of the "official" rationale for the purchase was to make it a public fishery, but per inquiries with former owners, I've surmise that the real impetus came from powers in Tahoe intent on preventing further development of this grandfathered real estate.  In any event, the lake has since been drained and the damn could (and in my humble opinion should) be repaired, but there is talk now about restoring it to natural meadowlands. The public was invited to weigh in recently but unfortunately the public comment period closed June 6th.  

High Sierra Fly Casters has a good article that explains the situation, unfortunately, I just became aware of the role we (the public) could play a few days too late.  Here is a link to the aforementioned article, A Lake is a Lake, Until it Isn't.  If the Forest Service decides to rebuild the damn, the plan is to  possibly plant the lake with Lahontan Cutthroat Trout - wonder if they'd put in Pilot Peakers.  It would be awesome to have a new alpine fishery only 30 minutes from Reno.

Below is an aerial photo from 2010, the lake looks like this today, dry.  I'm hopeful (fingers crossed) they decide to repair the 70+ year old dam and restore this awesome fishery.

 If anyone has intel on the situation, love to hear it.

Lagomarsino Petroglyphs - Indian Rock Art

Lagomarsino Canyon contains an impressive collection of petroglyphs dating between 5,000 and 10,000 years old.  The rock art portraits etched on the basalt cliffs by ancient Paiutes number over 2,200.  The petroglyph below is one of one of only two sheep found in the entire gallery!

This images stikes me as avian in nature.  Perhaps the stork dropping off a baby?

A serpent, bird and fish fighting over a baby turtle?

A Plethora of Petroglyphs?..Nobody has deciphered what the images mean, for all we know, it could be teenagers just being teenagers, or they may hold a much deeper cultural meaning.

You have to go digging a bit for these images below, they're atop the rim rock and are very intricate.

Panorama of the Canyon

On the way out we hit Castle Peak Mine, if the invalids aren't using it for target practice, this 100 year old trommel is really cool to check out.

Remnants of a boiler for a steam engine?

Tailings a plenty.  From prior exploration, the workings appear to be pretty extensive and I'd guess the mountain is so excavated its about like swiss cheese.

A 40 foot climb through a vertical shaft.

Watch out for the ticks this time of year, they got a couple of us.