Division IV Director Jim Bachman, a resident of rural Lincoln, Placer County, was unanimously elected Wednesday by his fellow directors to serve as 2013 president of the Nevada Irrigation District Board of Directors. A member of the NID board since 2009, Bachman is a native of Grass Valley and near lifelong resident of the Lincoln area, where he raises cattle on an 80-acre family ranch. He’s a retired construction manager and longtime board member and former president of the Placer County Farm Bureau. As NID Board President, Bachman succeeds 2012 President Nick Wilcox of Penn Valley, who is the Division …












