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Nevada senators testify in favor of Tahoe bill; Feinstein urges Senate Panel to support major legislation to save Lake Tahoe

Posted by: Maven on February 25, 2010 at 6:50 am

lake-tahoe-8-07-2008-smallerFrom the Tahoe Daily Tribune:

“Nevada Sens. Harry Reid and John Ensign testified in the Senate Wednesday morning in support of the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act of 2009.

The $415 million bill would provide eight years of funding for fuels reduction, environmental improvement programs, watershed restoration and storm water management. Reid is the bill’s sponsor, and Ensign and California Sens. Diane Feinstein and Barbara Boxer are cosponsors. The two gave testimony in Washington, in front of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, which Boxer chairs.

“This legislation does much more than carry existing programs forward,” Reid said in his testimony. “This legislation makes science a priority, calls for better management in the Lake Tahoe Basin and takes aggressive action against threats that were simply unthinkable ten years ago.” … “

Continue reading this story from the Tahoe Daily Tribune by clicking here.

Senator Feinstein added her name to the list of senators supporting the legislation:

“U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today urged the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, chaired by Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), to support the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act of 2009. The bill would authorize $415 million over eight years to improve water clarity, combat invasive species, reduce the wildfire threat and restore the environment.

Following are Senator Feinstein’s remarks as delivered:

“Thank you very much Madame Chairman. I particularly want to thank you for working with me on this bill. This is the second Tahoe restoration bill, which will go for eight years.

All this began when President Clinton was the guest and star at the first Tahoe Summit, almost 13 years ago, and this really called everyone’s attention to the plight of what was a deteriorating situation at a lake that is only one of two clear cold-water lakes in the world like this, and certainly the jewel in the crown of California and Nevada. … “

Hear more from Senator Feinstein via YubaNet.com by clicking here.

February 25, 2010 · Filed Under Lake Tahoe, the Sierras & foothills

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