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Bonding money funds Lake Tahoe improvements

Posted by: Maven on June 20, 2009 at 6:57 am

From the Silicon Valley Mercury News:

The 2009 Nevada Legislature and Gov. Jim Gibbons approved a new law that requires issuance of up to $100 million in general-obligation bonds to pay for environmental improvement projects at Lake Tahoe over the next 10 years.

Lake Tahoe’s famed clarity has been declining and the bonds issued under AB18 will pay for projects to help stop that trend, said Allen Biaggi, director of the Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The bonds also will help water quality, forest management, air quality, transportation, recreation and maintenance projects. “In general terms, the focus of the money and the projects is Lake Tahoe’s water quality,” Biaggi said. “The reason Lake Tahoe is so special is because of its water clarity and how far down you can see into it.”

Biaggi said recent projects have slowed the decline in Tahoe’s clarity, which currently averages about 70 feet, and the goal is to increase that to 80 feet by 2028. Tahoe has lost an average of one foot of clarity per year since the 1960s. “The loss of clarity is slowing because water quality projects are working and making a difference,” Biaggi said, adding that the eventual goal is to increase clarity to 100 feet.

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June 20, 2009 · Filed Under Lake Tahoe, the Sierras & foothills

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