Lake Tahoe, west shorline.
Photo © Stan White
"This is a great day for everyone who wants to Keep Tahoe Blue," said Rochelle Nason, executive director of the League to Save Lake Tahoe. "This decision provides the guidance the agency needs to resume its rightful place as the leader of a bi-state, science-based, and broadly supported effort to save Lake Tahoe."
It's yet another chapter in the ongoing and contentious struggle to balance Lake Tahoe's environmental survival with constant development pressure. "As is always the case at Lake Tahoe, achieving a balance between our spectacular environment and private property rights is extraordinarily challenging," said Joanne S. Marchetta, TRPA executive director.
Want to see Lake Tahoe for yourself? Take a drive around the Lake Tahoe Basin and you'll see why this is one of America's gems and better understand why environmental protection and development pressure will probably always be at odds.
Sources: KTVN Reno, Sierra Club, League to Save Lake Tahoe, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency.
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Comments
Standley,
After reading the judge’s ruling, it seems that the only inadequacy found was not in the comparatively modest amount of development allowed by the updated rules, but in the baseline of the environmental analysis. The judge did not seem to say that the plan and rules were inadequate, but that the TRPA did not accurately predict how they would achieve environmental protection.
The comments from the League and others mystify me because the lake didn’t win or lose. There will be more analysis and discussion, but that doesn’t mean fewer piers or buoys will necessarily be allowed.
Thanks,
Jeff
This is a big win for Lake Tahoe. The wealthy lakefront property owners have a long history of trying to keep Tahoe as private as possible and to shut others out. They are not concerned with the lake’s health unless it coincides with their desired use of it. More piers and buoys will undoubtredly impact the lake negatively so I applaud this decision.