Bill introduced to extend commitment to restoring Lake Tahoe
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 20:43 I got the press release today:
“Washington, DC – Nevada Senator Harry Reid, along with Senators Dianne Feinstein, John Ensign and Barbara Boxer today introduced sweeping legislation to protect Lake Tahoe and the Tahoe Basin from a variety of serious threats. Congressman Dean Heller introduced companion legislation in the House of Representatives today along with support from Congresswomen Shelley Berkley and Dina Titus and Congressman Tom McClintock.
The legislation would authorize projects to combat invasive species, reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires, restore Lake Tahoe’s water clarity, and protect threatened species and wildlands. It would continue and strengthen the work begun under the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act of 2000, ensuring that the work of protecting Lake Tahoe and the Tahoe Basin continues without interruption.”
This is huge and wonderful news. From a purely practical standpoint: this is jobs. The environmental permitting company that I work for ( Huffman & Carpenter, Inc. ) has been involved in nearly every one of the restoration projects in the Tahoe Basin - for which we got an Award of Distinction from the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Again, you can look to the leadership of pols like Senators Harry Reid, Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer for this sort of positive action. Oh, yes … and John Ensign. He’s actually been involved in Tahoe funding, it only now looks like a cynical attempt to salvage a damaged political and personal reputation in this instance.
