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A
Like
to
call
this
meeting
to
order,
thank
you
so
much
for
being
here
this
this
morning.
Welcome
to
the
legislative
committee
for
the
review
and
oversight
of
the
tahoe
regional
planning
agency
and
marlette
lake
water
system.
Today
the
committee
will
be
receiving
presentations
focused
on
forest
health,
water
quality
and
climate
change
resiliency
in
the
tahoe
basin.
A
Before
we
call
the
role,
I
would
like
to
note
that
senator
schaible
and
assemblywoman
cohen
are
attending
via
zoom.
A
A
A
Members
who
are
joining
virtually
please
be
sure
to
keep
your
video
on.
So
we
know
if
you,
if
we
have
a
quorum,
please
also
be
sure
to
mute
your
microphone
when
you
are
not
speaking
to
minimize
background
noise
meeting
materials
can
be
accessed
on
the
committee's
webpage,
located
on
the
nevada
legislature's
website.
You
can
also
sign
up
for
electronic
notifications
related
to
the
committee's
activities
on
the
legislator's
website.
Legislature's
website.
A
We
will
have
a
public
comment
period
at
the
beginning
and
end
of
the
meeting
public
comment
is
limited
to
three
minutes
per
speaker
to
ensure
that
everybody
has
equal
access
to
time.
Members
of
the
public
may
provide
testimony
in
several
ways,
all
of
which
are
listed
on
the
agenda
and
include
to
call
in
for
public
comment.
You
can
dial
669-900-6833.
A
A
A
Actually,
in
this
day
and
age,
we
all
generally
use
our
laptops
to
try
and
keep
down
the
production
of
paper
in
this
in
this
building.
So
most
folks
will
be
looking
at
their
computers.
Please
don't
take
that
as
ignoring
you.
We
are
just
trying
to
keep
up
with
presentations
and
and
other
issues
that
come
up
with
that
we'll
go
ahead
and
move
into
a
public
comment.
This
is
agenda
item
two
first
public
comment
period.
For
today,
an
additional
public
comment
period
will
be
available
at
the
end
of
the
meeting.
A
Please
remember
to
state
and
spell
your
name
for
the
record
and
limit
your
comments
to
three
minutes
to
ensure
everyone
has
a
fair
opportunity
to
speak.
We
will
be
timing
and
I
will
prompt
you
at
the
end
of
that
three
minutes.
I
would
like
to
first
call
for
public
comment.
Those
attending
in
person
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
start
up
here
in
carson
city.
Is
there
anybody
in
the
room
for
public
comment
here
in
carson
city?
A
Not
seeing
anybody
come
up
to
the
table,
so
we
will
go
ahead
and
move
down
to
grant
sawyer.
Is
there
anybody
in
grant
sawyer
who
would
like
to
come
up
for
public
comment?
A
I'm
not
seeing
anybody
come
up.
Okay,
well,
bps.
Would
you
mind
please
checking
the
public
comment
line
to
see
if
we
have
folks
on
there
who
are
would
like
to
call
in
for
a
public
comment
this
morning.
D
A
severe
and
increasing
problem
has
bedeviled
the
tahoe
basin
for
20
plus
years
and
continues
to
lack
unified
attention
and
action
by
the
one
and
only
body
overseeing
the
500
square
miles.
The
tahoe
regional
planning
agency,
despite
clear
acknowledgements
and
environmental
responsibility
for
the
basin
and
its
regional
plan,
and
most
recent
annual
report,
trpa,
has
claimed
three
excuses
for
failing
to
take
a
universal
and
effective
approach
towards
requiring
wildlife
proof,
human
trash
containment
across
the
basin's
various
jurisdictions.
D
These
costs
have
been
imposed
seeking
hope
for
betterment,
benefiting
all
nevadans.
Third,
excuse
is
that
trpa
would
have
too
much
of
an
enforcement
burden
when
the
reality
is
local
health
departments.
Working
with
trash,
hauling
companies
and
contracted
non-profits
would
leave
trpa
with
no
new
duties.
D
Multiple
other
mountain
communities
with
precisely
the
same
problem,
have
successfully
established
universal
wildlife
proof
trash
containment
installations
outside
of
garages
and
away
from
dwellings.
They
include
cranmore
british
columbia,
mammoth
lakes,
california,
yosemite
park,
durango,
boulder
and
vale
colorado.
This
approach
works,
so
why
isn't
trpa
using
it
as
well?
D
The
peril
to
all
wildlife
species
as
they
are
drawn
into
the
urban
areas
of
the
basin,
for
the
free
food
added
on
top
of
the
dangers
of
humans?
Thinking
wildlife
can
be
casually
interacted
with
and
treated
as
toys
for
their
pleasure
eats
up
considerable
law
enforcement
time
and
places
factions
of
the
communities
at
odds
with
state
wildlife
enforcement
agencies
and
their
neighbors
wildlife.
Crossing
highways
are
frequently
killed
as
they
seek
the
free
food.
D
Precisely
why
trpa's
unwillingness
to
enact
an
ordinance
has
been
so
vexing
beginning
in
2014,
government
wildlife
agencies
and
community
members
went
to
trpa
on
three
separate
occasions,
seeking
action
and
leadership
each
and
every
time,
trpa
staff
and
the
board
members
had
been
unwilling
to
act
citing
the
three
flimsy
excuses
previously
outlined
as
nevada's
oversight,
body
trpa
agendizing.
This
issue
for
discussion
and
concrete
action
needs
to
happen
sooner
rather
than
later
in
the
interest
of
public
safety
and
the
basin's
overall
environmental
health.
I
would
ask
that
these
comments
be
added
verbatim
to
the
record.
Thank
you.
A
A
A
Second,
a
second
from
senator
scheibel.
Thank
you
so
much
at
this
point.
Let's
see,
I
believe,
we're
at
any
discussion
for
the
motion.
A
We
and
that
promotion
passes
with
the
members
present.
Thank
you
so
much
all
right.
We're
going
to
go
ahead
and
close
that
agenda
item
and
move
on
to
agenda
item
4..
This
is
our
first
presentation
regarding
the
lake
tahoe
basin
action
plan,
lake
tahoe
basin,
forest
health
and
wildfire
prevention
projects
and
priorities,
and
lessons
learned
from
the
caldora
fire
casey
casey,
our
state
for
forester
fire
warden
is
here.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
being
here,
it's
great
to
see
you
again,
please
introduce
yourself
and
go
ahead
when
you
are
ready.
C
Thank
you,
chair
members
of
the
committee,
casey
casey
state
forester,
fire
warden
for
the
record,
it's
nice
to
see
you
all
in
person.
Again,
it's
kind
of
strange
we're
going
to
talk
about
the
forest
health
conditions
in
the
tahoe
basin.
We
are
seeing
an
increase
in
wildfire
quantity,
frequency
and
intensity
last
year.
Obviously,
the
caldor
and
the
tamarack
both
coming
into
the
high
mountain
areas
in
to
nevada
for
the
tamarack,
not
for
the
caldor.
Luckily,
we
will
talk
more
about
those
in
a
little
bit.
C
We're
seeing
increased
mortality
from
insect
and
disease
across
the
forest,
obviously
increased
drought,
duration
and
frequency,
and
we
expect
that
the
drought
will
will
affect
the
high
elevations
again
this
year.
As
far
as
fire
is
concerned,
and
a
decreased
winter
snow
pack,
the
tahoe
forest
health
conditions,
I'm
not
going
to
run
through
all
of
the
the
beetles
here,
but
this
is
for
your
reference.
We
fly
every
year
with
the
u.s
forest
service,
all
of
the
forests
of
the
state.
Unfortunately,
for
the
last
two
years
due
to
covid,
we
have
not
been
able
to
fly.
C
We
do
hope
to
get
back
up
in
the
air
this
year,
though
they
have
been
doing
ground
surveys
to
make
sure
to
check
the
conditions
on
the
ground.
We
are
seeing
an
increase
in
mountain
pine
beetle.
You
can
see
them
as
you're
driving
around
the
state,
but
they
are
not
yet
at
at
large
outbreak
scales.
So
we're
we're
still
continuing
to
monitor
the
the
devastation
we
are
seeing.
C
Some
other
jeffrey
pine
beetle
increases
due
to
the
drought
stress,
the
trees
are
stressed
and
competing
for
water
and
we're
also
seeing
some
ponderosa
pine
stress,
probably
due
to
beetles
as
well.
C
There
is
a
large
effort
that
I'm
not
going
to
go
too
much
into
because
I
think
you're
going
to
hear
about
this
later
from
the
tahoe
fire
and
fuels
team,
but
our
report
did
show
that
about
920
acres
were
treated
this
year.
That
was
almost
a
doubling
from
the
previous
year,
getting
back
out
of
the
coved
slump,
with
crews
and
and
personnel.
C
One
of
the
highlights
I
did
want
to
talk
about,
though
the
caldor
fire
did
not
come
into
the
state
of
nevada.
There
was
an
imminent
threat
as
it
was
moving
toward
the
state
of
nevada.
We
deployed
through
a
partnership
with
nv
energy
and
the
state
sb
508
funds
that
were
approved
a
contingent.
It
was
a
full
type,
3
incident
management
team.
They
were
stationed
up
at
hard
rock
hotel.
C
It
was
203
personnel
between
local
government
state
government
and
our
partners
at
nv
energy.
They
were
out
there
for
16
days
and
their
purpose
was
to
build
a
fuel
break
in
in
preparation
for
it,
coming
into
the
nevada
side,
from
state
line
up
and
over
into
genoa,
so
that
was
about
25.5
miles
of
contingent
fire
line
that
was
created
on
that
deployment,
and
this
is
something
that
we're
doing
across
the
state.
With
these
crews
that
we've
we've
built
at
local
governments.
C
I
do
want
to
talk
about
quickly
about
the
state
lands,
tahoe
environmental
improvement
program.
They
manage
493
urban
parcels
in
the
tahoe
basin
that
covers
about
232
acres.
That
includes
an
additional
new
parcel
that
was
purchased
this
year
up
in
kingsbury
area
about
10
acres.
Last
year
we
were
able
to
burn
just
over
1250
piles,
eliminating
about
850
tons
of
forest
fuels.
We
did
have
a
little
bit
of
a
window
for
for
prescribed
fire
that
was
done
between
local
government
contract
crews
and
ndf
crews.
C
Getting
those
those
piles
that
have
been
in
large
quantities
for
a
long
long
time
up
there
burned
as
we
did
have
the
snow
cover
that
was
required
by
the
burn
plan
they
treated
about
866
acres,
total
in
state
lands,
so
the
state
lands
forester
manages
these
parcels
making
sure
that
they're
looking
for
forest
health
conditions,
making
sure
that
they're
they're
managed
to
to
the
standard
of
fire
safety
and
all
of
those
aspects.
C
In
the
tahoe
basin
there
is
an
interagency
as
with
the
rest
of
the
state,
there
is
an
interagency
wildfire
prevention
campaign
that
goes
on
making
sure
that
all
the
partners
are
speaking
with
one
voice.
We
recognized
a
long
time
ago
that
people
didn't
understand
our
boundaries
that
were
drawn
by
our
agencies,
so
we
all
needed
to
speak
with
one
voice.
We
go
into
fire
restrictions
together,
oftentimes
our
fire
restrictions
are
very
similar.
They're
all
posted
online,
we're
looking
at
fire
causes
all
throughout
the
year.
C
We're
deploying
interagency
prevention
teams
across
the
state
when
we
start
to
see
an
influx
in
human
cause
fires,
and
we
can
see
that
maybe
some
years
it's
target
shooting
some
years,
it's
campfires,
so
we
target
the
messaging
to
what
we're
seeing
out
there
on
the
ground
to
try
to
stall
those
human
cause
starts.
Unfortunately,
we
are
seeing
a
huge
increase
over
the
last
couple
years
in
human
cause
starts,
so
it's
really
critical
that
we
make
sure
that
we
try
to
prevent
those
fires
from
starting
some
of
the
key
challenges
that
we're
facing
is
agencies.
C
I'm
sure
you've
heard
this,
so
I'm
not
going
to
hit
on
it
too
hard,
but
we
are
having
an
employee
recruitment
and
retention
issues.
I
think
we
were
at
about
50
in
the
state
of
nevada
at
the
division
of
forestry
in
vacant
positions.
At
one
time,
luckily,
we've
been
able
to
fill
we're
about
26
percent
vacancy
rate.
At
this
time
we
were
lucky
to
get
some
our
firefighters
filled
for
the
year,
so
most
of
our
fire
crews
are
full.
C
However,
we
are
hiring
a
new
fuels
crew
and
of
the
18
that
we're
hiring.
We
have
six.
So
if
you
know
anyone
who
wants
a
job,
we
have
some
we're
seeing
some
supply
chain
disruptions
it's
hard
for
us
to
purchase.
Obviously
I
think
everybody's
heard
about
that
equipment
and
supplies,
so
just
taking
a
lot
longer
than
we're
used
to
to
get
those
things
in
which
is
causing
some
delays
in
us
getting
out
and
doing
work.
Obviously,
drought
and
climate
conditions
are
increasing
the
risks
up
in
the
tahoe
basin
and
across
the
state.
C
From
a
fire
perspective,
we
are
experiencing
a
lack
of
support
in
the
industry,
meaning
we
don't
have
biomass
industry
in
the
state
of
nevada
part
of
what
we
need
to
do
to
get
all
the
trees
out
of
the
forest,
particularly
in
the
tahoe
basin,
is
have
mills
to
process
those
or
or
biomass
facilities
that
can
utilize
that
and
make
it
into
energy.
So
we
are
working
as
an
interagency
partnership
to
get
some
of
that
stuff
moving
so
that
we
can
move
a
lot
more
of
that
out.
C
The
our
windows
for
prescribed
fire
are
just
so
small
in
the
current
conditions
that
it's
very
hard
to
continue
to
create
a
deficit
of
piles
up
in
the
in
those
hills
and
and
we're
seek
we're
having
some
challenges
with
contractors
having
enough
in
the
state
to
do
all
the
work
that
we're
trying
to
get
done.
So
we've
been
actively
working
with
our
partners
and
and
the
local
communities
to
try
to
build
that
infrastructure.
C
So
we
have
adequate
crews
to
get
out
there
when
we
need
them
to
get
out
there,
both
from
a
fire
fighting
perspective
and
from
a
fuel
reduction
perspective.
This
year.
The
state
of
nevada
again
will
contract
with
the
super
scoopers
that
we
had
two
years
ago,
so
they
will
be
parked
here,
though,
they
are
under
fed
contract
this
year,
so
they'll
be
parked
here,
because
we
give
them
free
space
and
hopefully
we'll
be
able
to
use
them
adequately
when
we
need
them.
C
C
We
want
to
continue
to
use
the
interagency
cross
boundary
methods
to
implement
forest
health
and
fuel
reduction
projects
in
these
areas.
You'll
hear
later
that
it
was
highly
successful
in
the
cal
door,
fire
of
keeping
it
out
of
the
community
and
and
moving
it
up
into
the
hills,
and
we
want
to
continue
to
use
the
interagency
approach
that
we
talked
about.
A
Thank
you,
miss
casey
for
being
here
today.
Did
anyone
in
the
committee
have
questions
before
I
ask
some
of
mine,
I'm
not
seeing
any.
I
had
a
couple
questions
for
you,
starting
with
your
interagency
approach.
So
in
your
slides
you
say
that
you'd
like
to
continue
doing
that.
Is
there
anything
you
need
from
us
to
continue
that
effort
with
that
interagency
approach
and
partnering
with
our
other
colleagues.
C
Thank
you
for
the
question:
tara,
peters
again
for
the
record,
casey
casey
sure
always
funding
is
helpful.
When
we
look
at
these
there's
a
lot
of
money
coming
down
through
infrastructure
packages,
america,
the
beautiful
there's,
a
lot
of
federal
money
coming
down,
one
of
the
the
greatest
assets
that
we
had
as
a
state
was
to
provide
the
matching
funds.
Every
one
of
those
grant
funds
is
coming
down
with
some
sort
of
match.
Sometimes
it's
a
10
15
20.
C
Sometimes
it's
a
one
to
one
and
so
having
that
state
funding
available
that
was
through
sb
508
was
very
helpful
to
gain
that
partnership,
we
treated
over
10
000
acres
to
date
with
the
nv
energy
funds.
So
that
was
that's
very,
very
helpful
and
just
the
support
that
you
guys
give
in
in
the
ask
that
we
push
forward
for
contracts
with
single-engine
air
tankers
or
scoopers,
and
all
of
that
stuff
is
always
always
appreciated.
A
Thank
you
for
the
response.
I
have
two
more
questions
just
to
to
prep
you,
biomass
industry.
We
talked
about
that
a
little
bit
previously,
but
could
you
let
us
give
us
kind
of
a
breakdown
of
what
would
we
need
in
the
state
of
nevada,
to
stand
up
a
biomass
industry
to
take
on
really
the
quantities
you
need
to
be
to
be
producing
with
the
fire
reduction
efforts
that
you're
you're
working
towards
and
what
can
we
do
at
the
state
at
the
legislature,
in
this
legislative
body
to
help
you
get
there.
C
Thank
you
for
the
question
again
for
the
record.
Casey
casey,
the
biomass
industry
is
complicated,
so
what
we
need
is
support
for
for
the
production
of
these
sites,
there's
going
to
have
to
be
a
lot
of
them
and
they're
going
to
have
to
be
varying
in
their
size
and
scale
and
what
they
do.
C
As
you
know,
our
productive,
our
timber
that
actually
could
be
sold
as
timber
is
along
this
front
here
in
the
sierra
front,
and
when
you
start
to
get
out
into
the
woodland
areas,
that's
not
a
marketable
timber
in
in
pinyon
juniper,
so
we've
got
to
find
other
uses
for
that
there
are
quite
a
few
or
or
four
industries
coming
into
the
state,
hopefully
in
varying
stages
of
approval.
That
will
be
very,
very
helpful
to
us
getting
some
of
this
stuff
out.
C
I
think
what
we
need
is
just
the
support
of
trying
to
innovate
and
bring
bring
this
industry
in.
So
we
need
people
to
understand
that
we
do
have
a
sustainable
supply
chain
and
that
we
can
produce
enough
for
their
business
to
be
successful
in
the
long
term,
and
we've
done
some
reports
historically
and
and
currently
have
those
again
for
any
industry
out
there
on
where
we
have
the
nipper
ready.
C
Obviously,
most
of
this,
the
supply
is
going
to
come
off
of
the
forest
service
in
the
tahoe
basin
and
so
we're
looking
at
just
making
sure
that
they
understand
that
the
supply
is
there
and
they
can
create
this
industry.
But
it's
going
to
take
more
than
just
one
mill
or
one
one
megawatt
biomass
facility
back
up
and
running,
and
one
thing
that
would
be
helpful
is
is
maybe
support
of
getting
that
one
at
the
prison
back
up
and
running,
trying
to
find
an
end
user.
C
C
Service
does,
and
so
does
the
blm.
So
that's
one
of
the
things
we're
mapping
through
shared
stewardship,
statewide
tahoe,
has
done
their
own
survey
on
what
they
have
as
nipa
ready
in
the
tahoe
basin.
We're
doing
that
at
the
statewide
level.
Right
now
in
our
high
priority
shared
stewardship
areas
to
see
what
is
actually
nipa
ready,
where
we
could.
A
lot
of
these
funding
sources
are
going
to
require
that
we
be
ready
to
hit
the
ground
right
away
nippa,
if
it's
not
ready,
is
not
going
to
allow
for
that.
C
So
the
mission
we've
given
our
staff
is
one
to
look
at
what
we
can
do
immediately
and
then
two
out
planning
for
the
next
two
three
four
five
years
to
make
sure
that
those
high
priority
areas
of
nepa
are
getting
done
and
if
the
federal
agencies
need
planning
with
that,
we've
got
contractors
on
the
good
of
the
state
contract
at
the
state
to
help
with
that.
A
I
do
know
that
it
is
disheartening
to
tell
clients
that
your
nepa
is
going
to
take
18
months
to
sometimes
five
years,
so
it's
nice
to
have
that
up
and
ready
for
folks
as
they
come
in,
and
I
know
from
some
of
the
other
work
that
I
do
that
we
have
some
really
novel
technologies
coming
out
for
biomass
production,
mobile
units
and
smaller
units
that
we
haven't
had
before
and
that
really
kind
of
drives
into
some
of
the
other
efforts
of
our
body
to
ensure
that
we
have
energy
resiliency
in
some
of
our
more
rural
communities
or
communities
that
are
more
at
risk
for
losing
power
through
the
traditional
grid.
A
I
had
one
more
question
for
you
about
your
interagency
voice:
the
single
single
voice
that
you
guys
are
using
the
living
with
fire
tahoe
correct.
Do
you
guys
have
a
social
media
that
folks
can
follow
to
stay
up
to
date?
Get
those
instant
notifications
about
what's
going
on
and
where
decisions
are
being
made
so
that
they
can
stay
more
prized
than
having
to
look
up
and
refresh
that
website
every
day.
C
A
C
And
the
tahoe
fire
and
fuels
team
does
for
sure,
and
that's
where
I
get
a
lot
of
my
information
too,
on
what's
happening
in
the
the
prescribed
fires
that
they're
doing
up
in
the
basin
and
all
of
that.
So
it's
out
there.
Yes.
A
E
E
A
gallon,
therefore,
I
do
not
see
any
realistic
concept
that
will
ever
for
the
initial
future
be
realistic.
So
I
was
just
curious
if
there
might
be
grants
or
opportunities
to
look
into
some
type
of
a
portable
facility
for
the
tahoe
basin
or
for
other
areas
to
try
to
generate
power
in
that
respect
and
also
obviously
get
rid
of
the
fire
danger.
C
Thank
you
for
the
question
again
for
the
record.
Casey
casey.
Yes,
we're
looking
at
all
options,
the
you
know
the
carson
city
cogen
plant.
It
was
not
economical,
we're
hoping
that
there
would
be
some
subsidy
available,
because
if
you
look
at
the
economics
of
reducing
fire
risk,
how
much
fire
suppression
in
the
tahoe
basin
costs,
those
things
do
outweigh
the
money
that
we
would
put
into
a
cogen
facility.
C
The
price
of
gas
is
killing
all
of
us
right
now
for
sure,
so
we
would
definitely
be
interested
in
looking
at
portable
plants
we're
looking
at
anybody
who
would
want
to
do
anything
in
this
realm
little
parts
and
pieces
that
would
help
us
get
some
of
this
stuff
out
of
the
forest.
We
can't
continue
to
build
piles
forever,
that
we
may
never
get
a
window
to
burn
our
windows
are
just
shortening
and
shortening
and
shortening
particularly
in
the
tahoe
basin,
when
we
require
a
snow
cover
to
burn
those
piles.
A
Thank
you
director
and
thank
you,
madam
chair.
Thank
you
so
much
for
being
here
today.
Are
there
any
other
questions?
I
don't
see
any
so
we
will
relieve
you
from
the
desk.
Thank
you
again
so
much.
We
look
forward
to
working
with
you
in
the
legislative
session
on
those
asks.
Okay,
I
we
have
kat
mcintyre
coming
up
next
forest
ecosystem
health
program
manager
with
trpa.
A
B
Thank
you,
chair
peters.
I
will
actually
kick
us
off
good
morning,
chair
peters
members
of
the
committee
here
in
carson
city
on
zoom,
I'm
julie
reagan,
I'm
deputy
director
of
the
tahoe
regional
planning
agency,
while
cat
was
getting
situated.
I
just
wanted
to
also
echo
state
forester
casey's
mention
of
how
wonderful
it
is
to
see
you
here
in
carson
city.
B
15
years
ago,
the
angora
wildfire
broke
out
in
south
lake
tahoe
15
years
today
june
24th,
and
it
really
set
the
stage
for
what
I
think
you'll
hear
from
from
dr
mcintyre
and
from
all
of
the
speakers
around
forest
health,
and
I
wanted
to
put
a
fine
point
on
the
tahoe
regional
planning
agency's
role
as
a
partner
with
this
incredible
partnership
around
the
tahoe
fire
and
fuels
team
and
with
our
local
fire
agencies,
state
federal
and
our
local
fire
districts,
and
it
it's
really
been
quite
gratifying
to
see
as
a
local
tahoe
resident
who's
lived
through
these
fires.
B
F
Thank
you,
julie
and
thank
you,
chair,
peters
and
committee
members
for
having
me
today.
I
will
be
presenting
on
the
forced
action
plan,
forest
health
and
wildfire
prevention
projects
and
then
you'll
hear
from
the
forest
service
later
on
the
lessons
learned
from
the
caldorfire.
F
So
as
mentioned,
my
name
is
kat
mcintyre,
I'm
the
forest
health
program
manager
with
the
tahoe
regional
planning
agency.
Today,
you'll
hear
a
bit
of
background
on
the
angora
fire
and
the
bi-state
commission,
and
then
the
creation
of
the
tahoe
fire
and
fuels
team,
otherwise
known
as
tfft
and
the
three-pronged
approach
that
the
tfft
really
takes
to
work
in
the
basin
and
that's
looking
at
priority
work
and
coordinating
around
the
entire
basin
looking
at
opportunities
for
regulatory
or
permitting
streamlining
and
then
coordinating
funding
across
all
of
our
partners
and
again
across
all
the
projects.
F
F
To
really
present
a
unified
message
regarding
fire
risk,
wildfire
preparedness,
defensible
space
and
work,
that's
occurring
in
the
base
end,
and
so
I
can
make
sure
to
get
resources
to
you
so
that
you
can
share
those
so
about
the
tahoe
fire
and
fuels
team.
It
was
formed
in
2008
right
after
angora
and
it
was
created
to
help
implement
the
multi-jurisdictional
fuels
reduction
strategy
in
the
basin.
Trpa
was,
or
is
a
founding
member,
and
it's
interesting
to
think,
because
trpa
typically
wears
a
regulatory
agency
hat,
but
in
this
instance,
because
we're
not
a
land
manager.
F
So
the
tahoe
fire
and
fuels
team
collaboratively
coordinates
on
cross
jurisdictional
work,
focused
on
forest
health
and
wildfire
preparedness
and
risk
reduction
and
there's
21
agencies
and
groups
across
the
entire
basin
that
work
through
the
tahoe
fire
and
fuels
team,
so
backtracking
a
little
bit.
Angora
fire,
as
mentioned
by
julie,
happened
in
2007
to
the
day,
which
is
fascinating.
F
It
was
an
illegal
campfire,
start
31,
000
acres,
burned
in
the
south
lake
tahoe
area,
destroying
about
254
structures,
including
multiple
homes.
This
precipitated
an
emergency,
california,
nevada,
tahoe
basin,
fire
commission
report,
so
the
governor
from
nevada
and
the
governor
from
california
came
together.
They
formed
this
bi-state
commission
and
that
commission
really
looked
at.
What
can
we
do?
How
do
we
create
recommendations
on
policy,
implementation
and
education
regard
regarding
vulnerability
to
fire
and
forest
resilience
in
the
tahoe
basin?
F
One
is
scaling
up
of
treatments
and
so
we're
scaling
up
our
solutions
to
match
the
scale
of
the
threat.
So
you'll
see
things
like
the
lake
tahoe
west
project
on
the
west
shore,
the
programmatic
timberland
environmental
impact
report-
that
is
on
the
california
side,
and
the
power
lines
was
power
line
resilience
corridors
specifically
nb
energy
resilience
corridor.
F
Another
key
piece
of
this
strategy
is
to
build
capacity.
So
this
is,
how
do
we
expand
our
workforce
and
then
also?
How
do
we
utilize
restoration
by
products?
So
this
gets
at
that
heart
of
the
question
around
biomass
utilization
in
the
basin
and
then
lastly,
it's
the
another
piece
of
the
strategy
is
leveraging
technology.
F
F
So
this
recommendation
affects
approximately
61
000
acres
in
the
basin,
so
approximately
61,
000,
acres
or
27
of
the
total
land
in
the
basin
is
on
these
slopes
between
30
to
50
percent
of
these
acres,
41
percent
fall
within
the
louie
and
59
with
fall
within
the
general
forest.
So
when
we
talk
about
those
steeper
slopes
specifically
in
the
wui
up
until
recently,
you
were
only
able
to
treat
those
with
hand
thinning
that's
expensive,
it
can
be
time
and
resource
intensive.
F
These
amendments
were
adopted
in
february
of
2022,
so
this
was
a
huge
success
for
tahoe
fire
and
fuels
team.
This
was
one
of
the
last
outstanding
recommendations
from
that
bi-state
commission
that
had
not
been
implemented
or
completed,
and
so
we
got
that
across
the
finish
line
and
it
just
offers
another
tool
for
implementers
to
get
more
work
done
to
scale
up
treatments,
to
reduce
fire
risk
and
ultimately
improve
forest
health
and
then,
lastly,
tft's
other
hat,
that
the
group
likes
to
wear
is
coordinating
funding
within
the
basin.
F
So
we
regularly
look
at
all
the
funding
sources
that
are
coming
in
and
across
all
of
our
priority
projects
and
partners
and
try
to
move
all
the
pieces.
So
every
project
and
every
partner
is
getting
the
funding.
They
need
to
get
the
work
done.
The
generally
the
largest
funding
sources
are
federal,
which
would
make
sense
because
the
largest
land
owner
in
the
basin
is
the
federal
government
and
so
the,
but
so
that
includes
two
sources.
F
We've
been
able
that
program
and
that
policy
has
been
critical
to
supporting
eip
partnerships
and
the
program
in
general
and
again
we're
seeing
projects
from
ndsl
nevada,
tahoe
resource
team.
Ndf
are
all
on
that
list
as
priority
projects
to
receive
funding
in
the
future,
but
that
couldn't
be
done
without
state
funding
that
matches
and
or
continues
to
support,
and
so
the
nevada,
tahoe
bonds
act
is
critical
for
nevada
work
and
then
the
california,
conservancy
and
cal
fire
grants.
So
a
great
example
of
what
tahoe
fire
and
fuels
team
is
doing.
F
When
we
talk
about
coordinating
this
funding,
california
got
a
surge
of
funding,
that's
going
through
the
conservancy
that
money
can
only
go
to
california
projects.
So
what
we're
looking
at
is.
Okay,
can
we
fund
those
california
projects
with
that
money?
And
now
we
have
a
larger
federal
pot
to
go
towards
our
nevada
partners
and
so
we're
on
we're
constantly
looking
at
how
we're
balancing
our
sheet
across
both
states
and
all
jurisdictions,
and
so
with
that
I
will
open
it
up
for
questions
or
any
discussion.
Thank
you.
A
Are
there
any
questions
from
the
committee
at
this
time
on
the
presentation
I
have
one
trying
to
find
it
oh
related
to
bmp,
so
I've
I've
done
some
work
up
in
the
basin
and
across
nevada
really
in
storm
water
management.
I
know
that
tahoe
has
been
a
regional
like
front
runner
in
developing
regional
bmps
or
best
management
practices
for
storm
water
management
on
these
30
to
50
percent
slopes.
I
imagine
that's
going
to
look
a
little
different.
F
Sure,
thank
you
for
the
question
and
for
the
record,
this
is
kat
mcintyre
with
the
tahoe
regional
planning
agency.
So
we
left
our
language
generally
pretty
broad
in
our
code
amendments
and
that's
because
we
wanted
to
give
our
implementers
as
as
much
latitude
as
they
needed
to
be
able
to
get
their
work
done.
There
are
a
series
of
suggestion
suggested
bmps,
so
things
like
vegetative,
buffers,
water
bars
and
water
breaks
are
an
obvious
requirement
and
all
projects
do
have
to
go
through
the
trpa
still
for
approval.
F
So
you
can't
just
go
out
and
run
mechanical
equipment
across
the
landscape
on
30
to
50
slopes.
You
need
to
show
that
you
are
not
going
to
have
a
water
quality
impact
from
erosion
before
you
will
be
allowed
to
go
out
there,
so
we
haven't
done
that
yet.
But
that
is
a
great
suggestion
to
just
give
a
little
bit
more
guidance,
so
our
partners
feel
empowered
to
utilize
the
new
code,
amendment.
A
A
Nevada
is
so
diverse
in
what
you
experience
on
the
in
the
field
having
that
to
share
with
everybody
even
outside
of
the
basin
around
some
of
our
other
areas.
Regionally
that
have
similar
topography
and
soils
would
be
really
helpful
to
the
industry.
So
appreciate
your
effort
on
that.
Are
there
any
other
questions?
A
G
Good
morning
and
thank
you
chair
peters
and
committee
members,
my
name
is
eric
walker
and
I
serve
as
the
forest
supervisor
on
the
lake
tahoe
basin
management
unit.
Please
bear
with
me,
as
I
get
my
presentation,
ready
to
go.
G
Apologize
for
the
the
break
there.
It's
an
honor
to
be
here
today
to
talk
to
you
as
I
listen
to
casey
and
kat
make
their
presentation.
G
I
think
you're
gonna
see
a
lot
of
similarities
between
us
and
and
I
think
the
emphasis
there
and
what
is
is
that
there
is
a
tremendous
amount
of
collaboration
and
coordination
and
not
and
beyond
that
integration
of
the
work
that's
being
done
on
the
lake
tahoe
basin
and
hopefully
through
this
presentation,
you'll
see
that,
but
it
it
stands
out
to
me
that,
as
as
new
to
the
lake
tahoe
basin,
I
arrived
here
in
november
of
2021.
G
I
had
worked
on
the
tahoe
basin
from
91
to
98,
and
then
my
career
took
me
elsewhere,
but
to
come
back
to
the
tahoe
base
and
after
the
cal
door
and
everything
and
be
totally
grateful
that
there
was
still
a
community
to
be
become.
A
part
of.
I
think,
you'll
see
through
this
presentation
that
there
was
a
lot
to
that
was
done
in
advance
of
that
during
that
time
and
that
we
are
continuing
that
type
of
work
so
on
the
lake
tahoe
basin
management.
G
So
I
I
will
be
fairly
focused
on
the
federal
land
base
and
and
we'll
also
try
to
keep
it
mostly
focused
on
the
nevada
side
of
the
of
the
basin.
G
So
on
the
lake
tile
base
management
unit,
we,
you
know
we,
we
have
increased
the
pace
and
scale
of
restoration
on
the
national
forest,
since
the
angora
fire
really
was
that
that
launch,
as
we
you
know,
had
that
I
didn't
realize
it
was
started
today.
G
Land
were
being
treated
in
the
last
five
years,
we've
been
able
to
increase
that,
to
averaging
nearly
9
million
board,
feet
of
forest
health
work
and
and
about
2
200
acres
of
treatment
across
the
landscape.
So
we
are
increasing
that
pace.
We
recognize
that
there
is
a
need
to
to
go
faster
to
increase
that
pace
and
scale.
G
We
have
a
blend.
A
lot
of
our
work
has
historically
been
done
with
hand,
thinning
and
and
with
a
combination
of
mechanical
work
as
well.
The
code
amendments
that
were
just
mentioned
and
I'll
have
a
slide
a
little
later.
Those
will
actually
offer
us
an
opportunity
to
treat
more
acres
mechanically,
which
are
oftentimes
a
less
expensive
treatment.
Currently
right
now,
we
average
about
3
500,
an
acre
on
the
federal
land
to
to
treat
that
that's
a
lot
of
money.
G
You
know
with
155
000
acres
of
land
that
the
forest
service
manages
in
the
base,
not
that
all
those
acres
would
need
or
would
be
proposed
for
treatment.
We've
got
to
find
some
ways
so
having
this
this
code,
amendment
change
having
some
of
the
the
restoration
economy
infrastructure
growing
will
will
help
us
with
that
and,
as
was
mentioned
earlier,
that
you
know
we,
we
rely
heavily
on
the
southern
nevada.
G
As
you
can
see
on
this
map,
you
know
we
we've
kind
of
shows
where
we've
done
the
work
and
so
between
2008
and
2018.
We
completed
treatments
on
just
shy
of
25
000
acres.
We
currently
have
planned
treatments
for
approximately
almost
21
000
acres.
We
have
been
focusing
largely
in
the
wildland
urban
interface
and
then
we
will,
as
we
continue
to
do
that
work.
We
will
also
then
start
to
move
more
into
that
general
forest
area.
G
Different
types
of
treatments
occur
and
in
those
places
one
other
thing
I'd
like
to
be
able
to
point
out
here
is
that
it
generally
takes
multiple
treatments
before
we
can
get
to
that
place
where
we
can
introduce
fire
in
a
more
broadcast
got
you
know,
mimic
the
the
natural
processes
as
well
as
the
processes
that,
were
you
know
the
cultural
burning
that
was
in
place
with
the
washroom
prior
to
settlement
in
the
basin,
and
so
you
know
it,
it
will
usually
take
that
mechanical
hand,
treatment
and
then
maybe
a
secondary
treatment
prior
to
us
being
able
to
get
the
get.
G
We,
as
casey,
pointed
out
in
her
presentation
the
the
the
number
of
burn
piles
that
we
have
across
the
landscape,
we're
actually
creating
them
faster
than
we
can
burn
them
because
of
those
narrow
burn
windows,
because
we
have
such
long
fire
seasons
similar.
The
same
staff
are
doing
the
fire
response
as
they
are
with
the
the
you
know,
the
prescribed
burning,
and
so
we
have
these
very
narrow
windows,
and
we
have,
to
you
know,
we're
frequently
burning
in
people
literally
people's
backyards.
G
G
We
are
also
looking
at
mechanisms
to
by
which
we
would
look
at
whole
tree
yarding,
a
technique
of
bringing
the
all
the
biomass
to
a
central
location,
putting
that
that
is
merchantable
onto
the
you
know,
to
trucks
to
to
market
and
that
material
then
could
be
chipped
and
processed,
and
maybe
even
that
material
could
then
also
be
used
for
you
know
as
a
product
in
the
restoration
economy,
but
it
will
also
help
then
lessen
the
amount
of
piles
that
then
we
need
to
treat
so
we're
we're
trying
to
tailor
the
the
treatments
when
you're
doing
hand
treatments.
G
You
don't
have
the
ability
to
bring
that
out.
You
literally
are
calling
cutting
small
diameter
material,
and
then
you
are
burning
it
on
site,
so
we
will
still
have
that
as
one
of
the
the
practices
that
we
use.
However,
we
will,
I
think,
with
the
changes
in
the
code.
Hopefully,
changes
in
the
restoration
economy
having
more
markets
and
I'll
speak
a
little
more
to
that
in
a
moment
that
we
will
be
able
to
advance
our
our
pace
and
scale.
As
I
mentioned,
we
we
are.
G
You
know
and
you've
heard
a
lot
of
work
being
done
through
tahoe
fire
and
fuels
team
and
partners.
We
also
are
partnering
closely
with
the
washu
tribe,
and
so
we
are
working
on
a
project,
a
meeks
bay
restoration,
where
they
will
actually,
in
partnership
with
us,
be
implementing
cultural
burning
and
meadow
restoration
activities
in
the
meeks
meadow
area,
and
this
is
on
the
california
side.
But
that
is
just
one
of
the
projects
that
we
are
looking
at.
We
are
engaging
with
them
actively
around
other
work.
G
We've
been
using
them
as
part
of
the
chips
crew
program,
where
there's
grants
that
come
in
that
actually
hires
tribal
members
to
participate
and
support
activities
on
the
landscape,
and
so
we
want
to
continue
to
advance,
learn
from
and
work
cooperatively
with
the
washoe
to
do.
The
work
that
we
are
doing
and
now
and
into
the
future
forest
health
is,
is
a
you
know,
a
big
issue.
G
We
saw
from
casey,
you
know
the
some
of
the
forest
health
metrics
that
she
pointed
out
in
terms
of
insects
and
disease,
one
of
the
species
that
she
also
did
mention
there
and
it
was
the
white
white
pine
blister
rust
is
affecting
the
white
bark
pine
and
a
lot.
It's
a
high
elevation
pine
that
is
prominent
throughout
the
lake
tahoe
basin.
It
is
currently
proposed
for
listing.
There
is
a
chance
that
it
will
be
listed
under
the
endangered
species.
G
Act
sometime
this
year
is
threatened
and
one
of
those
threats
to
the
species
is
the
lack
of
fire.
It
is
a
fire
dependent
species.
It
is
being
not
just
impacted
by
the
foreign
pathogen,
the
blister
rust,
but
it
is
also
encroachment
on
the
landscape
by
con
for
other
conifers
that
are
out
competing
it,
and
so
we
it's
the
loss
of
habitat,
restoring
fire
into
these
landscapes,
along
with
other
proposed
mechanical
or
hand.
Treatments
will
hopefully
help
in
the
preservation
of
this
species.
On
on
the
on
the
landscape,.
G
So
prevention
is
one
of
our
most
successful
tools
in
managing
for
fire
on
the
landscape.
In
the
standpoint
that
it's
oftentimes,
our
human
caused
fires
are
the
ones
that
are
our
biggest
challenge.
While
you
know,
mother
nature
does
provide
challenges
with
lightning
and
wind
and
that
type
of
stuff,
it's
the
it's
the
human
environment
that
we
have
some
ability
to
influence,
and
so
we
have
a
very
aggressive
prevention
program
in
line
with
the
tahoe
fire
and
fuels
team.
G
We
also
have
prevention
technicians
that
are
frequently
out
on
the
landscape
working
through
public
education
encounters.
You
know,
one-on-one
encounters
as
well
as
oftentimes.
They
can
be
that
first
person
on
scene
with,
like
maybe
an
escaped
campfire
or
those
types
of
things.
So
you
know
through
that
prevention
program,
using
our
fire
restrictions
judiciously.
G
We
we
want
to
base
them
on
good,
sound
science,
and
we
are
looking
at
going
into
our
first
level
of
restrictions
going
into
the
fourth
of
july
weekend,
which
would
only
would
limit
fires
open
flame,
like
wood
and
charcoal
only
to
develop
sites.
So
we,
you
know
we're
one.
We
use
science
to
help
inform
those
decisions,
but
we
also
work
closely
with
our
cooperators
so
that
we're
in
alignment
and
carrying
that
same
message
and
then
it
was,
as
mentioned
by
kat
in
her
presentation,
the
public
information
team
around
the
tahoe
fire
fuels
team.
G
While
we
have
a
substantial
workforce
to
implement
stuff
on
the
national
forest,
if
it
weren't
for
partners,
we
wouldn't
be
doing
as
much
work
on
the
national
forest,
so
we've
been
able
to
work
with
the
tahoe
fire
and
fuels
team
to
also
get
work
done
on
the
urban
lots
within
the
national
forest.
We've
also,
you
know
working
with
nevada
energy.
G
We
just
recently
signed
and
I'll
have
some
slides
to
show
the
nevada
energy
quarter
resilience
project,
and
this
is
a
partnership,
and
why
I
say
it's:
a
partnership
is
yes,
they
they
are
authorized
through
their
and
required
under
their
special
use.
Permit
that,
where
their
transmission
lines
go
through
the
national
forest
to
do
a
certain
amount
of
work,
and
they
are
doing
that
they
are
also
bringing
their
capital
and
resources
to
to
treat
outside
of
that
required
zone.
G
We
have
we
have
a
round
19,
simple
request
to
to
help
fund
the
work
in
the
the
zones
that
are
outside
of
their
required
area,
so
they
are
their
capital
and
federal
capital
will
then
allow
us
to
treat
the
three
different
zones
within
their
right-of-way
areas,
so
it
gets
into
the
general
forest.
It
covers
the
wildland,
inter
wildland
urban
interface
areas,
as
you
can
see
on
this
slide.
Oh
I'm
sorry.
I've
got
to
advance
the
slide,
otherwise
you're
just
looking
to
apologize.
G
So,
as
you
can
see
on
that
slide,
you
know.
There's
several
other
partners,
both
agency
and
non-agency,
great
great
basin
institute.
The
national
forest
foundation
are
the
utility
companies
and,
as
well
as
the
the
you
know,
what
I
like
to
now
refer
to
as
the
restoration
industry
also
known
as
the
timber
industry.
We
can't
get
this
work
done
without
them.
G
G
We
are
also
close
to
two
to
four
weeks
out
of
signing
our
caldorfire
hazard
tree
environmental
document,
which
I
will
speak
to
in
just
a
moment,
but
but
basically
these
are
allowing
us
to
to
treat
that
that
immediate
zone
around
homes
or
adjacent
to
homes,
the
urban
lots
that
we
have
and
so
having
these
planning
documents
in
place
allows
us
then
what
we
refer
to
as
the
shelf
stock.
Then
we
are
very
competitive
for
funding,
because
we've
got
decisions
that
are
have
been
made
and
and
we
can,
we
can
move
out
on
getting
those
implemented.
G
As
mentioned,
you
know,
the
the
forest
restoration
planning
work
having
this
additional
opportunity
to
treat
on
slopes
greater
than
30
percent,
we'll
we'll
you
know
we
will
be
judicious
in
how
we
use
that.
So
it's
as
a
cat
mention
we're
not
just
going
to
run
out
and
just
start,
you
know
putting
putting
equipment
out
there
because
you
know.
G
Ultimately,
we
we've
got
to
do
right
by
the
landscape
both
and
making
it
fire
resilient
the
communities
fire
resilient,
but
we
also
need
to
make
sure
that
we
don't
harm
the
landscape
in
our
efforts
to
do
so.
G
G
You
know
a
landscape
footprint,
it's
extremely
important,
as
we
all
know
that
one
we
don't
want
to
have
the
forest
impact,
the
the
energy
transmission,
because
that
cuts
off
supply
to
customers,
which
has
impacts-
and
we
also
know
that
that
can
also
lead
to
wildfires.
G
So,
while
maybe
small
in
footprint
and
and
acreage
a
tremendous
bang
for
the
buck.
We
we
end
up
getting.
You
know
so
much
from
that
in
terms
of
protection
on
the
landscape
and
for
the
services
that
the
energy
provides
and
again
nevada.
Energy
has
been
a
great
partner
in
this.
Bringing
their
resources
to
bear
similarly
would
be
said
on
the
california
side,
with
liberty,
so
on
prescribed
fire.
G
As
you
can
see
in
the
numbers
last
year
we
were,
we
did
not
get
as
many
acres
as
the
previous
year.
A
lot
of
that
had
to
do
with
the
fatigue
in
the
system
because
of
the
large
wildfire
years
that
we
had
in
20
and
21
weather
variables,
the
the
the
snow
of
december
this
year,
while
it
helped
us
after
december.
G
It
stopped
us
during
december
with
that
amount
of
snow.
But
what
the
point
I
really
want
to
see-
and
you
know
point
out
more
and
these
acres
is
that
you
can
see
that
the
there's
acres
done
by
our
partners,
our
local
fire
districts,
are
getting
work
done.
G
We
have
agreements
where
we
move
money
from
our
ledger
to
theirs
in
order
to
get
this
work
done,
and
so
we
have
agreements
with
all
of
our
local
fire
protection
districts
and
they
are
all
contributing
to
the
to
the
success
of
our
our
fuels
program
and
our
prescribed
fire
program
on
the
landscape
in
the
basin.
G
So
I'd
like
to
switch
quickly
over
to
the
the
caldor
fire,
it's
where,
while
I
wasn't
here,
I
did
watch
closely
as
I
knew
I
was
coming
this
way
and,
as
I
stated
earlier,
was
grateful
for
all
that
of
the
outcome,
and
so
I'd
like
to
speak
to
you
know:
how
do
we
get
to
that
outcome?
So
just
some
rough
statistics.
You
know
that
you
know
almost
220
000
acres
burned
in
that
fire,
most
of
those
being
on
the
el
dorado
national
forest.
G
But,
as
you
can
see,
10
000
acres
were
on
the
lake
tahoe
basin.
We
did
lose
about
40
recreation,
recreational
residences
up
in
the
echo
summit
area.
There
were
additional
recreation
residences
that
were
lost
on
the
el
dorado.
I
think
the
total
between
the
two
forests
is
around
160
or
170,
and
so
you
know
it's
while
these
are
not
primary
residences.
G
These
are,
in
some
cases,
families
with
multi-generational
that
have
occupied
these
these
homes
for
some
period
of
time
throughout
a
a
year
and
many
memories
made
so
so
we
are
working
closely
with
them
and
I'll
speak
a
little
bit
to
that
as
part
of
the
restoration
side
of
it,
and
as
you
can
see
that
you
know,
30
000
people
needed
to
be
evacuated
from
south
lake
tahoe.
G
So
some
lessons
learned
and
in
this
map
I
realized
that
the
scale
and
stuff
it
it's
hard
to
see,
but
hopefully
you
you
know
on
your
monitor
and
I
can
see.
But
what
I
wanted
to
point
out
here
is
that
is
this
shows
our
efforts
of
completed
fuel
treatment
since
2011
on
that
landscape.
And
if
you
look
at
the
red
line
of
the
caldorf
fire,
you
can
see
where
our
fuels
treatments
were
adjacent
to
properties.
G
To
homes
to
values
at
risk
that
we
are
entrusted
with
protecting
as
you
as
casey
showed
in
her
slide.
Our
first
objective
is
the
protection
of
life
and
property,
and
so
this
work
I
feel
and-
and
you
look
at
photos
and
you
go
out
on
the
ground-
and
you
know
what
the
the
fire
fight
was.
G
These
were
instrumental
in
in
the
the
the
outcome
that
we
had.
While
yes,
there
was
some
property
lost
in
echo
summit.
It
could
have
been
a
totally
different
story
throughout
the
basin,
especially
in
christmas
valley,
where
not
only
our
work,
that's
demonstrated
in
this
map,
but
the
work
that
we're
done
by
partners.
One
example
is,
is
that
the
lake
valley,
fire
protection
district,
was
able
to
get
grants
to
help
homeowners,
remove,
flammable,
shake
roofs
and
put
more
fire
resistant,
composite
or
steel
roofing
on
them.
So
not
only
was
there,
you
know
vegetative
work.
G
There
was
structural
work,
there
was
people
doing
work
to
make
their
defensible
space
just
that
defensible
without
those
things
we
would,
I
think,
we'd
be
having
a
different
conversation
today
and-
and
we
would
have
seen
you
know
much
more
devastation
in
the
landscape.
So,
as
you
can
see,
you
know
we
we're
doing
a
lot
of
treatments
in
that
we're
successful
in
that
area
and
it
took
multiple
treatments.
Again,
it's
not
a
one
and
done.
It
takes
a
consistent
effort
to
go
back
into
these.
G
So
we
did
all
this
firework.
What
did
that
mean
on
the
day
that
the
fire
rolled
into
the
basin
blew
it
didn't
roll
it
blew
into
the
basin
literally
went
from
echo
summit,
blew
across
christmas
valley
over
onto
the
next
slopes
and
then
moved
its
way
and
backed
its
way
down
into
the
area.
What
this
these
fuels
treatments
and
the
work
allowed
our
firefighters
to
do
was
actually
be
there
and
be
present
if
they
hadn't.
G
If
we
may
not
have
had
those
fuels
treatments,
we
would
have
had
a
flame
length
that
wouldn't
have
allowed
our
firefighters
to
be
be
able
to
to
aggressively
get
in
there
and
fight
those
fires.
So
we
were
able
to
change
fire
behavior
through
those
those
activities
it
allowed
us
to
to
be
in
there.
G
It
also
allowed
our
publics
to
safely
get
out
of
the
area
as
well,
so
fuels
treatments
are,
are
critical
in
to
to
the
success
of
our
fire
on
the
landscape
and,
as
we
all
know,
these
are
fire
dependent
landscapes,
and
so
fire
is
essential
to
them
for
their
health.
G
So,
switching
to
the
to
the
post
fire
recovery
efforts,
so
the
first
of
order
of
business
that
happens
is
while
the
fire
is
actually
still
going.
As
we
start,
we
put
together
a
suppression,
repair
plan,
so
that
addresses
the
activities
of
putting
out
the
fire
that
may
have
an
adverse
effect
on
the
natural
resources
so
line
construction,
helipad
construction,
those
type
of
things
so
hand
line
dozer
line
any
type
of
line
construction.
G
So
we
we
do
that
work
first
and
we
are
fairly
close
to
having
all
of
that
work
done.
There
was
some
work
that
we
couldn't
do
because
the
october
weather
events,
so
we
will
be
completing
that
here
this
summer
we
also
have
the
burned
area,
emergency
response,
and
that
is
the
effort
to
go
in
and
stabilize
the
the
landscape
as
best
as
we
can
so
that
when
those
first
storms
damaging
storms
that
come
in,
we
don't
have
further
impacts
to
the
community
or
the
landscape
by
because
of
the
fire
itself,
and
so
we
have.
G
We
have
implemented
most
of
those
activities.
You
know
some
of
that
is
early
warning
information.
Some
of
that
is
actually
work
on
the
ground,
re-vegetating
that
type
of
stuff
to
to
keep
soil
in
place
and
and
keep
the
land
and
the
people
safe.
G
The
next
step
was
is
taking
care
of
the
the
40
homes
that
were
lost
when
a
home
burns.
It
can
leave
behind
a
mess,
and
so
we
were
able
to
work
with
cal,
oes
and
partners
to
do
the
phase.
One
cleanup,
which
was
basically
to
get
the
material
off
the
ground
that
then
wouldn't
mobilize
through
gravity
or
through
weather,
into
streams
or
other
sensitive
areas.
So
that
material
was
that
I
was
all
taken
care
of
prior
to
winter.
Setting
in
last
year.
G
G
We
have
every
intent
to
have
that
all
completed
we've
been
able
to
work
with
fema
the
state
and
county
and
the
the
wreck
residents
permittees
to
have
that
it
all
completed
by
the
middle
of
october
this
year
some
active
restoration
work,
and
I
talked
about
that
in
the
next
two
to
four
weeks.
We'll
have
a
decision
in
place
to
treat
roughly
1500
acres
and
that's
what
this
map
is
showing.
G
You
is
the
kaldor
hazard
tree
and
fuel
reduction
project,
and
so
basically
we
are
looking
at
one
to
two
tree
lengths
of
removing
those
burned
trees
that
would
pose
hazards
to
infrastructure,
to
homes,
to
residents
to
people
using
the
forest
around
our
our
developed
recreational
artery
arteries
and
travel
arteries.
We
plan
to
have
that
into
contracting
and
hopefully
have
that
awarded
by
the
end
of
the
summer
or
early
fall.
G
The
next
step
will
be
is
to
look
at
the
the
fire
landscape
footprint
more
broadly
and
look
at
a
broader
fire,
cal
fire
restoration
emphasis
being
on.
You
know
not
having
a
fuels
problem
10
years
from
now,
so
we
will
be
looking
at
addressing
you
know
where
we
can
jump
start.
You
know:
remove
some
trees
plant,
some
trees,
kind
of
jump
start
stabilize
any
areas
that
might
be
environmentally
sensitive,
providing
for
quality
wildlife
and
fish
habitat
and
plant
habitat.
G
G
So,
preparedness
as
we
come
into
the
the
22
fire
season,
we
have
been
working
with
all
of
our
cooperators
to
be
ready.
We
do
this
annually.
This
isn't
just
something
new,
because
we
had
called
or
something
new,
because
we
had,
you
know
angora,
you
know
in
2006
or
excuse
me
2007..
We
we
we
do
this
annually
to
to
in
a
sense,
be
well
coordinated,
well
oiled
and
be
ready
for
when
that
that
fire
bell
rings
and
as
as
casey
mentioned
her
closest
resource,
it's
not
about.
G
We
go
fight
fire
and
put
it
out
as
quickly
as
possible
regardless,
and
we
have
agreements
in
place
that
allow
us
to
manage
fiscally
that
as
well
as
authorize
those
types
of
activities,
so
it
is
essential
that
we
have
this
coordination.
Otherwise,
we
may
have
delayed
responses
and
that's
we
know
every
moment
that
a
fire
is
on
the
land.
It
has
the
potential
to
become
an
extended
attack
and
not
be
able
to
be
put
out
during
initial
attack
and
through
our
sub
geo
agreement.
G
It
also
allows
us
to
work
with
agencies
outside
of
the
basin,
whether
on
the
california
side
or
the
nevada
side,
to
bring
in
resources
rapidly
and
not
have
to
necessarily
work
through
our
regional
or
national
dispatch
centers.
So
we
have
an
expedited
response
to
our
our
ability
to
respond
to
fires,
and
then
we
also
work
with
our
partners
to
have
pre-positioned
resources
or
understandings
of
of
needs.
G
So
heavenly
three
four
season
resort
is
important:
south
tahoe
public
utility
district,
along
with
our
other
public
utility
districts
around
the
lake,
we
are
coordinating
with
them
so
that
when
the
fire
bell
rings,
we
know
how
to
best
what
values
at
risk
are
there
and
how
they
best
can
integrate
with
us
to
protect
those
values
at
risk.
G
We
are
continuing
to
modify
the
the
the
evacuation
plan.
It
was
draft
going
into
the
cal
door
and
we
are
continuing
to
revamp
that
using
the
lessons
learned
from
the
cal
door
fire.
We
also
conduct
after
action
reviews
we've
done
that
numerous
times
around
cal
door,
so
that
we
just
continue
it's
a
continuous
improvement
process.
How
do
we
get
better?
G
B
You
and
thank
you
for
the
presentation.
I
have
a
general
question
just
talking
about
prevention,
is
there
a
difference
between
locals
and
and
visitors
and
and
what
they
have
to
be
taught
about
prevention?
And
you.
A
G
That's
a
great
question
and
thank
you
for
it.
I
think
we
we
tailor
our
message
to
be
to
resonate
with
as
broad
audience
as
possible
and
and
so
our,
but
at
the
same
and
and
at
the
same
time
I
know
that
you
know
local
fire
chiefs
within
their
communities.
G
You
know
are
talking
to
homeowners
as
well.
You
know
whether
they
be
second
homeowners
or
permanent
residents
or
whatnot,
so
the
the
resident
base
might
get
a
different,
an
additional
place
of
conversation
because
of
the
the
local
connection
that
local
jurisdictions
bring
to
that.
G
So
we
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
we
have
that
broad
level
of
communication
that
can
reach
all
people
and
and
also
have
it
so
that
people
see
themselves
and
what
their
role
is
and
making
sure
that
with
you
know,
they
are
contributing
to
a
a
fire,
safe
environment,
whether
you
know
how
they
act
as
a
visitor
or
as
how
they
live
as
a
resident.
A
A
But
it
would
be
nice
for
folks
to
have
something:
that's
like
readily
available.
They
can
print
out
and
leave.
I'm
not
sure
if
you
guys
have
done
that,
but
it
would
be.
I
think
that
would
be
an
interesting
way
to
kind
of
integrate
into
those
tourists
and
how
they
how
they
can
impact
our
basins.
G
Yeah,
that's
a
great
point
and,
and
truthfully
that
some
of
that
may
exist,
I
I
just
I'm
not
familiar
enough
with
the
the
variety
of
documents
or
resources
that
are
provided
to
visitors
and
residents
alike,
but
we'll
make
sure
to
follow
up
on
that
and
see
if
that's
something
we
have
in
place
and
if
not
look
to
how
it
might
be
able
to
do
so.
A
We
can
help
you
we
can
also,
you
know,
help
help.
You
disseminate
that
if
that's
of
interest,
so
please
keep
us
posted
on
what
we
can
do
to
help
in
that
area.
I
had
a
question
for
you
about
the
white
bark
pine
and
its
potential
for
being
listed
as
a
threatened
or
endangered
species,
and
can
you
talk
a
little
bit
about
what
that
listing
could
mean
for
treatment
and
permitting
that
we
discussed
previously
in
the
basin.
G
So
I'm
going
to
use
an
example
of
we
currently
we're
doing
a
project
with
that's
with
a
chair
replacement
on
at
heavenly,
and
so
we
and
it's
within
whitebark
pine
habitat,
and
so
we
as
soon
as
we
knew
that
that
was
a
project
they
wanted
to
to
do.
We,
even
though
the
species
not
listed,
we
began
what
we
call
conferencing,
so
it's
species
that
are
likely
to
be
listed
but
haven't
been,
and
so
basically
we
worked
through
all
that
process
through
the
u.s
fish
and
wildlife
service,
as
we
would
had
they.
G
You
know
it
been
listed
and
were
able
to
put
in
place
the
the
necessary
best
management
practices,
resource
protection
measures.
That
would
then
not
in
a
sense
jeopardize
that
species
or
cause
it
to
be.
You
know
further,
you
know,
I
think
it's
being
proposed
as
threatened,
so
it
our
actions,
wouldn't
lead
it
to
become
endangered
or
not
so
should
it
be
listed,
and
we
and
we're
going
to
do
these
because
with
nevada
energy,
we
know
that
there's
some
areas
that
they
want
to
treat
that
were
are
within
whitebark
pine
habitat.
G
We
are
going,
we
are
already
having
those
those
initial
early
and
often
conversations
with
fish
and
wildlife
service
in
anticipation
that
it
will
be
listed
so
that
we
don't
have
a
a
break
in
our
in
our
implementation.
Once
it
is
formally
listed.
Should
it
be
listed,
we
we,
we
are
quite
familiar
with
the
consultation
process
under
the
endangered
species
act.
G
I
think
a
lot
of
the
work
that
we
are
proposing
to
do
currently
with
our
existing
documents
and
future
planning
is
consistent
with
its
recovery
and
again
getting
getting
the
encroachment
of
of
conifers
out
of
there
and
and
we
are
where
we
do-
plant
white
bark
pines.
So
one
of
the
conservation
measures
for
the
heavenly
project
is
because
we
are
going
to
have
to
remove
some
younger
trees
to
for
that
project.
G
They
are
going
to
heavenly,
has
agreed
to
plant
for
every
tree,
that's
removed
for
trees,
and
we
will
use
rust
resistant
stock,
so
that
will
help
with
the
white
pine
blister
rust
effort.
These
are
rust,
resistant,
they're,
not
rust
proof,
but
they're
genetically
they've
demonstrated
their
ability
to
not
succumb
to
blister
rust
or
as
readily,
and
so
we
will
be
enhancing
wipe
our
pine
through
efforts
like
that.
G
Getting
fire
back
into
them
will
help
with
that.
So
I'm
confident
that
we
know
how
to
consult.
We've
got
early
engagement
with
them
around
projects
already,
so
I
don't
see
that
the
should
it
be
listed
that
it
will
affect
our
ability
to
do
the
necessary
work
on
the
landscape.
A
That's
great
to
hear,
I
think
I
would
refer
to
those
as
genetically
selected
and
resilient
species
yeah
well,
that
was
that
was
my
question
for
you
today.
I
don't
see
any
other
questions
coming
up
from
my
colleagues,
so
thank
you
so
much
again
for
being
here.
Welcome
to
the
area.
Welcome
back
to
the
area
and
thank
you
for
all
of
your
work.
G
A
I
I
we
have
diverted
a
little
bit
from
the
tradition
of
this
committee
and
not
being
up
in
the
tahoe
basin
for
the
first
part
of
our
days.
We
historically
have
liked
to
do
that,
but
with
the
current
state
of
the
world,
it's
been
difficult
to
get
everyone
together
and
in
the
same
place,
so
hopefully
in
the
coming
years
and
coming
interims,
we
can
for
sure
do
that,
if
not
in
the
coming
meetings
of
this
committee.
A
I
believe
that
was
the
final
presentation
for
that
agenda
item.
So
we
will
go
ahead
and
close
that
agenda
item.
Thank
you
again
for
all
of
our
presenters
and
move
on
to
agenda
item
5..
This
is
a
presentation
regarding
the
lake
tahoe
climate
resilience
action
strategy.
We
have
trpa
up
here
again.
Please
go
ahead
and
introduce
yourselves
for
the
record
and
begin
when
you're
ready.
B
Thank
you,
chair
peters
members
of
the
committee
and
the
public.
Again,
I'm
julie,
regan,
the
deputy
director
of
the
tahoe
regional
planning
agency
and
with
me
is
devon.
Middlebrook
we'll
be
doing
the
presentation.
I
did
just
want
to
really
commend
our
our
panel
on
forest
health
and
particularly
commend
supervisor
walker
for
his
leadership
in
coming
in
in
a
really
difficult
time
following
the
cal
door
fire
and
connecting
the
dots
of
really
all
of
these
programs
that
we're
hearing
about
today.
B
B
It's
a
year-round
situation
and
there
are
a
lot
of
factors
driving
that
and
the
point
about
collaboration
which
you
have
heard.
I
did
want
to
mention
our
executive
director,
joanne
marquetta,
could
not
be
here
today.
She's
testified
before
this
committee
for
many
years
on
the
power
of
collaboration,
and
nowhere
does
it
shine
as
brightly
as
in
the
forest
health
and
the
climate
program.
It's
a
nice
thing
to
talk
about
collaboration
and
coordination.
B
I
think,
but
as
supervisor
walker
said
it's
more
than
just
talking
to
each
other,
it's
actually
integrating
the
implementation
on
the
landscape,
and
when
we're
talking
about
forest
health,
it
it's
not
a
nice
to
do
it
actually
saves
lives.
We're
talking
about
saving
lives
and
personal
property
and
the
the
future
of
lake
tahoe's
very
existence
as
a
pristine
ecosystem.
B
So
the
stakes
are
high
and
we're
taking
it
really
seriously,
and
I
just
wanted
to
add
that
to
the
record
as
we
preview
the
climate
discussion,
so
devin
middlebrook
take
it
away.
I
Thank
you.
Miss
reagan,
devon,
middlebrook
sustainability,
program
manager
at
trpa
for
the
record,
I'm
going
to
talk
to
you
today
about
the
newly
adopted
lake,
tahoe
climate
resilience,
action
strategy
and
broader,
more
broadly
speaking,
what
we're
doing
to
address
climate
change
at
tahoe
and
on
the
nevada
side
of
the
lake.
I
I
won't
beat
the
horse
of
the
caldor
that
horse
of
the
galdorff
fire
too
much
longer,
but
just
wanted
to
note
something
that
that
wasn't
mentioned
in
the
presentations
that
the
kaldor
fire
was
one
of
two
fires
in
the
history
of
california
that
have
crested
the
sierra
and
crossed
the
crest
of
the
sierra,
the
other
being
the
dixie
fire,
both
of
which
happened
last
year
and
the
importance
that
nevada
played
in
the
resilience
and
emergency
response
and
thanking
nevada
for
their
support
from
housing.
Our
emergency
operations
center
in
the
casinos
to
housing.
I
Many
of
our
residents,
including
myself
here
in
carson
city,
while
we
were
evacuated
from
our
homes,
but
these
fires
that
we're
seeing
in
these
mega
fires
is
really
just
a
emphasis
that
the
impacts
of
climate
change
aren't
happening
in
50
years
and
60
years
and
100
years.
The
impacts
of
climate
change
are
happening
today,
and
we
must
be
accelerating
our
implementation
of
projects
to
address
those
challenges.
I
We
as
everything
we
do
at
tahoe
use
science
to
drive
action
and
drive
and
guide
our
implementation
programs.
Here's
just
a
quick
snippet
of
many
of
the
different
sources
of
science
that
we
use.
Dr
chandra
is
here
today
for
an
agenda
item
later
with
the
tahoe
science
advisory
council,
who
really
help
inform
the
policy
and
decision
makers
at
tahoe
in
how
we
address
climate
change
and
those
impacts
that
we
know
are
coming
and
those
are
real
impacts.
You
can
see
here
in
the
image
on
the
right.
I
We're
expecting
our
winter
seasons
to
be
cut
in
half,
which
could
lead
to
a
268
million
dollar
annual
loss
for
the
ski
industry,
which
is
a
major
economic
driver
in
the
tahoe
region.
We've
talked
a
lot
about
wildfire
today
and
we've
seen
through
the
kaldor
fire,
while
other
communities
in
that
fire
were
not
as
lucky
as
ours,
and
there
was
some
tragic
losses.
The
tahoe
community
was
saved
in
part
because
of
the
investment
in
forest
fuel
work
up
front
in
on
the
ground
and
and
the
firefighters.
I
You
can
see
that
for
every
dollar,
for
every
million
dollars
invested
in
climate
adaptation
projects,
you
can
protect
up
to
10
million
in
property
damage
and
prevent
that
from
happening,
and
then
extreme
heat
we've
all
been.
I
know
it's
going
to
be
a
warm
today
and
we
see
that
changing
and
impacting
the
visitation
patterns
at
tahoe.
I
For
example,
the
difference
between
a
65
degree
day
in
sacramento
and
100
degree
day
is
a
doubling
of
traffic
over
echo
summit.
So
tahoe
really
is
a
refuge
for
both
sides
of
the
valleys
around
us
for
those
extreme
heat
days
and
people
trying
to
escape
that
heat.
So
while
that
does
help
us
economically,
it
does
come
with
negative
consequences
in
terms
of
traffic
litter
congestion.
On
our
roadways.
I
I
We've
had
tahoe
as
a
region
has
had
concerted
effort
towards
addressing
climate
change.
Since
the
creation
of
our
lake
tahoe
sustainable
communities
program
in
2014,
the
sustainability
action
plan
was
actually
awarded
an
american
planning
association
award
of
excellence
in
2015
for
climate
plans,
and
within
this
plan
we
identified
over
75
climate
actions
that
can
be
implemented
across
the
region
towards
making
it
more
resilient
and
to
date,
we've
implemented
over
85
percent
of
those
recommended
actions.
I
I
We
recently
completed
an
updated
greenhouse
gas
inventory
for
the
tahoe
region
and
for
the
first
time
ever
actually
also
looked
at
carbon
sequestration
on
our
landscape.
What
is
our
landscape
absorbing
each
year
in
carbon
dioxide,
in
order
to
have
a
better
understanding
of
our
total
balance
of
greenhouse
gas
emissions?
I
You
can
see
here
for
2018
on
the
left
is
a
table
that
breaks
down
our
sectors
and
I
also
have,
in
the
first
column,
the
local
emissions,
and
then
I
do
have
a
statewide
comparison
from
nevada's
greenhouse
gas
inventory
and
you
can
see
for
both
tahoe
and
the
state
of
nevada,
energy
and
transportation
are
the
vast
majority
of
greenhouse
gas
emissions.
We
also
break
that
down
by
jurisdiction
and
the
big
takeaways
here
is
from
2005
to
2018.
We
did
see
our
emissions
pretty
much
across
the
board
decreased,
which
was
great.
I
However,
in
that
interim,
between
2015
and
2018,
we
did
see
a
small
uptick
in
those
emissions.
So
more
action
is
needed
to
meet
our
carbon
reduction
goals
as
a
region,
we
had
a
15
greenhouse
gas
reduction
goal
for
2020.
We
actually
met
that
in
2018,
which
is
exciting
to
meet
that
goal
two
years
early
and
we're
on
track
not
on
track.
We
have
a
goal
to
reach
net
zero
by
2045..
I
also
included
both
california
and
nevada's
climate
goals,
climate
carbon
reduction
goals,
and
I
will
give
the
nod
to
nevada.
I
I
The
nevada
department
of
environmental
protection
specifically
identified
the
need
for
further
research
across
the
state
into
carbon
sequestration
and
understanding
how
forest
practices
that
you've
heard
about
so
much
today
can
not
only
create
sustainable
carbon
capture
for
the
natural
environment,
but
also
ensuring
that
when
we
have
wildfires
we're
preventing
those
wildfires,
so
all
that
carbon
we've
spent
all
this
time,
storing
and
protecting
doesn't
go
up
into
smoke
and
forests
are
one
piece
of
that.
Meadows
is
the
other
piece
in
tahoe.
I
We
have
a
long
history
through
the
environmental
improvement
program
of
restoring
the
motos
marshes
and
stream
environment
zones
that
were
destroyed
prior
to
the
creation
of
the
tahoe
regional
planning
agency
and
those
unhealthy
meadows
emit
carbon
into
the
atmosphere.
While
those
healthy
meadows
not
only
provide
water
quality
benefits.
Recreation
benefits,
habitat
benefits,
but
also
can
sequester
quite
a
bit
of
carbon.
I
So
for
2018.
Where
are
we
at
on
the
emissions
side?
You
can
see
we're
emitting
about
800
000
metric
tons
of
carbon
dioxide
equivalent,
which
again
is
is
down
overall
from
when
we
started
measuring
these
and
on
carbon
sequestration
side.
This
is
modeling,
so
there's
a
lot
of
variability
within
that,
but
we
see
annually.
I
Our
force
and
meadows
are
sequestering
between
300
000
and
a
million
metric
tons
of
carbon
dioxide,
so
we're
anywhere
from
you
know
negative
on
the
negative
side
where
we
are
still
admitting
more
carbon
dioxide
than
we're
sequestering,
but
on
the
kind
of
high
end
of
it
we
could
technically
be
calling
ourselves
carbon
neutral
or
carbon
sink.
So
we
really
do
provide
that
benefit
to
the
state
overall
towards
meeting
your
carbon
neutrality
goals.
I
However,
as
we
have
seen
with
the
cal
door
fire
that
is
not
necessarily
sustainable,
we
can
have
any
any
number
of
fires
start
across
the
basin
and
that
carbon
that
we're
storing
goes
away
and
and
we
lose
that
functionality.
So
we
need
to
balance
the
increased
demand
for
storing
carbon
on
our
landscape,
with
ensuring
that
those
landscapes
are
sustainable
and
resilient
in
the
future,
so
we're
not
losing
those
gains
through
wildfire.
I
We
also
down
in
the
bottom
left
that's
a
picture
of
a
mobility
hub
at
the
lake
tahoe
community
college,
which
now
has
two
overhead
electric
chargers
to
power:
the
protera
electric
buses
that
the
tahoe
transportation
district
has
online
and
hopefully,
when
we
get
this
committee
up
to
tahoe
for
the
next
tour,
you'll
be
whisked
around
in
the
silent
and
and
lovely
ride
of
an
electric
transit
bus.
The
tahoe
regional
planning
agency
will
also
participate
in
a
number
of
state
nevada
state
steering
committees
through
the
nevada
department
of
transportation
working
on
statewide
electrification
plans.
I
Now
the
the
main
agenda
item
the
main
attraction,
the
climate
resilience
action
strategy.
This
was
adopted
in
march
of
this
year
among
basin
partners
through
the
environmental
improvement
program,
and
this
action
strategy
lays
out
all
the
things
that
we're
doing
under
the
eip
and
beyond,
in
order
to
build
resilience
across
the
tahoe
basin
from
landslides,
wildfire,
drought,
flooding,
and
there
are
some
hard
copies
of
that
on
the
table
over
here
and
I
believe,
a
link
to
that
was
included
in
the
materials
again
we're
being
informed
by
science.
I
I
The
red
is
more
landside
risk
and
the
the
area
of
logan
shoals,
where
I
showed
earlier
with
the
boulder,
is
right
in
one
of
those
high
red
areas
and
the
resilience
of
our
highway
corridors
to
landslides
is
really
important
because
we
need
those
highway
corridors
open
during
events
like
the
kaldor
fire
and
emergency
evacuations,
and
during
winter
storms
and
flooding,
it
can
block
highways.
Not
only
does
that
cost
a
lot
of
money
for
the
state
d.o.t
to
repair,
but
it
also
interrupts
commute
patterns,
business
and
economic
activity
in
the
tahoe
region.
I
We
have
four
five
main
focus
areas
of
our
climate:
resilience,
strategy,
building,
sustainable
recreation
and
transportation
systems,
as
I've
mentioned
several
times
today,
really
making
sure
that
we
have
a
transportation
system
that
can
support
emergency
evacuations.
During
the
caldor
fire,
we
were
able
to
evacuate
the
whole
of
of
south
lake
tahoe
in
about
four
hours
without
the
loss
of
any
lives,
so
that
was
an
extremely
successful
emergency
evacuation
and
again,
coming
to
the
nevada
side,
I
won't
hit
on
number
two.
I
We've
heard
a
lot
about
wildfire
resilience
today,
we
also
want
to
include
increase
watershed,
resilience
and
biodiversity.
I
mentioned
the
importance
of
healthy
meadows
to
sequestering
carbon
water
quality,
protecting
tahoes
flame
famed
clarity.
So
it
really
is
important
for
us
to
take
the
practices
we're
doing
today
and
how
can
we
model
our
restoration
techniques
for
streams
for
meadows
in
order
to
not
only
meet
those
water
quality
goals,
but
also
maximize
the
carbon
sequestration
and
climate
resilience
benefits
our
infrastructure
and
our
vulnerable
communities
are
very
important
to
protect.
I
Trp
has
identified
five
community
priority
zones
across
the
region
where
we
have
our
most
disadvantaged
communities.
One
of
those
is
identified
in
incline
village,
so
we're
identifying
and
currently
undergoing
a
transportation
equity
study
to
ensure
that
those
neighborhoods
are
given
the
priority
and
the
funding
needed
to
be
climate
resilient
and
have
access
to
the
transportation
system
that
they're
needed
in
case
of
emergencies
and
evacuations,
and,
as
you'll
hear
from
dr
chandra
later
today
that
science
again
advancing
the
science
around
climate.
I
So
we
have
accountability
and
are
using
that
best
available
science
to
bless
you
to
direct
our
work
and
everything
we
do
at
tahoe
under
the
eip
umbrella
is
about
multiple
benefits.
Everything
we're
doing
within
climate.
All
of
our
projects
that
we
put
together
have
climate
integrated
within
them
and
have
those
multiple
benefits
from
expanding
equitable
public
access.
When
you
have
years
like
this
with
drought,
it's
great
because
there's
a
lot
more
beach
for
people
to
spread
out
on,
but
boating
access
is
much
harder
when
places
like
sand.
Harbor's
boat.
Ramp
are
closed.
I
So
how
can
we
increase
the
resilience
of
our
near
shore
where
we
have
algae
growth,
where
the
people
interact
with
the
lake
while
also
increasing
public
access,
the
natural
lands
and
their
role
in
not
only
the
resilience
of
our
wild,
our
forest
from
wildfire,
but
also
that
carbon
sequestration
piece
again?
Natural
infrastructure
tahoe
is
blessed
with
the
beauty
of
the
lake
and
the
forests,
and
how
can
we
use
that
to
protect
our
most
vulnerable
communities
and
ensure
economic
prosperity
into
the
future?
I
And
then
I
wanted
to
highlight
the
nevada
side
and
the
nevada
tahoe
resource
team.
We
work
closely
to
help
integrate
climate
adaptation
across
their
programs
through
the
eip.
Some
of
the
photos
on
the
screen
include
forest
fuel
reduction
treatments
that
have
happened
at
spooner,
some
cute
owls
that
all
of
this
work.
All
of
this
work
is
helping
to
provide,
and
then
some
storm
water
and
shoreline
hardening
at
cave
rock.
I
So
this
shared
funding
need
at
tahoe.
We
do
very
well
with
our
implementation
and
of
priority
projects
when
we
come
together,
develop
a
list
that
everyone
agrees,
that
here's
our
priority
projects,
here's
how
they're
going
to
benefit
the
overall
region-
and
I
just
wanted
to
highlight
within
this
10-year
action
plan-
need
that
the
wildfire
risk
category,
while
it
is
the
lowest
amount
of
funding
needed.
I
That
does
reflect
the
work
that
the
tft
has
done
to
secure
a
lot
of
funding
from
many
many
sources,
including
the
state
of
nevada,
towards
implementing
the
needed
forest
actions
on
the
ground.
So
that
really
does
show
that
success
there.
And
then
we
also
have
the
transportation
and
sustainable
recreation
component,
which
we
will
be
back
before
you
next
month
to
be
talking
about
our
bi-state
transportation
strategy
and
just
recognize
that
this
need
on
our
climate
action
strategy
is
a
subset
of
that.
I
Overall
transportation
need
again
very
much
focused
on
our
community
priority
zones,
disadvantaged
communities
and
our
the
hardening
of
infrastructure
for
emergency
response
and
then
finally,
it's
about
accountability
and
making
sure
that
what
we're
doing
is
meeting
our
targets
and
our
goals,
and
that
is
transparent
for
the
public.
So
we
do
have
a
sustainability
dashboard
as
part
of
our
larger
lake
tahoe
information
ecosystem.
A
Not
seeing
folks
pop
on,
I
had
a
question
about
your
climate
change,
vulnerability
assessment
and
what
was
the
date
that
that
was
completed
or
what
year
was
that
completed?.
I
That
was
completed
in
2020,
so
right
before
all
of
the
world
went
into
a
spiral
and
it
was
actually
interesting.
I
was
talking
with
miss
reagan
on
our
drive
down
here
when
you
looked
at
some
of
the
wildfire
risk
analysis.
That
study
did
and
then
you
look
at
the
caldorfire
footprint
right
over
it.
I
was
like
wow
that
actually
was
extremely
scarily,
accurate
in
terms
of
the
areas
the
fire
burned.
I
A
That
is
really
interesting
and,
I
think,
speaks
to
the
science
and
how
these
things
are
being
determined
right
today
and
how
it's
impacting
the
implementation
of
policy.
Are
there
any
other
questions
from
the
committee
before
we
close
this
agenda
item?
Thank
you
again.
Oh
yes,
please
go
ahead.
B
Chair
peters,
thank
you,
julie,
regan,
with
trpa,
for
the
record
I
did
want
to
just
before.
We
close
this
item
circle
back
to
the
last
question
about
the
community
engagement
and
for
the
record
takecaretahou.org
in
the
notes
could
reflect
some
of
the
work
that
we've
been
doing
to
really
educate
our
local
community
and
our
visitor
community
around
all
of
these
threats
related
to
climate,
forest
health,
invasive
species
and
there's
a
button,
you
can
click
on
how
to
take
care
of
tahoe
and
messages.
Specifically,
that
are
targeting
some
of
these
issues.
B
We
have
a
really
active
partnership
under
the
eip
and
the
take
care
group.
More
than
50
different
organizations
have
come
together
to
get
the
messages
out
through
multiple
channels,
social
media
videos,
but
also
through
rental
units
in
property
management
companies
lodging
properties
sending
these
in
check-in
packets.
Before
people
come
to
tahoe,
we
utilize
this
group
really
heavily
during
the
pandemic,
so
I
just
wanted
to
put
that
on
the
record.
Thank
you.
A
A
All
right,
our
next
agenda
item
is
six
yep
nope,
seven!
Oh
six!
Sorry
you
guys
presentation
regarding
the
lake
tahoe
aquatic
invasive
species
program.
This
is
really
interesting.
I
love
sometimes
like
being
in
nevada
for
so
long.
You
start
to
see
these
like
cycles
in
your
life,
where
you
come
across
the
same
thing.
Over
and
over
again
when
I
was
in
college,
we
were
talking
about
treatment
of
zebra,
mussels
and
other
creatures,
and
here
we
are
today
talking
about
other
invasive
species
and
problems
with
the
state
or
with
our
state
waters.
A
J
You
chair,
peters
members
of
the
committee,
I'm
dennis
sebaglo,
I'm
the
aquatic
resources
program
manager
for
the
tahoe
regional
planning
agency,
overseeing
the
lake
tahoe's
aquatic
invasive
species
program,
so
I'll
be
adding
another
acronym
to
your
repertoire,
ais,
it's
not
as
fun
as
to
say
as
wui,
but
that
will
replace
aquatic
invasive
species.
So
you'll
hear
me
say
that
pretty
frequently
throughout
the
presentation,
so
we'll
go
over
a
broad
overview
of
what
the
program
consists
of
and
the
the
partnerships
that
we've
built
you've
heard.
Others
say
the
critical
components.
J
Partnerships
have
in
all
aspects
of
the
environmental
improvement
program
with
our
prevention
program.
All
the
success
we've
achieved
over
the
past
almost
15
years,
highlighting
education
and
customer
service,
regional
coordination
at
well
really
at
the
national
level
and
with
our
western
partners
and
some
of
the
priorities
we're
focusing
on
in
prevention
and
with
control
eradicating
existing
species
that
would
that
came
into
the
tahoe
region.
Prior
to
the
boat
inspections
occurring,
some
of
the
strategic
planning
and
the
goals
we
have
to
reduce
existing
species.
J
Unfortunately,
they
were
found
in
lake
mead
in
2007,
and
we
started
doing
inspections
that,
following
summer
with
our
control
program,
eliminating
or
reducing
as
much
as
possible
those
existing
species
like
eurasian,
water,
milfoil
and
curly
pondweed,
they're
notorious
and
aquatic
invasive
plant
species
throughout
the
country.
So
we're
not
unique
to
that.
So
we
have
projects
that
are
being
implemented
to
to
reduce
those
impacts
and
the
monitoring
that
we
do
how
we
track
our
success
not
only
with
prevention,
but
with
control
as
well.
J
The
partnerships
we've
built.
We
are
part
of
that
environmental
improvement
program
and
a
working
group
under
the
tahoe
interagency
executive
steering
committee,
our
aquatic
invasive
species
coordinating
committee
is
made
up
of
multiple
agencies,
non-profit
and
academia
partners
throughout
the
region,
with
nevada
having
a
representation
from
the
nevada
department
of
wildlife
that
we
work
very
closely
with
on
aquatic
invasive
species
issues
and
the
department
of
conservation
and
natural
resources
and,
of
course,
the
private
and
public
partnerships.
J
J
So
with
prevention.
Why
does
our
program
work?
We've
been
doing
it
for
oh,
like
I
said
since
2008,
with
no
new
invasions
being
detected
since
the
program
started,
so
we're
very
proud
of
that.
But
it
is
a
mandatory
program.
Under
the
trpa
code
of
ordinances,
all
motorized
watercraft
are
required
to
be
inspected
and
decontaminated
when
necessary
and
to
decontaminate.
We
don't
use
bleach,
but
we
do
use
hot
water.
So
we've
worked
with
research
efforts
to
demonstrate
that
a
certain
temperature
and
time
will
kill
any
invasives
that
were
we're
concerned
about.
J
So
we
use
hot
water.
When
we
do
those
decontaminations,
we
have
a
highly
trained
staff.
We
go
through
annual
training,
not
only
with
our
boat
inspectors,
but
with
our
partners
at
the
marinas.
We
work
closely
with
them
to
ensure
that
only
inspected
boats
are
being
launched
in
order
to
get
on
lake
tahoe.
J
So
we
train
those
folks
as
well,
and
you
can
see
in
the
picture
here
in
the
middle,
with
our
staff
person
putting
a
seal
on
between
the
boat
and
the
trailer
and
that's
how
we
indicate
the
boat
has
been
inspected
and
they
can
go
straight
to
a
launch
site
if
that
seal
is
in
place.
It's
a
mechanism
or
a
protocol
that
other
programs
throughout
the
west
utilize,
including
the
state
and
nevada,
with
their
inspections
at
various
water
bodies,
certainly
coming
out
of
lake
mead,
so
that
seal
indicates
that
you've
been
inspected.
J
You
go
to
the
launch
launch
ramp.
They
see
that
seal.
We
have
those
staff
that
we
partner
with
there
to
ensure
that
it's
in
place
and
then,
when
you
come
off
the
water,
that
staff
puts
another
seal
back
on,
so
you
can
go
right
back
to
the
lake
without
having
to
get
reinspected.
So
it's
a
pretty
efficient
program
that
is
proven
to
be
very
successful.
J
Our
protocols,
as
I
mentioned,
they're
based
on
science
having
that
temperature
and
time
requirements
for
killing
what
we're
concerned
about,
but
also
having
consistent
protocols
over
time
and
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
that
with
some
of
the
regional
collaboration
that
we
do
with
our
western
partners.
But
we
do
a
secret
shopper
effort.
J
So
it's
part
of
the
monitoring
we
do
for
the
prevention
program
going
to
independently
having
someone
go
out
to
our
boat
inspection
stations
and
the
marinas
to
ensure
that
all
of
our
protocols
are
being
followed,
and
then
education
is
key
with
anything
that
we're
doing
up
here.
It's
super
important
that
the
boat,
the
boating
public
or
the
public
in
general
knows
what
we're
doing,
but
why
we're
doing
it?
J
Some
examples
of
the
education
that
we're
doing
on
the
left
is
a
billboard
three
steps
closer
to
fun
clean
drain
dry.
That
is
a
mantra
used
throughout
the
this
program,
not
only
here
in
tahoe
but
throughout
the
west.
It's
it's
simple.
It's
easy,
but
it's
directive,
so
the
public
can
do
something
ahead
of
time
to
help
reduce
risks
themselves
before
they
get
to
a
boat
inspection
station
and
then
on.
The
right
is
a
a
gazebo
that
we
have
at
one
of
our
boat
inspection
stations.
J
So
if
there
happens
to
be
a
queue
and
there's
somebody
waiting
for
an
inspection,
they
have
an
opportunity
to
get
out
of
the
sun,
but
also
learn
about
the
program
and
and
why
it's
important
and
one
thing
we
actually
implemented
recently
after
covid
as
a
way
to
reduce
stress
and
congregation
of
too
many
people
at
the
site.
We
implemented
a
an
appointment
system
with
that
first
year,
in
2020,
was
a
all
of
our
inspections
were
done
with
appointments,
but
the
boating
public
really
liked
that
option,
and
so
last
year
we
implemented
a
choice.
J
You
could
come
on
demand
as
you
could.
Historically,
just
whenever
we're
open,
you
can
come
and
get
an
inspection,
but
now
you
have
that
opportunity
to
also
make
a
reservation,
and
now
about
70
percent
of
our
boaters
are
utilizing
that
appointment
based
system.
We
do
charge
a
convenience
fee
for
that
similar
to
southwest's.
I
forget
what
it's
called,
but
the
early
bird
check-in
so
you're
getting
that
opportunity
to
get
ahead
of
the
line.
If
you
will
so
it's
a
15
fee.
J
But
as
I
mentioned
it's
now,
70
percent
of
our
boating
public
is
utilizing
that
feature
so
with
I
mentioned
the
regional
coordination
and
the
national
coordination.
We
have
there's
the
aquatic
nuisance
species
task
force,
which
is
the
federal
advisory
committee,
overseeing
national
aquatic
invasive
species
policies
and
strategic
goals.
We
have
a
seat
at
that
table.
The
tall
regional
planning
agency
is
one
of
the
members
of
that
task
force
and
then
with
other
national
coordination.
J
Both
julie
and
I
have
testified
and
presented
to
congressional
committees
and
caucuses
on
the
importance
of
managing
aquatic
invasive
species,
but
also
the
importance
of
those
private
public
partnerships
and
having
a
collaborative
approach
to
to
addressing
the
issue.
J
Moving
more
regionally
with
the
western
regional
panel
is
a
subset
of
that
aquatic
nuisance
species
task
force.
That's
made
up
of
the
19
western
states
moving
west
from
texas
up
through
the
dakotas
all
collaborating
on
the
issues.
We
certainly
have
a
great
concern
for
prevention
because
of
the
scarcity
of
water
in
the
west,
so
we
have
been
very
well
coordinated
on
our
prevention
efforts.
I
currently
serve
as
chair
of
that
committee
and
one
of
the
major
products
that
we
worked
on
collaboratively.
J
Are
these
two
documents
here
uniform
minimum
protocols
and
standards
affectionately
referred
to
as
umps,
but
it
is
the
science-based
approach
on
and
protocols
on
how
we
do
these
inspections
and
decontaminations
consistently.
So
boaters
know
what
to
expect
when
they
cross
state
lines.
So
having
that
consistency
is
helpful
for
the
boaters,
but
also
helpful
for
helpful
for
us
when
we're
communicating
with
our
regional
partners
making
sure
we're
speaking
the
same
language
and
having
those
same
protocols,
as
I
mentioned,
and
on
the
right,
is
an
advanced
watercraft
decontamination
manual.
J
That
trpa
took
the
lead
on
for
our
western
partners,
but
it's
a
tool,
an
education
piece
for
our
inspectors.
When
we
have
multiple
types
of
boats,
it
is
the
oldest
legacy
fleet.
There
is
older
than
vacuum
cleaners,
most
boats
overall,
but
having
that
guidebook
to
allow
our
inspectors
to
better
identify
components
to
decontaminate
those
watercraft
more
effectively.
J
Some
of
our
prevention
priorities,
staffing
and
housing
is
certainly
an
issue.
We're
not
unique
to
again
it's
a
it's
a
challenge
across
multiple
sectors.
So
we
do
review
our
wages
for
inspectors
on
an
annual
basis
to
making
to
make
sure
we're
remaining
competitive,
but
that
housing
component
is
is
important
as
well.
J
Housing
costs
in
tahoe
are
very
high,
so
that
limits
our
ability
to
bring
on
the
talented
and
dedicated
staff
we
need
to
ensure
we
have
effective
programs,
good
customer
service
and
so
we're
continuing
to
work
with
our
regional
partners
to
make
sure
we're
staying
on
top
of
that
housing
issue
and
one
of
the
ways
not
in
this
particular
example.
But
I'll
talk
about
it
momentarily,
but
permanent
inspection
stations
are
something
we're
investing
in.
J
We've
demonstrated
the
value
of
our
program
by
being
so
successful,
so
having
a
permanent
station
is
really
an
ease
on
our
resources
because
of
all
our
inspection
stations
now
are
seasonal.
The
one
at
spooner
summit
also
known
as
hospital
hill
in
the
winter
time,
if
you've
seen
all
the
sledders
up
there,
but
we
have
to
go
through
a
permitting
process
on
an
annual
basis.
J
J
So
this
is
an
example
here,
so
it'd
just
be
a
little
bit
west
on
highway,
28
from
the
existing
location
at
that
intersection
of
highway
28
and
u.s
50,
where
we
would
have
a
permanent
location
that
would
have
utilities
present
and
it
would
be
part
of
a
multi-use
facility
that
would
also
have
parking
and
trailhead
access
for
recreators,
so
we're
working
with
all
of
our
partners.
We
have
money
through
the
environmental.
J
J
We
are
but
we're
also
looking
at
one
on
the
california
side
that
may
have,
because
of
its
location.
More
in
an
urban
area
has
a
opportunity
to
potentially
have
workforce
housing
along
that
property
as
well
so
moving
into
control.
As
I
mentioned,
implementing
projects
to
eradicate,
if
we
can
existing
species-
like
I
mentioned
eurasian
water,
milfoil,
curly
pondweed
asian
clam-
is
another
one.
J
We
have
a
ais
control
action
agenda,
so
that's
our
strategic
guide
that
is
providing
us
a
goal
of
90
reduction
of
existing
species
over
a
10-year
planning
horizon
that
was
kicked
off
in
2020
a
little
bit
of
one
year
ahead
of
schedule,
but
we're
trying
to
achieve
that
localized
eradication.
You
can
see
these
orange
circles
representing
infestations
throughout
the
lake
one
on
the
west
shore
meeks
bay.
That
actually
should
be
a
gray
circle.
J
Now
we
just
completed
that
project,
but
you'll
notice,
some
of
the
important
locations
in
nevada,
one
of
our
first
successful
projects
up
in
incline
village
area
crystal
bay
at
one
of
the
condominium
areas,
actually
three
sets
of
condominiums
where
they
had
eurasian
water,
milfoil
present
and
now
for
almost
10
years.
That
place
has
been
weed
free.
So
that's
an
important
project
for
us.
J
We
started
small
lessons
learned
and
built
up
and
now
we're
really
starting
to
tackle
these
larger,
more
complicated
infestations,
as
you
can
see,
by
those
big
circles
on
the
south
shore
and
I'll
talk
about
that
here
in
a
minute,
but
it's
becoming
now
that
we're
addressing
these
larger
locations
where
part
of
the
first
step
of
an
overall
restoration
you
heard
mr
middlebrook
talk
about
building
resiliency
and
biodiversity,
having
landscapes
dominated
by
native
species
rather
than
invasive
species,
help
builds
that
resilience.
That's
needed
to
have
a
healthy
ecosystem.
J
We
use
predominantly
non-herbicidal
methods
and
I'll
talk
about
that
also
here
in
a
minute,
but
utilizing
mechanical
methods,
if
you
will
at
the
upper
right,
is
a
diver
using
diver,
assisted
suction,
pulling
the
weeds
out
of
the
substrate
and
on
the
bottom
left
is
a
project
we
did
at
sand.
Harbor
state
park
for
asian
clam,
which
is
an
invasive
clam
species.
That's
present
in
that
the
boat
landing
area,
so
that
represents
about
that
dark
area
is
about
five
acres
of
gas
impermeable
membranes.
A
rubber
pond
liner,
is
what
it
really
is.
J
That
was
laid
over
the
top
of
the
the
clam
beds
that
suffocates
them.
It
deprives
them
of
oxygen
and
it
kills
them.
It
was
a
effective
program
we're
reaching
100
percent
mortality
almost
under
the
entire
treated
area,
but
the
overall
infestation
was
much
much
larger,
and
so
this
was
more
of
a
management
project
to
keep
that
population
at
bay.
J
If
you
will
and
allowing
us
opportunities
to
continue
to
investigate
more
feasible
approaches
to
treating
larger
infestations
of
asian
clam
and
then
on,
the
right
is
an
innovative
approach
really
created
in
lake
tahoe,
with
the
use
of
an
ultra
violet,
light
boat
or
ultraviolet
light
on
a
boat
to
kill
weeds
that
you
can
see
here.
There's
a
it's
kind
of
like
a
pontoon
boat
with
an
array
underneath
of
several
bulbs
of
ultraviolet
light
and
dr
chandra
help
provide
research
on
on
this
technique.
J
J
It's
17
acres
of
infestation
of
eurasian
water
milfoil,
and
you
can
see
here
this
project
just
got
started
this
season
with
implementation
of
bottom
barriers.
So
it's
an
aerial
view
of
of
the
area
and
you
can
kind
of
see
the
barriers
that
have
been
put
in
place
to
basically
block
photosynthesis,
killing
these
plants.
J
J
It
is
our
main
our
highest
priority
for
control,
but
because
it
is
so
much
larger
than
any
project
we've
implemented
before
at
over
30
times.
Some
of
those
traditional
methods
I
mentioned,
or
even
those
innovative
approaches,
aren't
likely
to
be
enough
to
address
this
issue
or
address
this
infestation
holistically.
So
aquatic
herbicides
are
were
proposed
and
have
subsequently
been
approved
for
use
in
a
test
project.
J
This
is
an
example
of
the
treatment
areas
and
it's
a
busy
map,
but
I
wanted
to
share
it
because
of
all
the
little
dots
and
stars
and
purple
horseshoes
and
blue
clovers
that
you
see
the
lucky
charms
approach
here:
are
all
monitoring
locations.
So
each
one
of
those
points
is
being
sampled
on
almost
a
daily
basis
to
ensure
that
any
treatment
method,
that's
being
used,
doesn't
have
any
impacts
or
it
would
trigger
a
mitigation
that
that
may
be
needed
when
weeds
die.
J
They
emit
or
release
nutrients
into
the
system,
and
so
when
you
have
excess
nutrients
that
could
create
harmful
algal
blooms.
So
all
these
sampling
is
in
place
to
ensure
that
we're
prepared,
if
we
do
see
those
spikes
but
also
tracking
the
degradation
of
those
herbicides,
to
ensure
that
nothing
is
reaching
the
lake
proper.
J
So
this
is
a
rake
pull.
This
is
one
of
the
ways
to
assess
efficacy
of
the
project.
This
is
14
days
after
treatment
in
one
of
the
areas
after
one
of
the
herbicides
that
were
used
called
endothol,
it's
a
selective
herbicide,
so
it's
species
specific,
it
only
impacts
certain
species.
So
you
can
see
here.
This
is
eurasian
water,
milfoil,
the
brown
stuff.
That
doesn't
look
so
good,
that's
what
we're
interested
in
killing,
but
then
you
can
see
the
green
plants,
which
is
the
native
species
that
we
want
to
protect
called
elodea.
J
This
is
a
picture
of
an
area
being
treated
with
that
ultraviolet
light.
This
is
a
before
picture
and
so
pretty
well
infested
with
eurasian
water
milfoil.
This
is
14
days
after
that
treatment,
so
those
weeds
are
starting
to
die
back
and
dissolve
essentially
another
picture
of
that
14
days
post
treatment.
So
these
are
interim
results.
The
test
will
utilize
these
approaches
in
a
one-time
application
in
this
season
to
see
what
level
of
knock-back
we
get
and
then
in
subsequent
seasons.
We
would
be
using
all
of
these
mechanical
methods
to
maintain
that
infestation.
J
So
not
only
were
you
using
innovative
approaches
like
uv
light
and
now
traditional
approaches
nationally
with
aquatic
herbicides,
but
no
one
has
ever
done
that
in
a
one-time
application.
So
the
idea
is
to
only
use
utilize
herbicides
once
and
then
never
again
and
having
a
combination
site
on
one
of
those
sites
in
the
map
we're
looking
at.
J
So
this
is
a
science
experiment,
looking
at
multiple
different
combinations,
so
utilizing
herbicides
only
in
one
area
utilizing
ultraviolet
light
only
in
one
area
but
utilizing
both
in
some
of
those
areas
to
see
which
set
is
going
to
give
that
best
result
and
so
herbicides
are
applied
on
the
edges
and
then
ultraviolet
light
boat
can
go
down
the
middle.
He
has
a
bit
harder
time
to
go
around
in
and
around
the
docks
with
that
boat
and
so
utilizing
both
technology
maximizing
the
efficiency
of
both
methodologies.
J
So
our
funding
here
in
for
the
aquatic
invasive
species
program-
this
represents
an
annual
funding.
Most
currently
not
doesn't
represent
some
of
the
historical
funding
we've
received
in
the
past,
but
in
blue
the
federal
funds
that
we
are
fortunate
to
receive
through
appropriations
and
agreements
with
the
u.s
fish
and
wildlife
and
united
states
army
corps
of
engineers
about
67
percent
of
our
current
funding.
J
In
the
early
days
of
the
program,
sniploma
was
a
critical
funding
source
to
get
this
program
off
the
ground.
We
have
since
now
had
those
appropriations
from
the
lake
tahoe
restoration
act
that
allows
us
to
move
forward
and
then
17
coming
from
the
two
states,
either
through
direct
funding,
375
000
directly
from
the
state
of
nevada
to
support
prevention
and
control
activities,
but
also
grants
that
we
receive
through
that
license.
J
Plate
grant
I
mentioned,
and
then
private
contributions
are
the
fees
that
we
charge,
complementing
the
public
funds
that
we
get
to
support
boat
inspections
and
then
non-profit
dollars
from
organizations
like
the
league
to
save
lake
tahoe
and
the
tahoe
fund
that
provide
funding
for
some
of
our
projects.
A
Thank
you
for
the
presentation.
I
have.
I
have
a
variety
of
questions,
but
I
will
ask
the
committee
if
there
are
questions
from
other
folks
before
I
start
on
mine,
not
seeing
any
all
right,
so
I'm
going
to
dive
in
weeds
to
the
biomass
piles.
Are
we
adding
I'm
you
as
you
pull
out
your
weeds?
Are
you
guys?
What
are
you
intending
to
do
with
that
debris?.
J
Good
question:
generally:
we
don't
pull
them
out,
we
kill
them
in
place
or
in
situ
the
ultraviolet
light
and
the
bottom
barriers
they
just
remain
in
place.
They
dissolve
they're
mainly
about
95
percent
water,
so
there's
not
a
lot
of
biomass
once
these
things
die
in
the
case
of
the
tahoe
keys,
the
property
owners
there
for
as
a
management
approach,
do
harvesting
of
aquatic
weeds.
J
It's
a
necessary
evil.
It's
intended
to
improve
navigational
channels
throughout
the
keys.
These
weeds
will
grow
up
to
the
surface,
clogging
the
waterways
in
some
areas
of
the
country.
It's
actually
a
safety
concern
for
swimmers,
but
not
only
to
improve
navigation.
It
also
removes
that
biomass
that
if
it
were
to
stay
that
would
be
another
source
of
all
those
nutrients
if
they
were
just
to
remain
in
place
and
die
in
the
waterways,
adding
more
nutrients
to
the
system
and
potentially
leading
to
some
of
those
harmful
algal
blooms.
A
That
was
part
of
why
I
was
asking
was
the
nutrients
that
they
can
leave
in
the
system
and
and
whether
that's
a
concern
at
this
point
or
in
those
keys
area
areas
in
particular,.
A
J
J
Currently
our
code
states
that
non-motorized
watercraft
are
subject
to
inspection,
so
we
encourage
people
to
learn
and
become
self-certified
for
doing
their
own
inspections
and
decontaminations
of
their
paddle
craft.
So
the
tahoe
keepers
tahoekeepers.org
website
has
a
video
that
you
can
watch
and
then
ultimately
take
a
quiz
and
assuming
you
pass,
you
get
a
nice
letter
from
me
and
a
sticker
to
put
on
your
paddle
board
or
kayak
to
demonstrate
that
you've,
you
understand
the
impacts
and
the
risks
and
and
what's
necessary
to
ensure
that
your
paddle
craft
can
launch
safely.
A
Awesome
we
will
get
on
that.
I
had
a
one
more
question
about
your
qualifications
for
staff,
so
we
know
that
staffing
has
been
an
issue
in
the
state
kind
of
across
the
board,
but
particularly
for
like
public
service
offices.
So
what
are
your
qualifications
for
staff
and
what
are
your
staffing
rates?
Looking
like
right
now,.
J
Living
breathing
are
some
of
the
qualifications.
No,
it
is
a
challenge.
Certainly,
we
have
been
fortunate
to
have
at
least
a
moderate
level
of
staffing
and
dedicated
staff
that
have
returned
over
multiple
seasons
and
we're
reaching
out
and
partnering
with
different
organizations
trying
to
maximize
someone's
ability
to
stay
in
lake
tahoe.
With
these
seasonal
jobs.
J
We
did
reduce
our
number
of
inspection
stations
to
three
after
last
year
or
prior
to
last
year,
so
that
has
alleviated
some
of
the
stress,
but
the
north
shore
is
where
we
struggle
the
most,
and
so
we
have
an
inspection
station
at
the
alpine
meadows
ski
resort
and
that
station
is
currently
understaffed,
which
limits
our
ability
to
inspect
more
boats.
But
we
still
make
sure
we
have
the
staff
necessary
to
do
the
job
effectively.
A
That's
good
to
hear
positive
as
we
talk
about
volunteers-
and
this
is
my
last
question-
there
have
been
some
social
media
posts
that
I've
seen
about
a
scuba
program
up
in
tahoe.
That
is
doing
some
stewardship
around
removing
debris
in
the
lake.
But
are
they
working
with
you
guys
as
well,
or
is
there
a
potential
for
people
who
are
scuba
certified
in
our
region
to
volunteer
and
help
out
with
some
of
these
efforts?
Yeah.
J
B
Chair
peters,
thank
you,
julie,
reagan
at
trpa
wanted
just
to
build
on
what
dennis
was
referring
to,
and
I
will
say
we
are
very
supportive
of
the
nonprofit
of
the
project
to
get
the
trash
removed
and
one
of
our
staffers
jeff
cowan
who's.
B
J
And
one
of
the
things
they
tend
to
find
on
a
regular
basis
are
anchors
and
when
boats
come
to
our
inspection
stations,
sometimes
they're
not
properly
prepared
or
equipped
to
be
out
on
the
treacherous
waters
the
the
lake
can
present
at
times
and
they've
forgotten
their
anchor.
And
so
we've
worked
with
these
groups
to
have
these
anchors
available
for
these
boaters.
If
a
donation
is
made
for
that
trash
collection
effort.
A
Very
cool
programs.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
presentation
today
and
for
all
the
information
and
the
work
you're
doing
to
keep
tahoe
beautiful,
just
one
more
check
in
are
there
questions
before
I
relieve
these
folks
all
right,
seeing
none!
Thank
you
so
much,
sir.
B
Peters
I
wanted
to
thank
you
and
the
committee
for
your
leadership
and
for
past
investments
of
time
by
other
committee
members.
We
so
greatly
appreciate
it
at
trpa,
and
I
did
want
to
also
share
joanne
marchetta
has
announced
her
retirement
as
our
executive
director.
She
will
be
around
for
the
next
six
months
and
in
six
months,
in
a
part-time
capacity,
so
you'll
be
seeing
her
again
before
the
interim
closes.
Thank
you
very
much.
A
Thank
you
all
all
right.
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
close
agenda
item
6
and
move
on
to
agenda
item
seven,
a
presentation
regarding
activities
of
the
tahoe
science
advisory
council-
and
I
see
dr
chandra
here
and
was
looking
for
robert
larson.
But
I'm.
E
Yeah,
this
is
sudeep
chandra
from
the
council
co-chair
for
the
science
advisory
council.
Bob
larson
is
out
of
the
office
and
ill
today,
so
he
won't
be
coming
in,
but
that'll.
Allow
me
to
give
you
a
broader
overview
and
a
little
more
scientific
detail
than
our
program
officer
would
so.
A
E
Okay,
excellent
again
sudeep
chandra
on
behalf
of
the
tahoe
science
advisory
council.
I
am
the
new
co-chair
for
the
advisory
council
and
also
a
professor
at
the
university
of
nevada,
reno
and
directing
the
university's
global
water
center.
So
I'll
give
you
some
updates
on
the
science
advisory
council
activities,
but
before
I
do
so,
I'd
like
to
remind
you,
the
council,
membership
and-
and
the
reason
I
want
to
do.
E
This
is
just
to
show
you
how
broad
the
membership
is
of
council
members
and
from
the
different
systems
and
organizations
they
belong
to
bringing
in
different
expertise
to
the
council.
So
we
have
two
members
the
way
the
council
is
designed
is
we
have
two
members
from
the
following
institutions:
uc
davis,
another
representative,
two
members
from
the
university
of
california
system,
and
in
this
case
it's
uc
santa
barbara.
Currently,
two
members
from
the
university
of
nevada,
reno,
the
desert
research
institute,
the
u.s
geological
survey
and
the
u.s
forest
service
pacific
southwest
research
station.
E
E
So,
what's
the
purpose
of
this
council?
Well,
I
remember
it
was
created
between
the
two
states
and
it's.
The
primary
goals
are
try
to
continue
to
link
our
scientific
knowledge
with
management
needs
and,
as
you
have
seen
from
the
previous
presentations,
we've
had
a
number
of
presentations
that
rely
quite
heavily
on
the
scientific
information
to
help
guide
the
management
of
the
lake
tahoe
watershed
and
system.
E
And
then
it's
also
to
provide
some
collaborative
science.
So
not
one
institution
necessarily
is
leading
an
effort.
But
now
we
have
some
consensus
building
among
institute
scientific
institutions
on
moving
forward
with
science-driven
management
and
tool
development,
and
then
the
one
of
the
most
important
things
that
we've
moved
into,
especially
in
the
last
year,
is
to
maintain
a
venue
for
science
and
policy
dialogue.
E
As
you
can
imagine,
there
are
many
many
different
things
that
we
have
to
think
about
up
at
lake
tahoe,
but
having
some
venue
and
opportunity
for
agency
folks
to
connect
with
scientists
or
for
scientists
to
try
to
understand
what
the
needs
are
for.
Our
management
community
becomes
increasingly
important
when
we
have
a
diversity
of
topics
that
we
need
to
address
and
so
having
a
venue
to
do
so
or
in
this
case.
Regular
meetings
between
scientists
and
managers
is
very
helpful
for
this,
and
also
is
very
efficient
rather
than
outreaching
individually
to
individual
scientists.
E
So
we
have
a
number
of
activities,
particularly
in
the
last
few
years,
that
we've
taken
on
for
the
council
to
try
to
provide
advice
on
and
I'll
walk
through
some
of
these
activities,
and
I
will
walk
through
them
now,
rather
than
talk
about
them
here
on
the
slide.
So
one
of
the
activities
that
was
just
discussed
by
dennis
abaglo
from
tahr
regional
planning
agency
was
trying
to
understand
how
we
can
control
invasive
species
in
the
tahoe
keys.
E
The
tahoe
keys
is
a
dominant
area,
a
major
area
in
the
lake
that
produces
invasive
species,
and
we
have
been
working
closely
with
their
regional
planning
agency,
the
tahoe
keys
and
other
parties
to
try
to
understand
the
best
methods
for
controlling
weeds
and
invasive
species,
and
so
the
council
engaged
in
this
process
by
reviewing
documents
and
conducting
peer
review
or
external
scientific
review
of
these
documents,
even
outside
of
the
council,
sending
it
to
other
institutions
that
are
not
that
can
give
us
another
party
review
to
ensure
that
that
the
implementation
of
these
projects
has
a
sound
scientific
basis
and
also
to
help
with
decision
support
management.
E
So
are
the
methods
that
are
being
employed
or
that
were
that
had
been
proposed
for
testing,
whether
it's
ultraviolet
light
that
was
just
discussed
or
herbicides.
Are
they
the
most
efficient
methods
of
the
time
for
a
testing,
and
we
plan
on
assisting
an
ongoing
data,
analysis
and
findings
and
assessment,
as
additional
data
is
produced
in
the
coming
year,.
E
A
major
topic,
of
course,
is
going
to
be
sustainable,
recreation
and
tourism,
and
you've
heard
a
little
bit
about
that
already.
You
also
heard
from
previous
speakers
about
climate
climate,
resiliency
and
planning
into
the
future,
and
what
we've
been
doing
with
the
managers
is
helping
to
assist
in
working
and
coordinating
policies
around
sustainable
recreational
recreation
and
tourism.
E
We
might
double
our
visitation
rates
over
echo
summit
or
another
evaluation
from
this
study
shows
that
in
those
neighboring
valleys,
as
we
see
10
degrees
of
temperature
increases
over
a
certain
period
of
time,
we
will
increase
the
number
of
day
visitors
by
50
to
the
tahoe
basin,
so
that
type
of
climate
related
information,
it
makes
sense
right.
Valleys
are
hot
people
come
to
the
mountains
to
seek
some
some
respite
refuge.
E
You
know,
and
so,
but
by
quantifying
those
numbers,
we
can
try
to
understand
the
amount
of
visitation
pressure
in
the
system
and
then
address
the
challenge
of
that
and
how
to
how
to
address
that
and
improve
our
sustainable
recreation
opportunities.
So
we're
trying
to
work
with
or
we
are
working
the
council
with
uc
davis
transportation
group
to
try
to
understand
recreational
values
and
guide
future
policies
in
the
basin.
E
Of
course,
lake
tahoe's
clarity
is
always
a
topic
that
comes
up.
It
is
a
a
metric
of
the
lake
health.
It's
measured
in
the
offshore
generally,
so
in
the
middle
part
of
the
lake,
not
necessarily
in
the
near
shore
of
the
lake
and
the
science
advisory
council
has
played
an
important
role
in
in
re-evaluating
and
evaluating
data
related
to
clarity
and
the
drivers
of
clarity.
E
And
so,
if
you
can,
the
science
council
has
been
evaluating
the
data
to
try
to
understand
the
importance
of
seasonality
which
directly
relates
to
climate,
and
maybe
the
internal
wiggles
of
the
lake
and
the
loads
from
the
watershed
and
their
contributions
to
the
clarity
in
the
lake,
and
so
we've
been
reviewing
and
updating
the
clarity
model,
trying
to
understand
again
what
those
internal
wiggles
are
in
the
lake
that
might
contribute
to
the
loss
of
clarity
or
the
maintenance
of
the
clarity
or
how
loading
in
the
watershed
may
or
may
not
be
changing
over
time.
E
To
affect
clarity.
That's
one
of
our
priority
issues.
We
have
an
annual.
This
is
the
second
annual
data
synthesis
and
an
analysis
subcommittee.
Reviewing
the
data
for
the
current
year
in
relation
to
historical
trending,
and
I
think,
you'll,
learn
more
about
that.
In
the
coming
month,
there's
been
a
continued
focus
on
the
total
maximum
daily
load
or
the
particle
loads
and
nutrients
into
the
system
that
continues
obviously
to
be
very
important.
E
It's
something
that
both
nevada
and
california
have
invested
heavily
on
and
into
in
in
the
last
two
decades,
and
then
we
are
exploring
new
methods
for
evaluating
long-term
clarity
is
a
model.
The
best
approach
are:
are
there
other
tools
that
we
need
to
bring
in
that
are
novel
tools
for
statistical
analysis,
to
understand
these
internal
wiggles
or
external
wiggles,
and
how
they
influence
clarity?
E
The
big
focus
for
clarity
for
us
has
been
what's
what
stimulated
this
idea
of
the
partnership
within
the
council
of
having
many
institutions
review
the
clarity
data.
Is
this
change
in
clarity
in
2017
or
so
around
here
in
this
graph,
where
we
saw
kind
of
a
big
stage
shift
in
clarity
since
2017
and
2017
and
onwards
is
when
we've
been
having
more
drought
condition.
E
Yet
we
continue
to
see
a
loss
in
clarity,
and
so
that's
been
a
large
focus
of
of
the
council
and
the
data
synthesis
analysis
subcommittee
on
trying
to
understand
what
is
causing
that
clarity
loss
or
at
least
presenting
concepts
and
ideas
that
we
could
that
we
sh
that
we
would
recommend
to
the
management
community
to
focus
on
into
the
future
to
understand.
The
loss
of
clarity
can't
have
a
good
talk
in
these
sessions
without
talking
about
wildfire,
you've
heard
about
wildfire
almost
all
morning.
E
The
caldor
and
other
fires
in
the
region
impacted
the
lake
not
only
through
direct
burning,
although
a
small
amount
within
the
watershed
compared
to
other
watersheds
in
our
neighboring
area,
but
through
smoke,
generation
of
wildfire
and
so
we've
had.
The
council
has
promoted
and
implemented
a
number
of
research
priorities
to
inform
management
around
water
quality
changes.
E
So
we
have
some
enhanced
water
quality
monitoring,
that's
been
that
has
been
ongoing
since
the
caldor
fire
in
the
south
end
of
the
watershed
to
understand
the
loads
and
nutrients
of
coming
into
the
lake.
We
have
a
second
study
evaluating
the
effects
of
that
wildfire
smoke
and
the
particles
from
that
smoke
and
influencing
clarity
and
whether
there
are
short
versus
long-term
effects,
both
in
the
offshore
clarity
but
the
near
shore,
water
quality
as
well,
and
then
forest
treatment
review.
E
So
what's
our
focus?
The
council,
as
you
can
see,
has
been
doing
a
lot
of
different
activities
for
a
small
member
institution
and
in
the
next
few
years,
we're
working
on
developing
this
watershed
to
lake
planning,
linking
research
and
management
priorities
from
watershed
to
lakes.
So
no
longer
treating
just
the
lake
as
the
lake
or
the
watershed
is
the
watershed.
But
can
we
manage
the
watershed,
its
biodiversity,
the
meadows,
the
things
that
people
care
about
in
the
upland
and
manage
it
in
a
way?
E
This
is
something
that
individually,
the
science
community
worked
on
prior
to
the
development
of
the
science
advisory
council
with
our
management
community,
but
our
hope
is
to
continue
to
focus
on
what's
happening,
to
changes
in
the
near
shore,
whether
it's
the
invasive
species
that
were
just
measured
or
just
simple
water
quality,
the
algal
conditions,
the
the
area.
Why
is
the
north
shore
having
a
bloom
versus
the
south
shore
during
a
certain
time?
Is
this
really
an
algal
bloom?
E
Or
is
this
something
that's
occurred
in
the
past
and
we
haven't
detected
it
so
there's
going
to
be
a
lot
more
focus
on
near
shore
changes.
The
near
shore,
as
you
also
know,
is
the
area
where
most
of
the
public
has
its
interaction
and
with
the
lake,
and
the
clarity
is
largely
measured
in
the
offshore.
So
I
think,
having
these
connections
in
near
shore
process
will
be
very
important
into
the
future.
E
D
E
Nevada's
contribution
has
been
150
000
through
the
nevada
division
of
environmental
protection
grants
in
2020
and
70
thousand
dollars
through
the
license
plate
grant
in
2020
and
individual
institutions.
The
the
university
of
nevada
reno,
for
example,
uc
davis
often
provide
in-kind
salary
contributions
for
for
participation,
for
example,
when
I'll
participate
or
others,
and
so
we
really
could
utilize
assistance
from
the
state
of
nevada
and
supporting
the
resources
towards
the
science
advisory
council.
E
A
B
Thank
you
chair.
I
have
a
question
about
the
makeup
of
the
council
at
the
different
institutions
that
the
members
are
coming
from.
Is
it
that
they
all
tend
to
come
from?
You
know
certain
fields
like
this
university.
B
E
Yeah
we've
tried
our
best
to
balance
as
a
whole,
the
in
the
need
for
having
council
scientists
that
can
weigh
in
on
upland
changes
in
the
terrestrial
areas
versus
lake
process
and
now
streams
and
atmosphere,
and
that
and
the
the
science
advisory
council
going.
Is
this
living
entity
right
and
people's
roles
and
responsibilities
can
change
depending
on
what
the
needs
are.
E
So
in
direct
answer
to
your
question,
some
of
the
council
institutions
have
expertise,
for
example,
in
lake
studies,
which
is
what
you'd
see
coming
from
uc
davis,
and
so
their
council
membership
has
largely
been
focused
on
ecologists
or
engineers
that
are
focused
on
lake
dynamics.
Other
institutions
will
bring
in
expertise
from
their
different
areas.
The
university
of
nevada,
for
example,
for
whom
I
represent.
E
We
have
an
expertise
in
water
and
lake
and
watershed
studies
or
climate
and
snowpack,
and
then
the
pacific
southwest
research
station
is
another
excellent
example
really
has
some
cornerstone
excellent
research
going
on
in
biodiversity
and
forest
structure,
so
the
the
membership
expertise
can
and
does
change
as
council
members
turn
over,
and
we
are
also
evaluating
what
the
needs
will
be
into
the
future.
The
other
thing
we've
done
just
to
emphasize
that
council
membership
is,
whenever
there's
a
hot
topic
to
be
studied
for
exam
ample,
sustainable
recreation
and
tourism
in
relation
to
changing
climate.
E
We're
not
just
trying
to
do
things
within
the
institution,
we're
actually
going
out
to
experts
within
our
field
within
those
fields.
To
then
subcontract
to
those
people
to
provide
advice
on
these
topical
areas
that
we
do
not
have
expertise
in
within
the
basin,
so
we're
very,
very
deliberate
about,
while
the
membership
has
different
expertise,
we're
very
deliberate
about
seeking
expertise
where
we
do
not
have
have
it
on
the
council.
A
Thank
you
for
that
question
kind
of.
As
a
follow-up,
can
you
talk
a
little
bit
about
like
your
authority
and
jurisdiction
and
what
that
crossover
looks
like
who
was
involved
in
implementation
and
and
kind
of
the
the
down
stream
folks
from
the
science.
E
E
So
there
is
no
link
for
council
recommendations
directly
into
authority
and
policy
unless
the
management
community
deems
it
important
and
that
the
beauty
of
lake
tahoe,
in
my
opinion,
having
worked
globally
on
a
dozen
plus
lakes
or
watersheds
to
this
point,
is
that
the
interface
between
the
scientific
knowledge
that
often
goes
into
policy
making
is
really
tight
and
it
continues
to
be
strong
and
and
compared
to
these
other
systems
that
I've
been
working
in.
E
So
while
we
have
no
authority,
I'm
happy
that
at
least
we're
able
to
provide
information
to
people
that
have
some
decision,
making,
capabilities
and
work
to
they
work
together.
Quite
well.
Let's
keep
that
part
up
if
we
can
and
having
the
resources
to
council
would
allow
us
to
do
that.
A
I
can
appreciate
that
no
going
to
unr
many
of
my
colleagues
in
the
research
programs
were
working
on
projects
related
to
the
lake
and
it
helped
build
them
the
kind
of
career
base
that
they
needed
to
be
successful
in
their
scientific
fields,
and
it's
really
a
fantastic
resource.
We
have
not
just
for
the
economic
and
natural
resource
value,
but
also
for
the
scientific
community,
in
northern
nevada
and
across
the
state,
and
then
the
crossovers.
We
can
talk
about
all
the
things
you
guys
do
the
crossover
into
other
areas,
but
I
digress.
A
Thank
you.
So
much
for
the
presentation
really
appreciate
you
being
here
and
for
presenting
on
these
issues.
I
don't
think
there
are
any
other
comments
from
folks,
so
I'm
gonna
go
ahead
and
close
this
agenda
item
thanks
again.
A
So
we've
heard
a
lot
today
about
the
economic
needs
in
supporting
the
efforts
ongoing
efforts
in
our
community
at
the
lake.
I
want
to
take
a
moment
of
personal
privilege
to
make
the
connection
to
the
economic
viability.
Regionally.
I've
had
several
conversations
recently
with
folks
about
how
we
often
talk
about
tahoe
as
this
like
kind
of
unique
gem
in
the
region,
and
it
is
but
that
crosses
over
into
what
what
the
economic
infrastructure
looks
like
across
the
northern
nevada
region.
Without
lake
tahoe,
we
can't
farm
in
northern
nevada
without
lake
tahoe.
A
We
can't
build
communities
in
northern
nevada
without
lake
tahoe.
We
can't
treat
ptsd
and
other
issues
that
people
people
need
that
outdoor
recreation
option
to
take
care
of
themselves
with
without
lake
tahoe.
My
children
wouldn't
know
what
fresh
water
looked
like
right
in
a
desert
region
like
this
lake
tahoe
has
an
important
value,
both
intrinsically
and
economically
to
our
region,
and
it
is
imperative
that
we
sustain
that
and
that
we
support
that
and
it's
not
something
that
we
can
just
write
off
as
being
a
gem,
that's
responsible
by
an
entity.
A
It
is
a
collaborative
effort
among
parties,
and
you
guys
do
a
phenomenal
job
of
that
and
it's
up
to
us
in
the
session
to
make
sure
that
we're
supporting
your
efforts
as
well.
So
thank
you
for
all
of
your
ideas.
Thank
you
for
all
of
your
recommendations.
A
With
that,
I'm
going
to
close
the
our
la
that
last
agenda
item
and
move
into
our
final
agenda
item
for
the
day
public
comment
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
oh,
we
have
some
folks
in
in
carson
city.
So
I'm
not
going
to
give
us
a
break
to
get
people
on
the
public
comment
line
they
can
come
in,
as
our
speaker
is
speaking,
I'm
going
to
just
do
a
little
bit
of
preview
on
expectations
for
public
comment.
Please
state
and
spell
your
name
for
the
record
and
limit
your
comment
to
three
minutes.
A
A
H
H
My
company
is
sustainable
community
advocates
and
just
for
some
history,
I
think
I've
maybe
missed
two
or
three
meetings
of
this
committee.
Since
the
committee
was
formed
many
years
ago,
I'm
here
today
on
behalf
of
carol
chaplin
who's,
the
president
and
ceo
of
the
tahoe
dog's
visitors
authority
and
lou
feldman,
who
is
counsel
for
the
authority.
H
As
you
know,
they
were
supposed
to
present
to
you
back
on
may
27th.
That
meeting
ended
up
being
canceled.
They
they
were
out
of
town
that
day
anyway.
H
So
they
asked
me
to
come
today
to
make
sure
that
that
that
could
be
on
your
agenda
for
the
29th
and
and
since
I'm
here
I'll
just
quickly
add
that
over
the
years
you
know
the
staff
of
this
committee
has
been
terrific
to
work
with,
and
I
have
always
told
them
that
if
there's
anything,
I
can
do
to
help
with
agenda
planning
or
logistics
of
tours.
I'm
always
happy
to
do
that.
H
A
Thank
you
so
much,
mr
tashira.
Are
there
other
folks
in?
Oh
I'm,
sorry!
So,
just
as
a
clarify
a
clarification,
I
was
unavailable
for
the
july
29th
meeting,
so
we
had
to
bump
that
up
to
july
15th.
I
hope
that
still
works
out
we'll
have
staff
reach
out
and
make
sure
that
we
can
fit
you
on
that
agenda
or,
if
are
we
having
one
in
august.
A
Yeah
and
then
or
or
on
the
august
agenda,
if
we
if
we
need
to
push
it
out
so
just
let
me
know
perfect.
Thank
you
so
much
not
seeing
anybody
else
coming
to
the
podium
here
in
carson
city,
I
will
go
to
las
vegas.
Is
there
anybody
in
las
vegas
who
would
like
to
present
in
public
comment
seeing
none?
I
would
ask
bps
to
check
the
public
comment
line
and,
please
add
the
first
caller,
as
they
are
online
chair.
A
C
A
At
all,
thank
you
so
much.
Well,
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
close
the
agenda
item
and
take
a
moment
to
just
to
say
again.
Thank
you
so
much
for
being
here
today,
we're
so
sorry
that
mr
larson
was
ill
and
hope
to
see
him
in
the
future
and
that
he
recovers
well
for
the
rest
of
you.
Thank
you
so
much
for
being
here
I
before
we
adjourn,
I
just
want
to
remind
everybody
that
it
is
july
15th
we
are
intending
to
do
a
9
a.m.
Meeting
again
in
this
capacity.
A
We
are
obviously
having
some
complications,
ensuring
we
have
people
available
to
either
come
up
to
the
region
or
be
available
for
these
meetings,
and
this
policy
point
is
most
important
for
ensuring
we
get
your
input,
but
if
we
can
get
those
on
the
ground
tours
going
again,
we
will
and
we'll
let
you
know.
A
Please
let
us
know
if
you
have
recommendations
that
you
would
like
us
to
consider
as
soon
as
possible,
but
what
is
our
closure
date?
For
that?
Do
we
have
one
is
that
on
the
other
page,
those
need
to
be
in
to
us
by
august
1st,
please
by
5
pm,
and
then
that
allows
staff
to
get
us
that
information,
so
we
can
make
those
decisions.
A
I
obviously
went
off
my
script
because
it
was
all
here.
Seeing
no
are
there
any
other
final
comments
from
the
committee
members
before
we
adjourn
saying
none.
Thank
you
again.
So
much
for
being
here.
We
are
adjourned.