The Restoration Projects and Planning Initiatives section includes information on Lake Tahoe Basin environmental thresholds, the Environmental Improvement Program, Best Management Practices, and Pathway 2007.

 

The Threshold section contains a number of specific indicators and standards that are used to track, evaluate, and report the status of each Threshold over time. Beginning in 1991, the nine Thresholds are evaluated every 5 years through assessment of the 36 Threshold indicators.

The environmental threshold carrying capacities are vitally important to the overall TRPA program and Lake Tahoe Basin restoration efforts. The Threshold Update will lay the foundation for the 2007 revision of the 1987 Regional Plan. The Regional Plan, with a timeframe of 20 years, is comprised of many parts and is an extensive document that sets the stage for development and environmental restoration in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Essentially, the Regional Plan will lay the groundwork of actions needed to promote Threshold attainment and Lake Tahoe restoration.

 

The Environmental Improvement Program (EIP) is a cooperative effort to preserve, restore and enhance the unique natural and human environment of the Lake Tahoe Region. Key to this strategy is the partnerships developed in the Region over the last 20 years. Without the cooperation of all partners the additional effort, above and beyond the normal efforts, would be impossible. Contained in this section are the 10-year EIP Progress Report and the 2001 EIP Update.

 

Participants in the Lake Tahoe Basin restoration effort are aggressively trying to reduce the amount of non-point sources of nutrients and sediments entering the Lake using management measures called BMPs, or Best Management Practices. This program is important because controlling non-point source sediment and nutrient pollution is the best way to help Lake Tahoe reverse the trend of clarity loss. This section provides explanations about BMPs and links to the BMP website which explains more about BMPs and shows how BMPs are being put to use.

 

Pathway is an effort to ensure coordination between different public agencies and to share resources and expertise while inviting public participation. By working together, each agency's regional plan should be consistent and collaborative. Pathway is providing the public with an unprecedented opportunity to help create a vision for the Tahoe Basin. Follow the link to the Pathway website for current happenings and historical documents.