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Tahoe Plan Attempts to Introduce Smart Growth to Great Outdoors
By Josh Stephens on 26 June 2012 - 4:09pm
In perhaps a more sensible world, the 325,000-acre Lake Tahoe Basin would not be governed by two rival states, a handful of small cities, and embittered factions of environmentalists and resort-casino owners. Nor would it have miles of open highway or 55,000 year-round residents. Rather, it would be treated like the Grand Canyon, the Everglades, or any other of America’s major natural wonders.
Court is Stoked on Storm Water Treatment Facility at Malibu Beach
By Josh Stephens on 25 July 2011 - 6:42amHow much can one park do? That is the implicit question that environmental advocacy group Santa Monica Baykeeper posed regarding a combination passive recreation area and storm water retention facility planned in the City of Malibu. Sited near the iconic Surfrider Beach, the 15-acre Legacy Park would include a detention basin designed to capture three days’ worth of storm water before diverting it to a treatment plant.
Nevada Threatens Secession from Tahoe Compact
By Josh Stephens on 14 June 2011 - 3:24pmLast week the Nevada Legislature—usually not an entity with much to say on California land use—issued a decision that would make King Solomon blush.
After 31 years as a supposedly equal party in the Bi-State Compact governing the Lake Tahoe basin, Nevada has taken its first steps towards pulling out of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and thereby negating the agreement under which the two states have governed and managed Lake Tahoe and the surrounding basin.