“Living in the Tahoe Basin is a privilege,” says Peter Kraatz, Deputy Director of Public Works at Placer County. “If you go back a hundred years there was a big push to turn it into a national park. It is not a national park. It is a sensitive

Maintain Roads and Infrastructure for a Clear Lake Tahoe, Kraatz (2)

Apr 18th, 2013 10m 10s

While operation and maintenance of roads is the critical element for the next decade in the strategy to meet the Clarity Challenge and restore Lake Tahoe clarity it is not evident how funds to do the work will be secured. Peter Kraatz, Deputy D

Maintain Roads and Infrastructure for a Clear Lake Tahoe, Kraatz (1)

Apr 18th, 2013 11m 16s

Public Works professionals throughout the Lake Tahoe Basin are striving to meet the Clarity Challenge—to reduce the number of ultra-fine sediment particles that get to Lake Tahoe every year by one-third by 2026. This is no small task. Among the

Cost-Effective Steps to a Clear Lake Tahoe, Larsen (5)

Apr 18th, 2013 8m 32s

We now have the tools to understand how to prioritize. We know that doing everything everywhere is not the best strategy and now we have the tools to strategically make prioritization decisions for Lake Tahoe water quality. It doesn’t make sens

Cost-Effective Steps to a Clear Lake Tahoe, Larsen (4)

Apr 18th, 2013 6m 13s

“We all depend on the benefits of transportation infrastructure so we all have a role to play in mitigating the impact of that infrastructure on water quality,” says Bob Larsen, Staff Scientist at the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Boa

Cost-Effective Steps to a Clear Lake Tahoe, Larsen (3)

Apr 18th, 2013 8m 8s

On a dollar for dollar basis annual operations and maintenance activities are more cost-effective at reducing pollutant loading and are cheaper than large-scale capital improvement projects, otherwise known as infrastructure projects. In this i

Cost-Effective Steps to a Clear Lake Tahoe, Larsen (2)

Apr 17th, 2013 8m 33s

Roadways, in particular the state highway system and some of the other high traffic roadways, are a disproportionate source of the ultra-fine particles that are causing the decline in Lake Tahoe clarity. In this interview Bob Larsen, Staff Scie

Cost-Effective Steps to a Clear Lake Tahoe, Larsen (1)

Apr 17th, 2013 8m 12s

Bob Larsen is Staff Scientist at the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board. In this 2012 interview he says, “I think the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) provided us with the opportunity to be more involved in the process [of solving Lak

Clear Path to a Clear Lake Tahoe, Kouyoumdjian 2012 Interview (2)

Apr 17th, 2013 7m 3s

“I am inspired by the collaborative spirit at Lake Tahoe,” says Patty Kouyoumdjian, Executive Officer of the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board. “I am very optimistic that if there are challenges I think that we are going to meet tho

Clear Path to a Clear Lake Tahoe, Kouyoumdjian 2012 Interview (1)

Apr 17th, 2013 7m 33s

There is a clear path we can take to restore Lake Tahoe’s clarity according to Patty Kouyoumdjian, Executive Officer of the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board. She says, “I think we are very clear on where the sources of pollution ar

2012 Interview with Claire Fortier, Mayor, City of South Lake Tahoe (2)

Dec 12th, 2012 8m 17s

How well are investments in the environment performing? Monitoring is conducted in the effort to answer this question. In this interview, Claire Fortier, Mayor of the City of South Lake Tahoe, argues that monitoring is useful when deployed in a

2012 Interview with Claire Fortier, Mayor of the City of South Lake Tahoe (1)

Dec 10th, 2012 8m 59s

Claire Fortier is the Mayor of the City of South Lake Tahoe. In this interview she talks about monitoring. Monitoring—conducted in an effort to determine how effective projects have been in achieving the environmental goals of the Basin—has bee

2012 Interview with Joanne Marchetta, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (4)

Dec 8th, 2012 3m 38s

The Tahoe Region is updating its vision of its communities and the way they will work in the twenty-first century. Discussions are now underway in the local communities around the Tahoe Basin about what they will look like and what their interf

2012 Interview with Joanne Marchetta, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (3)

Nov 23rd, 2012 10m 44s

“Let the system focus on the places where you get the biggest environmental bang for the buck,” this is the advice that the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency took from the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL). "The flexibility that we have built into t

2012 Interview with Joanne Marchetta, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (2)

Nov 19th, 2012 8m 35s

In this interview segment Joanne Marchetta, TRPA Executive Director, responds to the question, "What is the role of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) in relation to incentive and means in the private sector?" In response Marchetta highl

Joanne Marchetta Interview 2012 (1)

Nov 15th, 2012 10m 15s

Joanne Marchetta is the Executive Director of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. The agency is bringing forward the Tahoe Regional Plan Update to its Board of Governors in December 2012. This Plan update has been the focus of much debate for n

Norma Santiago, El Dorado County Supervisor, Part 2

Nov 7th, 2012 5m 37s

The Meyers Community at Lake Tahoe is updating the Community Plan document which describes the desired future of the area. Toward this end a community workshop, open to the public, is being hosted at 5:30 PM on Wednesday, November 7th at 2211 K

Norma Santiago, El Dorado County Supervisor, Part 1

Nov 5th, 2012 9m 49s

Norma Santiago is the District 5 El Dorado County Supervisor, representing South Lake Tahoe and Pollock Pines in El Dorado County. In this interview Santiago talks about the Tahoe Regional Plan Update and the constituency she represents, highli

Allen Biaggi Interview (3)

Sep 26th, 2012 7m 34s

Allen Biaggi is a member of the board of the Tahoe Fund. In this interview Biaggi talks about the Fund whose goal is to build broad support and funding for public projects.

Allen Biaggi Interview (2)

Sep 24th, 2012 8m 6s

In this second segment of the 2012 interview with Allen Biaggi he talks about water quality, the advances made in Nevada with regard to water quality and about the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) which he calls, "a huge step forward because pre

Allen Biaggi Interview

Sep 19th, 2012 10m 18s

Allen Biaggi is a third-generation Nevadan from Douglas County. At the close of his 3-decade career in public service Biaggi served as director of the Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources which oversees the divisions of envir

Casey Beyer Interview (2)

Sep 14th, 2012 10m 24s

Casey Beyer is one of California Governor Jerry Brown’s two appointees to the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board. This is part 2 in the interview. Here he speaks about the role of Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Board members in the

Interview with Casey Beyer, Governor Brown Appointee to the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency

Sep 12th, 2012 7m 43s

Casey Beyer is one of California Governor Jerry Brown’s two appointees to the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board. Politics and policy were a part of his family life growing up in Tahoe. In this interview he shares a bit about his li

Nevada Governor, Brian Sandoval at Tahoe Summit 2012

Sep 10th, 2012 11m 47s

The August 13, 2012 remarks of Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval are featured in this podcast. He underscores the “unprecedented collaboration” between the states of Nevada and California on the Regional Plan update, which he calls “a masterful co

Interview with Leona Allen (2)

Aug 31st, 2012 9m 2s

This is part 2 in the interview with Leona Allen, firefighter and lifelong Tahoe resident. In this interview segment she talks about what she and her family did in the wake of the Angora fire which burned down her father’s house. Her father wan