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VISION & MISSION STRATEGIC DIRECTION AGENCY VITAL STATS
As Lake Tahoe’s only regional The current budget for
fy 2012 budget – $16 million LAKE TAHOE FAST FACTS
Our vision is for a Lake
trpa environment that is sustain- land use planning organization, Fiscal Year 2011-2012 • 2 million years old
fact card able, healthy, and safe for we will achieve our vision by: is $16 million of which • 12 miles wide; 22 miles long
2011-2012 the community and future • building partnerships that
$7 million is “general
fund.”
• 72 miles of shoreline
generations. deliver environmental • 1,645 deep; 6,223 ft. elevation
threshold gain on the ground Approximately 68
Our mission is to coop- • 63 streams feed into Lake
while relying on the best employees work to
Tahoe, but only one, the
eratively lead the effort available science achieve our mission. Truckee River, flows out
to preserve, restore, and
• improving organizational • 50,000 year-round residents
enhance the unique natural
efficiency with internal best fy 2012 general fund fy 2012 general fund • 85% public land within Basin
and human environment of
Cover photo courtesy of Mike Vollmer
practices revenue - total $7.3 million expenditures - total $7.3 million
the Lake Tahoe Region now • 43,470 developed parcels in
and in the future. • streamlining processes and the Basin
15%
being solution-oriented State
of
California
• 3 million visitors/year
14% State
of
Nevada
55%
• providing excellent, 2% Local
Revenue
• Highest peak in the Tahoe
14% Fees
for
Service
Basin: Freel Peak at 10,891 ft.
professional public service and Investment
Income
engaging the community. Admin
&
Overhead
imagine. plan. achieve. www.trpa.org

2. TOP 5 TRPA ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL TAHOE WILDLIFE & PLANTS REGIONAL PLAN UPDATE THE CLARITY CHALLENGE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS THRESHOLD CATEGORIES IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM • 1,418 species of plants Restoring Lake Tahoe while A 32 percent reduction in fine
• Stopped runaway growth The Bi-State Compact directs • The EIP is a comprehensive • 217 species of birds Creating Sustainable Communities. sediment runoff is needed over
by implementing ground- the Agency to establish mea- restoration plan designed to • 59 species of mammals
• Focusing the Regional Plan the next 20 years to reach the
breaking land use policies sures to achieve environmental achieve thresholds • 5 species of amphibians Update on water quality “Clarity Challenge” target of
• Protected Lake Tahoe by quality standards through • The program is a public- • 8 species of reptiles improvements and supporting 78 feet of clarity by 2028.
banning carbureted two- environmental improvement private partnership of 50 • 23 species of fish efforts to reduce fine sediments,
stroke watercraft engines programs, land use and growth agencies and organizations nitrogen, and phosphorus
HEALTHY FOREST. 110 –
• Spearheaded the Basin-wide regulations, and natural • Approximately $1.5 billion has • Giving the built environment a 100 –
Clarity Standard
Environmental Improvement resource conservation plans. been invested since 1997 in HEALTHY LAKE. makeover and installing green (100 ft.)
90 –
Program environmental restoration • Over a century of fire infrastructure to revitalize 80 – Clarity Challenge
The adopted threshold (78 ft.)
• Leveraging funds from the suppression has left Tahoe’s communities and reduce
• Stabilized Lake clarity loss by categories include: 70 –
Lake Clarity (ft.)
leading the collective effort to federal, state, local, and private forests overstocked stormwater pollution
60 – 2010 Clarity
save Lake Tahoe • Water Quality • Air Quality sectors is the strength of the EIP • Goal is to treat 68,000 acres • Providing incentives for mixed- 50 – (64 ft.)
• Supported state and federal
• Soil Conservation • Vegetation for forest fuel reduction and use town centers where people 40 –
partner agencies in acquiring • Fisheries/Wildlife • Noise ecosystem restoration by 2018 can live, work, and play 30 –
approximately 3,000 acres • Scenic Quality • Recreation • Property owners can remove • Improving safety and quality 20 –
of sensitive land for trees up to 14” diameter of life with more bike and 10 –
conservation since 1997 without a permit unless in pedestrian facilities 0–
a sensitive area