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A group of Lake Tahoe homeowners and officials will meet again today to identify major problems regarding Best Management Practices and hopefully find solutions to those problems.
The group called BMPTalks was formed by University of Nevada, Reno Reynolds School of Journalism graduate student Kamila Pawlik.
The group had its first meeting March 19. Today's meeting will be at 6 p.m. at the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency offices at 128 Market Street in Stateline, Nev.
Members of the group include: John Cobourn (a water resources specialist for the UNR Cooperative Extension Office), Eric Winford (an environmental scientist, Nevada Tahoe Conservation District), Eben Swain (a resource conservationist for the Tahoe Resource Conservation District), Tim Hagan (a principal planner and the erosion control program manager for the Environmental Improvement Program, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency), Dennis Oliver (TRPA spokesman), Bruce W. Lindahl (owner and founder of BMP Construction Inc.).
Five Lake Tahoe residents are also part of the group. They are: Karen Hannafious (South Lake Tahoe), Paul Reardon (South Lake Tahoe), Harmon Overmire (Tahoe City), Larry Bowland (South Lake Tahoe) and Rich Breuner (Tahoe City).
BMPs are methods instituted by the TRPA to monitor water run-off from developed properties.
The BMPs help properties function more like natural, undisturbed forests and meadow land with the end result to help lake clarity.
At its last meeting, the group said a major problem surrounding BMP implementation is that homeowners do not understand or agree with the effectiveness, Pawlik said.
The group also said there is no central place to gather information about BMPs.
"I think the talks are going well," Pawlik said. "We need more participation, not only from people involved in the project, but also from residents of Lake Tahoe."
At the group's meeting today, it hopes to identify more problems and specific solutions to those problems. Eventually the group will discuss recommendations to make to the TRPA about ways to improve the BMP process.
Video of the meetings and information about the project can be found at the graduate program's Web site www.ourtahoe.org.
The group called BMPTalks was formed by University of Nevada, Reno Reynolds School of Journalism graduate student Kamila Pawlik.
The group had its first meeting March 19. Today's meeting will be at 6 p.m. at the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency offices at 128 Market Street in Stateline, Nev.
Members of the group include: John Cobourn (a water resources specialist for the UNR Cooperative Extension Office), Eric Winford (an environmental scientist, Nevada Tahoe Conservation District), Eben Swain (a resource conservationist for the Tahoe Resource Conservation District), Tim Hagan (a principal planner and the erosion control program manager for the Environmental Improvement Program, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency), Dennis Oliver (TRPA spokesman), Bruce W. Lindahl (owner and founder of BMP Construction Inc.).
Five Lake Tahoe residents are also part of the group. They are: Karen Hannafious (South Lake Tahoe), Paul Reardon (South Lake Tahoe), Harmon Overmire (Tahoe City), Larry Bowland (South Lake Tahoe) and Rich Breuner (Tahoe City).
BMPs are methods instituted by the TRPA to monitor water run-off from developed properties.
The BMPs help properties function more like natural, undisturbed forests and meadow land with the end result to help lake clarity.
At its last meeting, the group said a major problem surrounding BMP implementation is that homeowners do not understand or agree with the effectiveness, Pawlik said.
The group also said there is no central place to gather information about BMPs.
"I think the talks are going well," Pawlik said. "We need more participation, not only from people involved in the project, but also from residents of Lake Tahoe."
At the group's meeting today, it hopes to identify more problems and specific solutions to those problems. Eventually the group will discuss recommendations to make to the TRPA about ways to improve the BMP process.
Video of the meetings and information about the project can be found at the graduate program's Web site www.ourtahoe.org.
