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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — Local and federal officials, district staff and trustees and residents gathered Friday to celebrate a successful and relatively rapid river restoration project that aims to improve Lake Tahoe's clarity.
“This was probably the fastest stream restoration project done in the history of the Lake Tahoe Basin,” said Incline Village General Improvement District Engineering Manager Brad Johnson to a crowd of about 25 at a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the restored project site, bordering the Village Green.
The $1.1-million project aimed at re-establishing lower Third Creek and its popular recreation area into a lush and environmentally friendly region began in early August, finishing in just two months.
Johnson and Charley Miller, a senior consultant with ENTRIX (the South Lake Tahoe firm that designed the project), recapped project highlights before being joined by IVGID trustees Chuck Weinberger and John Bohn and district General Manager Bill Horn, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers representative Phillip Brozek and Nevada Division of State Lands representative Elizabeth Harrison and others to cut the ribbon at the project's gateway — a 60-foot steel bridge traversing the restored creek and connecting the recreation area with the Village Green.
Restoration highlights include erosion control on the creek designed to prevent sediment from filtering into Lake Tahoe, improved aquatic wildlife habitat in the creek with the creation of seasonal wetlands and improved fish passage and an overall beautification of the recreation area with the planting of native riparian vegetation.
The project was OK'd in July by the IVGID Board of Trustees, was 75 percent funded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and 25 percent funded by the Nevada Division of State Lands.
Burdick Excavating, of Kings Beach, contracted through the Army Corps and State Lands to complete the project. ENTRIX designed the project, with permitting support from Huffman & Carpenter, of Reno.
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For more information, read the Bonanza's feature story at the project's beginning by clicking the following link: www.tahoebonanza.com/thirdcreekrestoration.
“This was probably the fastest stream restoration project done in the history of the Lake Tahoe Basin,” said Incline Village General Improvement District Engineering Manager Brad Johnson to a crowd of about 25 at a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the restored project site, bordering the Village Green.
The $1.1-million project aimed at re-establishing lower Third Creek and its popular recreation area into a lush and environmentally friendly region began in early August, finishing in just two months.
Johnson and Charley Miller, a senior consultant with ENTRIX (the South Lake Tahoe firm that designed the project), recapped project highlights before being joined by IVGID trustees Chuck Weinberger and John Bohn and district General Manager Bill Horn, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers representative Phillip Brozek and Nevada Division of State Lands representative Elizabeth Harrison and others to cut the ribbon at the project's gateway — a 60-foot steel bridge traversing the restored creek and connecting the recreation area with the Village Green.
Restoration highlights include erosion control on the creek designed to prevent sediment from filtering into Lake Tahoe, improved aquatic wildlife habitat in the creek with the creation of seasonal wetlands and improved fish passage and an overall beautification of the recreation area with the planting of native riparian vegetation.
The project was OK'd in July by the IVGID Board of Trustees, was 75 percent funded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and 25 percent funded by the Nevada Division of State Lands.
Burdick Excavating, of Kings Beach, contracted through the Army Corps and State Lands to complete the project. ENTRIX designed the project, with permitting support from Huffman & Carpenter, of Reno.
Read more
For more information, read the Bonanza's feature story at the project's beginning by clicking the following link: www.tahoebonanza.com/thirdcreekrestoration.
