[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 112 (Tuesday, July 12, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1087]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  CONGRATULATING THE TAHOE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER ON ITS 10TH 
                              ANNIVERSARY

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                          HON. JOHN GARAMENDI

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 12, 2016

  Mr. GARAMENDI. Mr. Speaker, I rise to congratulate the Tahoe 
Environmental Research Center, or TERC, at the University of California 
Davis on its 10th anniversary. For the past decade, TERC has been a 
global leader in research, education and public outreach about the Lake 
Tahoe Basin and other similar systems across the world.
   Their work has never been more urgent: Lake Tahoe is one of the most 
famous destinations in the United States, and draws millions of 
visitors from around the world for hiking, water sports, skiing, and so 
many other recreational activities. But increased development and a 
higher number of residents and tourists have damaged the environment of 
the Tahoe Basin and sharply reduced Lake Tahoe's world-renowned 
clarity. In fact, the lake has lost a third of its transparency over 
the past 30 years.
   The University of California at Davis, whose campus is situated in 
my Congressional District, is no stranger to studying Lake Tahoe: 58 
years ago, UC Davis pioneered conducting scientific research at Lake 
Tahoe, and was the first institution to sound the alarm about the 
damage being done to the Tahoe Basin's sensitive ecosystem. The work 
done by UC Davis and the Tahoe Environmental Research Center has been 
essential to keeping Tahoe blue.
   Congratulations to the TERC on its 10th anniversary and all the work 
it has done to preserve the natural beauty and ecological diversity of 
the Tahoe Basin.

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