[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Page 22656]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  TRIBUTE TO LEAGUE TO SAVE LAKE TAHOE

 Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, today I recognize the 50 years 
of great work by the League to Save Lake Tahoe.
  The League to Save Lake Tahoe has a long history of fighting to 
protect what I consider to be the crown jewel of the Sierra. The league 
was founded in 1957 as the Tahoe Improvement and Conservation 
Association to fight runaway development in one of our Nation's most 
beautiful regions. Since then, its membership has grown to 4,500 
people, but its mission remains the same: to protect Lake Tahoe's 
famously clear waters and the surrounding area's natural beauty.
  Protecting Lake Tahoe is an issue very dear to my heart. My love for 
Tahoe goes back to my childhood, when I attended camp and rode horses 
through its beautiful forests. Today however, the lake's health is 
threatened. Water clarity has declined from 102 feet in 1968 to 68 feet 
today, and the forests are more susceptible to catastrophic wildfires.
  The League to Save Lake Tahoe was influential in developing the 
Environmental Improvement Program that identified actions that needed 
to be taken to help restore Lake Tahoe and instrumental in organizing 
the 1997 Presidential Forum. The league has continued to display an 
unwavering commitment to protecting the irreplaceable natural resources 
the Lake Tahoe Basin is blessed with.
  I would like to congratulate the League to Save Lake Tahoe on a half 
century of outstanding environmental stewardship and wish them the best 
of luck in their continuing mission to Keep Tahoe Blue.

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