In order to safeguard the lake against a new aquatic invasive species, the TRPA is taking immediate action to strengthen boat inspections.
The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) Governing Board authorized a crucial amendment to the Lake Tahoe Watercraft Inspection Program on Wednesday due to a new aquatic invasive species recently being found a few hours away from the Tahoe Basin.
The TRPA says last October, invasive golden mussels were found for the first time in North America in California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. To lower the risk to Lake Tahoe, the Tahoe Resource Conservation District (Tahoe RCD), which oversees the boat inspection program, and TRPA reinforced inspection protocols.
In conjunction, both agencies implemented mandatory decontamination procedures for all motorized watercraft entering Lake Tahoe on Wednesday…