September 2, 2010

Senator Reid hosted the 2010 Lake Tahoe Summit in August and was joined by Senators John Ensign of Nevada and Dianne Feinstein of California. Reid hosted the first Tahoe Summit in 1997 in response to declining clarity of the water and the environmental conditions of the Lake Tahoe Basin. The theme of this year’s summit, Clarity for the Future: Protecting and Promoting the Wonder of Lake Tahoe, seeks to build on the environmental progress of the past decade and promote the economic sustainability of Lake Tahoe for the future.

Reid is also the author and sponsor of the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act that authorizes $415 million for eight years and provides for fuels reduction, Environmental Improvement Program projects, storm water management and watershed restoration.