{"id":322,"date":"2011-10-27T13:35:26","date_gmt":"2011-10-27T20:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/?p=322"},"modified":"2011-10-27T13:35:26","modified_gmt":"2011-10-27T20:35:26","slug":"the-buried-lead-2011-state-of-the-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/27\/the-buried-lead-2011-state-of-the-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"The Buried Lead.  2011 State of the Lake."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rtsocial-container rtsocial-container-align-right rtsocial-horizontal\"><div class=\"rtsocial-twitter-horizontal\"><div class=\"rtsocial-twitter-horizontal-button\"><a title= \"Tweet: The Buried Lead.  2011 State of the Lake.\" class=\"rtsocial-twitter-button\" href= \"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=The%20Buried%20Lead.%20%202011%20State%20of%20the%20Lake.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fthomasbachand.com%2Fblog%2F2011%2F10%2F27%2Fthe-buried-lead-2011-state-of-the-lake%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rtsocial-fb-horizontal fb-light\"><div class=\"rtsocial-fb-horizontal-button\"><a title=\"LikeThe Buried Lead.  2011 State of the Lake.\" class=\"rtsocial-fb-button rtsocial-fb-like-light\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fthomasbachand.com%2Fblog%2F2011%2F10%2F27%2Fthe-buried-lead-2011-state-of-the-lake%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-horizontal\"><div class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-horizontal-button\"><a class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-button\" href= \"https:\/\/linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthomasbachand.com%2Fblog%2F2011%2F10%2F27%2Fthe-buried-lead-2011-state-of-the-lake%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share: The Buried Lead.  2011 State of the Lake.\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-horizontal\"><div class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-horizontal-button\"><a class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-button\" href= \"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/27\/the-buried-lead-2011-state-of-the-lake\/&media=https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/rtsocial\/images\/default-pinterest.png&description=The Buried Lead.  2011 State of the Lake.\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pin: The Buried Lead.  2011 State of the Lake.\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"perma-link\" href=\"https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/27\/the-buried-lead-2011-state-of-the-lake\/\" title=\"The Buried Lead.  2011 State of the Lake.\"><\/a><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rts_id\" class=\"rts_id\" value=\"322\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"rts_media_nonce\" name=\"rts_media_nonce\" value=\"fd747c2a23\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wp_http_referer\" value=\"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322\" \/><\/div><div id=\"attachment_324\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/DSC98968299trb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-324\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-324\" title=\"Lake Tahoe from edge of pier.  Sugar Pine Point State Park.  Cal\" src=\"http:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/DSC98968299trb-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Tahoe from edge of pier.  Sugar Pine Point State Park.  California.\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/DSC98968299trb-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/DSC98968299trb.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-324\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lake Tahoe from edge of pier.  Sugar Pine Point State Park.  California.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A couple of years ago on a warm, mid-summer day, we launched our kayak onto Rubicon Bay\u2019s clear and smooth waters \u2013 so clear, it felt as if we were flying over the rippled sands 20 to 30 feet beneath Tahoe\u2019s surface.\u00a0 Paddling toward deeper water, the sandbar suddenly ended and the lake bottom plunged into the darkened depths.\u00a0 As if suspended, we felt a sense of vertigo.<\/p>\n<p>This year, after Labor Day, we returned once again to \u201cfly\u201d above Rubicon\u2019s sandy bottom.\u00a0 To our dismay, the waters were clouded, the lake bottom detail indistinguishable and, as we paddled into deeper water, the green of the shallows simply faded to the black of the depths.\u00a0 To quote Marlin from Finding Nemo, &#8220;Good feeling gone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Following the publication of the <a title=\"State of the Lake Report 2011 - Lake Tahoe\" href=\"http:\/\/terc.ucdavis.edu\/stateofthelake\/\" target=\"_blank\">2011 State of the Lake Report <\/a>by the Tahoe Environmental Research Center and its finding that lake clarity dropped by four feet in 2010 (to 64 feet), there were a number of articles on\u00a0 current conditions at Tahoe (<a title=\"Climate change, algae make 2010 a tough year for Lake Tahoe\" href=\"http:\/\/www.news.ucdavis.edu\/search\/news_detail.lasso?id=9973\" target=\"_blank\">UC Davis<\/a>, <a title=\"Lake Tahoe clarity second-worst on record\" href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/greenspace\/2011\/08\/lake-tahoe-clarity.html\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Times<\/a>, <a title=\"Climate Change, Clams Cloud Up Lake Tahoe; 2010 is 2nd-Worst Level Ever Recorded\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/newsfix\/2011\/09\/16\/climate-change-could-mean-cloudy-future-for-lake-tahoe\/\">KQED<\/a>).\u00a0 In recent decades Tahoe research has become increasingly sophisticated and comprehensive.\u00a0 While the Secchi disk depth-visibility measurement continues to be the benchmark on clarity, today, a more broad set of factors are being examined, including stream runoff, road dust, lake temperature and mixing, invasive species, forest conditions, and remote sensing data.\u00a0 It is clearly understood that Tahoe\u2019s problems circulate with the waters and are not confined by borders.\u00a0 My summer Rubicon excursion leads me to believe that next year\u2019s State of the Lake report will detail a steeper decline in clarity.<\/p>\n<p>The buried lead in the report is that, just as the lake knows no borders, our political approach must not either.\u00a0 The authors underscore the need for continued cooperation between California and Nevada (i.e. support for the <a title=\"Tahoe Regional Planning Agency\" href=\"http:\/\/www.trpa.org\" target=\"_blank\">Tahoe Regional Planning Agency &#8211; TRPA<\/a>).\u00a0 Meanwhile, the media has given little attention to Nevada\u2019s intent to pull out of TRPA.\u00a0 The state feels the bi-state agency hinders development.\u00a0 Many of us find this odd as <a title=\"TRPA pro-developer bias\" href=\"http:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/30\/trpa-impartial\/\">TRPA exhibits a pro-developer bias<\/a> and has yet to turn down a major project.\u00a0 Regardless, California&#8217;s politicians are scrambling to negotiate with Nevada.\u00a0 Nevada\u2019s tactics are familiar: invent a crisis whose resolution serves your special interest.<\/p>\n<p>Lake Tahoe now finds itself the latest target of the deregulators and science deniers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rtsocial-container rtsocial-container-align-right rtsocial-horizontal\">\n<div class=\"rtsocial-twitter-horizontal\">\n<div class=\"rtsocial-twitter-horizontal-button\"><a title= \"Tweet: The Buried Lead.  2011 State of the Lake.\" class=\"rtsocial-twitter-button\" href= \"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=The%20Buried%20Lead.%20%202011%20State%20of%20the%20Lake.&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fthomasbachand.com%2Fblog%2F2011%2F10%2F27%2Fthe-buried-lead-2011-state-of-the-lake%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rtsocial-fb-horizontal fb-light\">\n<div class=\"rtsocial-fb-horizontal-button\"><a title=\"LikeThe Buried Lead.  2011 State of the Lake.\" class=\"rtsocial-fb-button rtsocial-fb-like-light\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fthomasbachand.com%2Fblog%2F2011%2F10%2F27%2Fthe-buried-lead-2011-state-of-the-lake%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-horizontal\">\n<div class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-horizontal-button\"><a class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-button\" href= \"https:\/\/linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthomasbachand.com%2Fblog%2F2011%2F10%2F27%2Fthe-buried-lead-2011-state-of-the-lake%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share: The Buried Lead.  2011 State of the Lake.\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-horizontal\">\n<div class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-horizontal-button\"><a class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-button\" href= \"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/27\/the-buried-lead-2011-state-of-the-lake\/&#038;media=https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/rtsocial\/images\/default-pinterest.png&#038;description=The Buried Lead.  2011 State of the Lake.\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pin: The Buried Lead.  2011 State of the Lake.\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"perma-link\" href=\"https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/27\/the-buried-lead-2011-state-of-the-lake\/\" title=\"The Buried Lead.  2011 State of the Lake.\"><\/a><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rts_id\" class=\"rts_id\" value=\"322\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"rts_media_nonce\" name=\"rts_media_nonce\" value=\"fd747c2a23\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wp_http_referer\" value=\"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A couple of years ago on a warm, mid-summer day, we launched our kayak onto Rubicon Bay\u2019s clear and smooth waters \u2013 so clear, it felt as if we were flying over the rippled sands 20 to 30 feet beneath &hellip; 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