{"id":339,"date":"2011-11-04T12:40:57","date_gmt":"2011-11-04T19:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/?p=339"},"modified":"2011-11-04T12:40:57","modified_gmt":"2011-11-04T19:40:57","slug":"upper-truckee-meadow-restoration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/04\/upper-truckee-meadow-restoration\/","title":{"rendered":"Upper Truckee Meadow Restoration"},"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: Upper Truckee Meadow Restoration\" class=\"rtsocial-twitter-button\" href= \"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Upper%20Truckee%20Meadow%20Restoration&url=https%3A%2F%2Fthomasbachand.com%2Fblog%2F2011%2F11%2F04%2Fupper-truckee-meadow-restoration%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rtsocial-fb-horizontal fb-light\"><div class=\"rtsocial-fb-horizontal-button\"><a title=\"LikeUpper Truckee Meadow Restoration\" class=\"rtsocial-fb-button rtsocial-fb-like-light\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fthomasbachand.com%2Fblog%2F2011%2F11%2F04%2Fupper-truckee-meadow-restoration%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%2F11%2F04%2Fupper-truckee-meadow-restoration%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share: Upper Truckee Meadow Restoration\"><\/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\/11\/04\/upper-truckee-meadow-restoration\/&media=https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/rtsocial\/images\/default-pinterest.png&description=Upper Truckee Meadow Restoration\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pin: Upper Truckee Meadow Restoration\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"perma-link\" href=\"https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/04\/upper-truckee-meadow-restoration\/\" title=\"Upper Truckee Meadow Restoration\"><\/a><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rts_id\" class=\"rts_id\" value=\"339\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"rts_media_nonce\" name=\"rts_media_nonce\" value=\"eb4b694298\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wp_http_referer\" value=\"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339\" \/><\/div><div id=\"attachment_340\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/calt3985trb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-340\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-340\" title=\"Truckee Meadow.  South Lake Tahoe, California\" src=\"http:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/calt3985trb-300x237.jpg\" alt=\"Truckee Meadow.  South Lake Tahoe, California\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/calt3985trb-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/calt3985trb.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-340\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Truckee Meadow.  South Lake Tahoe, California<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">More than that of leaves changing colors, Fall in the Sierra is a time of golden grasses.\u00a0 Above, the Upper Truckee River meanders toward the shore of Lake Tahoe.<\/p>\n<p>This meadow is part of the largest wetland in the Tahoe basin, stretching back several miles along Highway 50 towards Echo Summit.\u00a0 In the last half century this area has seen dramatic changes.\u00a0 Christopher Soulard and Christian Raumann of the United States Geological Survey have compiled <a title=\"USGS Orthoimagery of South Lake Tahoe\" href=\"http:\/\/pubs.usgs.gov\/ds\/376\/\" target=\"_blank\">historic orthoimagery data on South Lake Tahoe<\/a>, of which this meadow, being adjacent to Tahoe Keys, is of particular note.\u00a0 In fact, Google Earth used the USGS Tahoe data for its first historical imagery sample <a title=\"New York Times article on Google Earth historical imagery feature\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/02\/03\/science\/earth\/03oceans.html\" target=\"_blank\">(read about it in the New York Times<\/a>).\u00a0 The dredging of Tahoe Keys has created some of the most dramatic environmental damage to the Tahoe ecosystem.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_345\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/calt4244trb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-345\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-345\" title=\"Riverbank. Upper Truckee Meadow.  South Lake Tahoe, California.\" src=\"http:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/calt4244trb-300x241.jpg\" alt=\"Riverbank. Upper Truckee Meadow. South Lake Tahoe, California.\" width=\"300\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/calt4244trb-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/calt4244trb.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-345\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Riverbank. Upper Truckee Meadow. South Lake Tahoe, California.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>Today, the Upper Truckee is the focus of major environmental restoration.\u00a0 Of primary concern is a golf course that restricts and narrows the river&#8217;s flow and is a significant source of sedimentation into the lake.\u00a0 Over the last twenty years the realignment of the river through the golf course has, in some parts, eroded 50 feet of the embankment.\u00a0 The <a title=\"Upper Truckee Restoration\" href=\"http:\/\/www.restoreuppertruckee.net\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">current plan<\/a> calls for moving the golf course into undisturbed neighboring lands in <a title=\"Washoe Meadows State Park\" href=\"http:\/\/parks.ca.gov\/?page_id=516\" target=\"_blank\">Washoe Meadows State Park<\/a> so as to restore the river&#8217;s natural flow and its adjoining riparian habitat.\u00a0 This plan has upset both golfers, who are concerned about increased course fees, and environmentalists, who wish to protect surrounding forest lands.\u00a0 The park enjoys the golf revenue and says that the forest land to be offset by the golf course is not endangered habitat and is scarcely used (by humans).\u00a0 Now that I know the park is there, I&#8217;ll go visit it.\u00a0 Just sayin&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Read about the Upper Truckee restoration in the Sacramento Bee <a title=\"Upper Truckee restoration controversy.  Lake Tahoe.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/2011\/09\/30\/3949921\/controversial-plan-would-move.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. The Upper Truckee Restoration EIR and other project information can be found <a title=\"Restore Upper Truckee Meadow EIR and project information.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.restoreuppertruckee.net\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/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: Upper Truckee Meadow Restoration\" class=\"rtsocial-twitter-button\" href= \"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Upper%20Truckee%20Meadow%20Restoration&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fthomasbachand.com%2Fblog%2F2011%2F11%2F04%2Fupper-truckee-meadow-restoration%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=\"LikeUpper Truckee Meadow Restoration\" class=\"rtsocial-fb-button rtsocial-fb-like-light\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fthomasbachand.com%2Fblog%2F2011%2F11%2F04%2Fupper-truckee-meadow-restoration%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%2F11%2F04%2Fupper-truckee-meadow-restoration%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share: Upper Truckee Meadow Restoration\"><\/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\/11\/04\/upper-truckee-meadow-restoration\/&#038;media=https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/rtsocial\/images\/default-pinterest.png&#038;description=Upper Truckee Meadow Restoration\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pin: Upper Truckee Meadow Restoration\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"perma-link\" href=\"https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/04\/upper-truckee-meadow-restoration\/\" title=\"Upper Truckee Meadow Restoration\"><\/a><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rts_id\" class=\"rts_id\" value=\"339\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"rts_media_nonce\" name=\"rts_media_nonce\" value=\"eb4b694298\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wp_http_referer\" value=\"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339\" \/><\/div>\n<p>More than that of leaves changing colors, Fall in the Sierra is a time of golden grasses.\u00a0 Above, the Upper Truckee River meanders toward the shore of Lake Tahoe. 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