Lake Tahoe Federal Advisory Committee to meet in South Lake Tahoe

The Lake Tahoe Federal Advisory Committee (LTFAC) is scheduled to meet from 9 a.m. to noon, June 22, 2015, at the U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Forest Supervisor’s office, 35 College Drive, South Lake Tahoe, Calif., 96150. LTFAC will address issues related to federal activities at Lake Tahoe.

Items on the agenda include an overview of committee history, review of committee charter, update on status of Lake Tahoe Restoration Act and Southern Nevada Public Lands Management Act, and discussion of Committee’s future strategy.

Members of the public interested in finding out more about the LTFAC are welcome to attend the meeting.

LTFAC consists of 20 members representing a broad array of Constituencies. The Secretary of Agriculture chartered the first LTFAC in July 1998 to advise the Federal Partnership on programs and projects within the Lake Tahoe Basin.

Committee members (and the area they represent) are:
Katherine Strain - Education
Amy Berry - Environmental
Alonzo Rusk - Gaming
Robert Cook - Labor
John Pang - California Local Government
Douglas Martin - Nevada Local Government
Katherine Hill - Member-at-Large
David Santana - Member-at-Large
Darcie Collins - National Environmental
Heather Bacon - North Shore Economic/Recreation
Natalie Yanish - Property Rights
Steve Teshara - Resort Associations
Alan Heyvaert - Science and Research
Tom Fortune - Ski Resorts
Bob Hassett - South Shore Economic/Recreation
Patrick Wright - State of California
Jim Lawrence - State of Nevada
Joanne Marchetta - Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
Peter Kraatz - Transportation
Vacant - Washoe Tribe of California and Nevada

LTFAC’s charter has been renewed every two years with the most recent renewal occurring in June 2013. All Lake Tahoe Federal Advisory Committee meetings are open to the public. Interested citizens are encouraged to attend. Issues may be brought to the attention of the committee during the open public comment period at the meeting, or by filing a written statement with the committee through Lynn Wright, USDA-Forest Service, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, 35 College Drive, South Lake Tahoe, CA, 96150. Contact Lynn Wright at (530) 543-2627 or email hwright02@fs.fed.us for requests for reasonable accommodation access to the facility or proceedings.

For more information on the Lake Tahoe Federal Advisory Committee, visit the Forest Service web site at http://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/ltbmu/LTFAC.