Help recommend Tahoe creeks for national Wild & Scenic protection!

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The U.S. Forest Service is seeking public comments in response to the agency’s initial evaluation of potential Wild & Scenic Rivers flowing into Lake Tahoe. At stake are some of Lake Tahoe’s most scenic, popular, and biologically diverse tributaries, including several streams flowing into the upper Truckee River that support threatened Lahontan cutthroat trout. The evaluation is being conducted in response to an objection filed jointly by Friends of the River, the California Wilderness Coalition, and five other conservation and recreation groups to the 2012 Lake Tahoe Basin Forest Plan Revision.

In their objection filed with the Chief of the Forest Service, the conservation groups criticized the Forest Service’s failure to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of potential Wild & Scenic Rivers as part of the 2012 forest plan, as required by the agency’s own planning rules and guidelines. In response to the objection, the Chief’s office directed the Forest Service to conduct a comprehensive Wild & Scenic River evaluation of the 150,000 acres of federal land the agency manages surrounding Lake Tahoe Basin.

The good news is that Forest Service identified three streams as potentially eligible for Wild & Scenic River protection in its initial evaluation, including segments of Eagle Creek, Glen Alpine Creek, and Taylor Creek.

THE COMMENT DEADLINE IS THIS NEXT WEEK – APRIL 10 – PLEASE COMMENT TODAY