It should be a bestseller. This 150-page, lavishly illustrated landscaping guide is a vital tool for Tahoe property owners. Within a few years, all of us will be receiving similar letters. It's time to get busy and get our properties in compliance.
Every little bit helps.
In a more natural state, the Tahoe basin landscape soaks up water from rain and snowmelt or provides filtering through stream-side vegetation, meadows and marshes. As we've all heard by now, most of the marshes and meadows are gone. At the same time, runoff has increased because our houses and commercial buildings have impermeable roofs and driveways and parking lots. Recent research shows that surface drainage from urban areas, direct to the lake, is a significant source of pollution. Yet, we all like to have attractive yards.