Saving Lake Tahoe: an environmental history of a national treasure
Environment, Nature, United States history, Politics and government
Human-narrated audio
Summary
For thousands of years Lake Tahoe's natural beauty remained largely untouched. With the advent of the mining boom starting in the 1850s, within a mere half century, the Tahoe Basin's forests and fisheries were destroyed; the lake's pristine clarity dramatically… reduced. By the 1960's the lake and forests had begun to heal, however, the burgeoning tourist trade brought hundreds of millions of visitors annually which again threatened the lake's delicate ecosystem. This history traces the environmental saga of Lake Tahoe from the mid-1800s to the present, exploring the conflicts between private property and ecological concerns, and detailing the governmental response to conserving the lake. Adult