Allen Biaggi is a third-generation Nevadan from Douglas County. At the close of his 3-decade career in public service Biaggi served as director of the Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources which oversees the divisions of environmental protection, forestry, state parks, state lands, water resources, conservation districts, the natural heritage and the wild horse programs. During his tenure he served as Chair of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency governing board. Now in his retirement, he serves on the board of the Tahoe Fund.

Casey Beyer is one of California Governor Jerry Brown’s two appointees to the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board. This is part 2 in the interview. Here he speaks about the role of Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Board members in the final preparation of the Regional Plan document and in setting a course for the Tahoe Basin in the twenty-first century.

Casey Beyer is one of California Governor Jerry Brown’s two appointees to the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board. Politics and policy were a part of his family life growing up in Tahoe. In this interview he shares a bit about his life as a native of Nevada and how he approaches representing the interests of the Governor and people of California in Tahoe decision-making.

The August 13, 2012 remarks of Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval are featured in this podcast. He underscores the “unprecedented collaboration” between the states of Nevada and California on the Regional Plan update, which he calls “a masterful compromise”. Highlighting Nevada’s recent contributions to environmental improvement at Tahoe he talks about the Total Maximum Daily Load memorandums of agreement the state is creating with Tahoe jurisdictions, about the fire fuels removal work undertaken at Van Sickle bi-state park and about positive trends in water quality.

This is part 2 in the interview with Leona Allen, firefighter and lifelong Tahoe resident. In this interview segment she talks about what she and her family did in the wake of the Angora fire which burned down her father’s house. Her father wanted to give something back to his neighbors. Today a model garden for defensible space using native plants is Allen’s “labor of love” on the lot where her father’s house once stood.

Welcome to part 3 in the interview with Patrick Rhamey, Vice President of Real Estate with Edgewood Companies. In this interview host Michelle Sweeney talks with him about the Edgewood Tahoe Lodge project. The existing Stateline Stormwater system treats runoff from properties that are on Edgewood Companies' land in the Tahoe Basin. Can this system serve as a model for public-private collaboration opportunities elsewhere in the Basin?

Welcome to part 2 in the interview with Patrick Rhamey, Vice President of Real Estate with Edgewood Companies. In this interview host Michelle Sweeney talks with him about the Edgewood Tahoe Lodge project--one of the first to apply new Total Maximum Daily Load methodologies to planning.

The proposed Edgewood Tahoe Lodge project includes a suite of upgrades to the Edgewood Company land at the lake. Today this land and associated ponds and wetlands remove about 400,000 pounds of sediment from flow to Lake Tahoe. Upgrades linked to the project, including an operations and maintenance plan, are projected to remove an additional 100,000 pounds of sediment from the system. The Edgewood Lodge Project is one of the first to apply new Total Maximum Daily Load methodologies to planning. In this interview Patrick Rhamey, Edgewood Companies Vice President of Real Estate, gives insight into the company’s approach to the project.

“If we are going to save this lake it is because people care and we work together and we make the necessary compromises and we take the action to do so," said Senator Dianne Feinstein on the occasion of the 16th annual Lake Tahoe Summit. Thank you for listening at TahoeProject.org.

This is the press interview with Senator Dianne Feinstein and Governor Jerry Brown following the 2012 Lake Tahoe Summit