Well, sports fans, the USFS and the Lake Tahoe Basin Mgmt Group has decided on a plan for the restoration of the Meeks Bay environment which is in the Tahoma neighborhood north of emerald Bay and south of Sugar Point Pine State Park n Highway 89. Meeks Creek, which starts in the Desolation Valley Wilderness area, winds its way down the slopes into the lake. Along the way, its flow is filtered through the meadow before reaching the lake proper.
Over many years, the creek was channeled and diverted into a harbor setting next to the existing campground. The Meeks Bay Resort on the north bank also offered camping and some seasonal housing units for guests. Long ago, a pier stretched across the bay to facilitate passenger water craft. The new plan appears to focus on a return to former "natural" stream flow without interruption- a meandering stream that should provide spawning ground for the former fish that were there over a century ago. The fish was the Lahontan cutthroat trout. This native fish has been reintroduced into the lake over the last 5 years; as many as 200,000 fingerlings have been added in the last couple of years.
Residents can fine the plans at www.Meeksbayproject.org. The comment/protest period has closed and further information will follow.
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