Biological Advisory Group
Mission Statement: The group shall be used to advise
the region´s biological resources management policy
and research needs through:
- Coordination and information sharing among the region´s
biologists.
- Defining and developing management strategies, and
prioritizing research and restoration needs.
Goals:
- Provide new avenues for coordination and improve existing
coordination efforts.
- Better exchange information/data amongst the different
Lake Tahoe agencies.
- Define and prioritize biological research, management,
and information needs.
- Establish professional relationships.
- Unify and organize a stance on different political
issues that may impact biological resources.
- Exchange information/knowledge of agency´s policies,
background, and positions on issues.
- Provide peer review of research, monitoring, and management
policy.
- Provide a unified voice for wildlife issues that are
scientifically based, not politically (or otherwise) motivated.
- Provide an annual forum in which biological research,
monitoring, restoration projects, and management policy
can be presented to a cross section of resource managers,
researchers, policy makers, and public.
Contact(s): Shane Romsos, TRPA, (775) 588-4547, sromsos@trpa.org
Forest Health Consensus Group
Mission Statement: The mission of the Forest Health
Consensus Group is to recommend to the Tahoe Regional Planning
Agency changes to the Regional Plan regarding the forest ecosystem.
To accomplish this the group will identify and define objectives
and strategies that educate and assist the decision-making
bodies and the general public on the current and long term
dynamics of the Forest Ecosystem by looking at the Tahoe Basin
Forest Ecosystem as a whole.
Three central tasks of this group are:
- Define the desired future conditions of the ecosystem.
- Develop an ecosystem management strategy that provides
guidance for attaining the desired future conditions identified
by the Consensus Group.
- Recommend an on-going system for monitoring and evaluating
the condition of the Forest ecosystem and the long term
effectiveness of the management strategies and adapting
them to new information and changing conditions.
Contact(s) Mary Powell, TRPA, (775) 588-4547, mpowell@trpa.org
Nevada Ecosystem Advisory Team
Objective Summary: To provide coordinated ecosystem-based
leadership among federal, state, and local organizations,
with local leadership and education, to enhance and sustain
Nevada´s natural and economic resources.
Objectives: Improve communication and coordination
among agencies to develop an ecosystem-based perspective for
all activities. Develop a strategy to empower local communities
to enhance their ecosystems. Streamline paperwork, reduce
red tape and regulation, and share resources for accomplishing
the vision of the team.
Remarks: NEAT provides input and recommendations to
NDEP with regards to prioritization of 319 grant proposals
statewide. The group is not entirely focused on Tahoe. (The
Water Quality Working Group could provide this function in
California by providing recommendations to Lahontan.)
Lead Agency: NDEP/EPA
Contact(s) Kathy Sertic, NDEP, 775-687-4670, ksertic@ndep.carson-city.nv.us
Stephanie Wilson, EPA, R9, (775) 887-7528,
Status: inactive in ´99, plans to re-activate
Calendar: no meetings planned at this time
