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USFS faces violations for practices in Angora burn area
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November 3rd, 2009 |
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee
The U.S. Forest Service has been cited for water quality violations at five Lake Tahoe projects, including a controversial logging operation in the 2007 Angora fire burn area.
Several violations caused significant erosion into Lake Tahoe streams, according to the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board, which issued the notices. Erosion is a key cause of declining clarity in the storied alpine lake.
It stinks when gov agencies start suing each other. Nobody wins but the lawyers. And the agencies don’t lose–the taxpayer does, because that’s whose money is being spent. It shouldn’t be allowed.