News Release

US Forest Service
Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit 
35 College Drive
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
Public Affairs (530) 543-2627
Fax: (530) 543-2743

Date: October 6, 2008
Contact: Linda Lind (530) 543-2787

Forest Service Now Accepting Project Proposals for Round 10 Lake Tahoe SNPLMA Projects

South Lake Tahoe, CA. --The US Forest Service, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is now accepting Round 10 project proposals for Lake Tahoe restoration projects authorized by the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA). Project proposal packages will be accepted through the close of business on November 19, 2008.

Lake Tahoe Basin projects under SNPLMA must meet the following minimum criteria in order to be considered for funding:

Project nominations must qualify as an Environmental Improvement Program (EIP) project and be the responsibility of the federal government (federal share responsibility); and have a willing and ready federal sponsor.

Projects identified as the responsibility of the federal government in the EIP must meet one or more of the following:

1. Does the project involve federal land?
   1. If so, is the federal land involved important to successful implementation of the project?
2. Does the EIP identify the federal funding for the EIP project (project no.)?
3. Does the project involve the conservation of a federal or regional threatened, rare, endangered or special interest species?
4. Does the project involve an identified federal interest such as the detection and eradication of noxious aquatic or terrestrial invasive species?
5. Does the project otherwise directly support federal implementation of capital projects in the EIP (e.g. technical assistance, data management, resource inventories, etc.)?

Project nominations must be consistent with one of the focus areas in the June 2006 Federal Vision (pp. 8-9) and fit into at least one category. (www.fs.fed.us/r5/ltbmu/documents/ltbec/revised-FV-Final.pdf)

Projects must meet a minimum of one category:

1. Continued emphasis on forest ecosystem health/fuels reduction projects considering the LTBMU Stewardship Fireshed Assessment and Lake Tahoe Basin Multi-Jurisdictional Fuel Reduction and Wildfire Prevention Strategy.
2. Continued implementation of projects approved in Rounds 5 through 9 which implement the EIP. Project proposal should clearly describe the phase/product being produced along with the consequence of not completing the project phase proposed for Round 10.
3. Project is consistent with and contributes toward TMDL pollutant reductions within the four source categories (atmospheric, urban & groundwater, forested uplands, and stream channel). *See TMDL references (PDF 32 KB). Consider and integrate the following in the project nomination:
   
   a) Describe whether, and how, the project demonstrates advanced, alternative, or innovative practices.
   
   b) If project includes project level monitoring, describe ability of proposed monitoring strategy to contribute to the state of TMDL knowledge. Also describe if purpose of the capital project is to conduct data collection and/or analysis related to Lake Tahoe clarity.
   
   c) Describe treatment approach for reducing pollutants, and/or measures to address connectivity between pollutant sources and Lake Tahoe or its tributaries. Identify target pollutants, and, to the degree feasible, provide quantitative estimates of project effectiveness at reducing pollutant loads (and/or a commitment to provide post-project estimates).
   
   d) If appropriate, describe whether, and how, the project can be combined or coordinated with other TMDL implementation projects.
4. Control of aquatic invasive species and prevention and/or detection of new aquatic invasive species.

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Capital Projects

To submit a Capital Project, go to www.fs.fed.us/r5/ltbmu/local/snplma/round-10/ and follow the required steps. Please carefully review project proposals to ensure packages are complete and thorough responses to criteria questions are provided. Incomplete packages will not be accepted for consideration.

For general information about the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act and its role in funding the Lake Tahoe Environmental Improvement Programs, please visit www.fs.fed.us/r5/ltbmu/local/snplma/.

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