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LAKE TAHOE — U.S. Sen. Dianne Fein stein will host the 15th annual Lake Tahoe Summit from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 16, at Homewood Mountain Resort. The public is welcome to the free event.
For the first time since former President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore hosted the inaugural summit in 1997, the governors of both California and Nevada are ex pected to attend the annual public event.
Califor nia Gov. Jerry Brown and Neva da Gov. Brian Sandoval are likely speakers along with Feinstein, Sen. Harry Reid and Rep. Dean Heller, other high-ranking federal officials and local residents.
The theme of this year's Lake Tahoe Summit will be “Stewardship and Sustain ability in Challenging Fiscal Times.”
In addition to presentations at the summit, organizers are planning family oriented events such as a Tahoe Basin youth art contest and interactive displays for children, according to a press release from the Tahoe Fund, the organizing sponsor of the Lake Ta hoe Summit.
The 1997 summit galvanized public support to begin restoring Lake Tahoe, and Feinstein then co-sponsored passage of the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act in 2000, which has provided $300 million for Tahoe conservation projects.
The Tahoe Fund (www.tahoefund.org) is a new nonprofit that is partnering with public agencies to protect and improve the extraordinary natural and recreational resources of Lake Tahoe.
Other Summit sponsors include Homewood Moun tain Resort, Tahoe City Pub lic Utility District, Truckee North Tahoe Transportation Management Association, South Shore Transportation Management Association, Sustainable Community Advocates, Heavenly Moun tain Resort, the League to Save Lake Tahoe and the North Lake Tahoe Resort Association.
For the first time since former President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore hosted the inaugural summit in 1997, the governors of both California and Nevada are ex pected to attend the annual public event.
Califor nia Gov. Jerry Brown and Neva da Gov. Brian Sandoval are likely speakers along with Feinstein, Sen. Harry Reid and Rep. Dean Heller, other high-ranking federal officials and local residents.
The theme of this year's Lake Tahoe Summit will be “Stewardship and Sustain ability in Challenging Fiscal Times.”
In addition to presentations at the summit, organizers are planning family oriented events such as a Tahoe Basin youth art contest and interactive displays for children, according to a press release from the Tahoe Fund, the organizing sponsor of the Lake Ta hoe Summit.
The 1997 summit galvanized public support to begin restoring Lake Tahoe, and Feinstein then co-sponsored passage of the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act in 2000, which has provided $300 million for Tahoe conservation projects.
The Tahoe Fund (www.tahoefund.org) is a new nonprofit that is partnering with public agencies to protect and improve the extraordinary natural and recreational resources of Lake Tahoe.
Other Summit sponsors include Homewood Moun tain Resort, Tahoe City Pub lic Utility District, Truckee North Tahoe Transportation Management Association, South Shore Transportation Management Association, Sustainable Community Advocates, Heavenly Moun tain Resort, the League to Save Lake Tahoe and the North Lake Tahoe Resort Association.
