Boat inspections begin this week in Lake Tahoe

Inspections for Lake Tahoe boaters will take place at roadside inspection stations starting May 25. Off-highway inspection stations will be staffed by Tahoe Resource Conservation District inspectors from 8am to 8pm for the 2011 boating season.

Locations include:

* Meyers at the junction of highways 50 and 89

* Spooner Summit at the junction of highways 50 and 28

* Highway 267 at Northstar Drive near Truckee

* Highway 89 at Alpine Meadows Road near Tahoe City

* Highway 89 at Homewood Resort

An inspection station for Incline Village will be announced this summer. Until that time, Tahoe Resource Conservation District will continue to conduct inspections at Sand Harbor State Park and Ski Beach boat ramps.

Inspections are also required and available at Echo Lake and Fallen Leaf Lake in the Lake Tahoe Basin.

Boaters are urged to go online or call 888.824.6267 for updates, fee information, questions or to schedule a decontamination appointment.