Agenda set for annual environmental summit

Gov. Jerry Brown will give the keynote address at the 18th annual Lake Tahoe Environmental Summit on Aug. 19.

This year’s summit, hosted by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., will take place at the Tallac Historic Site at Valhalla starting at 10am.

The theme of the summit is Drought, Wildfire and Invasive Species: Confronting the Effects of Climate Change on Lake Tahoe. The event is open to the public and will feature remarks from:

· Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval

· Nevada Sen. Harry Reid

· Nevada Sen. Dean Heller

· Nevada Rep. Mark Amodei.

Those speakers will be followed by a panel of local stakeholders:

·  North Lake Tahoe Fire District Chief Mike Brown will speak on the fuels work being done in the basin to address wildfire risk.

· Tahoe Environmental Research Center Director Geoff Schladow will speak on work being done to prevent the spread of invasive species in the lake.

· Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Executive Director Joanne Marchetta will speak on TRPA’s Regional Plan update and restoration work.