Grant will pay for Tahoe Water Trail signs
Sierra Business Council has been chosen as a recipient of a Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation grant in the amount of $7,500.
The money will be used to support the planning process for educational Lake Tahoe Water Trail wayfinding signage to help paddlers have a safe and fun adventure, and to protect natural resources.
The grant provides much needed funds to allow the Sierra Business Council to work with lakewide public access land managers and recreation providers to discuss the process for development and installation of coordinated educational signage at primary public launch locations.
The goal is to have the signs in place for the 2016 paddling season.
Signage will provide water safety and resource conservation tips, and navigable paddle routes and distances to locate public beach access to shoreline businesses, nearby hiking trails, historic sites, lodging and campgrounds.
I hope the signage will advise paddlers that the public trust doctrine is different in CA and NV. Paddlers should be warned that in CA there is shoreline access up to the high water line, whereas in NV private property goes to a specific lake level at the low water line. Round hill pines paddlers appear to have not been so advised and often tell me they can trespass, citing CA law. Let’s be good neighbors! Hopefully the signage will be properly marked and should be prepared first in draft for public comment.
Deb the lake has been below the low water mark for most of the summer so they would not be trespassing in Nevada or CA.