By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal

Lake Tahoe could provide a global example of a sustainable environment and economy if full advantage is taken of its many natural attributes, conservationists, business representatives and others agreed Thursday.

Toward that purpose, members of the Lake Tahoe Stewardship Congress — many arriving at Sand Harbor State Park by boat, bus or other means of alternative transportation — discussed early details of a Tahoe Sustainability Exposition planned for several days next August across the Tahoe Basin.

Jacquie Chandler

Nature hikes, water transit and recycling tours, demonstration gardens and similar activities were discussed as possible events that could help “launch Tahoe as a world stage for sustainable stewardship” through the exposition and related efforts, said Jacquie Chandler, executive director of the nonprofit group Sustainable Tahoe.

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