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Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger quickly sign the recommendation of the California-Nevada Tahoe Basin Fire Commission report today as a cloud burst open on the ceremony at Lake Valley Fire Protection District Station #7 in Meyers.
Emergency declarations for the five counties surrounding Lake Tahoe were part of proclamations signed by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons today.
The proclamations included the next steps each state will take to enact recommendations developed by the California-Nevada Tahoe Basin Fire Commission, created following the Angora fire to examine land use polices influencing fire prevention in the Lake Tahoe Basin.
“We will not rest until this natural crown jewel is as safe as it is beautiful,” Schwarzenegger said during a press conference prior to the signing.
U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein joined the governors, commission members and firefighters at the conference, held at Lake Valley Fire Department Station 7 in Meyers.
The creation and maintenance of defensible space around private property tops the list of priorities for preventing another catastrophic fire in the basin, the senator said.
“Saving Lake Tahoe is going to be a continuing work in progress,” Feinstein said. “One thing is clear, its not going to be done in 10 years, it will be on-going.”
Included in California’s proclamation is a direction to CAL FIRE staff to conduct defensible save inspections and impose fines or liens against property owners who fail to implement defensible space.
But the role of CAL FIRE in defensible space inspections relative to local agencies involvement is not adequately spelled out in the commission’s report, said Rochelle Nason, Executive Director for the League to Save Lake Tahoe.
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The proclamations included the next steps each state will take to enact recommendations developed by the California-Nevada Tahoe Basin Fire Commission, created following the Angora fire to examine land use polices influencing fire prevention in the Lake Tahoe Basin.
“We will not rest until this natural crown jewel is as safe as it is beautiful,” Schwarzenegger said during a press conference prior to the signing.
U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein joined the governors, commission members and firefighters at the conference, held at Lake Valley Fire Department Station 7 in Meyers.
The creation and maintenance of defensible space around private property tops the list of priorities for preventing another catastrophic fire in the basin, the senator said.
“Saving Lake Tahoe is going to be a continuing work in progress,” Feinstein said. “One thing is clear, its not going to be done in 10 years, it will be on-going.”
Included in California’s proclamation is a direction to CAL FIRE staff to conduct defensible save inspections and impose fines or liens against property owners who fail to implement defensible space.
But the role of CAL FIRE in defensible space inspections relative to local agencies involvement is not adequately spelled out in the commission’s report, said Rochelle Nason, Executive Director for the League to Save Lake Tahoe.
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