Letter To the Editor: Lawn Fertilizer and lake quality
I don’t know if this is true or not; but five or six years ago, a local
landscaper in a letter to the Editor said, that lawn fertilizer seeps
through our decomposed granite ground into the lake. He said the
nitrogen in the fertilizer is causing plant growth and algae in the lake
affecting its clarity. If this is true, it sounds like there is no hope
for the clarity of the lake. It sounds like the only hope is that the
lawns of small homes and huge lawns of estates around the lake and all
the golf courses should be ploughed under and allow the land to go back
to its natural form. Is there anyone in the landscaping business either
here at Tahoe or out of town that would like to write the Editor and
comment on whether or not this is true?
Alvin C. Folks
P.O.Box 613362
So.Lake Tahoe,Ca.96152-3362

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