Mussel beach

The Nevada Appeal (I love newspaper names) is running a series of articles on invasive mussels, in particular, their threat to Lake Tahoe. The first article is here. (From Aquafornia.)

The SCVWD Board discussed the issue for two hours yesterday (as reported here in the Merc) and then finally voted unanimously to pay half of the cost of the boat inspection program, matching the County’s contribution. That share is $280,000, not $200,000, as I erroneously posted before. I was again impressed by Director Estremera’s eloquent argument for the position that, while a strict reading of the contract between the County and the District could put the entire onus for the program on the County, the District owed it to the residents of Santa Clara County to take an equal role.