Tahoe boater inspections may move
RENO -- Boat inspection stations designed to keep invasive mussels out of Lake Tahoe's waters would be moved from launches to roadsides under a proposal being considered by a two-state agency charged with protecting the lake.
The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency's governing board thinks stations along entry highways to the Tahoe basin would provide a better line of defense against quagga and zebra mussels.
The agency is trying to keep mussels that attach to a boat's hull in other waters from ruining Tahoe's delicate ecosystem.
The proposal would involve 24-hour staffing of stations along U.S. 50 in California and Nevada, and along Nevada Routes 431 and 207, and California Routes 89 and 267.
Board members did not take action at a meeting this past week but directed staff to report back with more information in August.
Some 6,300 boats were inspected at the lake from May 1 to July 8. Of those, 470 were decontaminated, and 10 found to have mussels never were launched.
