In The News – Ski conglomerate Alterra must take environmental responsibility for massive development plan in Lake Tahoe
January 11, 2025 | Member Submitted
Originally Published in the Tahoe Daily Tribune, 1/11/25, Written by Steve Spurlock
Lake Tahoe is revered as a national treasure and is afforded legal environmental protections to match that status. As Tahoe’s environmental watchdog, the League to Save Lake Tahoe takes seriously our role to make sure the entire Basin, from Freel Peak to Brockway Summit, is preserved for future generations, just as we’ve done since the 1950s.
That is why we, along with Sierra Watch, recently took legal action to challenge Placer County’s approval of ski conglomerate Alterra Mountain Company’s massive development plan for Palisades Tahoe. Alterra’s plan would have significant impacts on the Lake Tahoe Basin, worsening traffic congestion, increasing air pollution, eroding roadways, and degrading water quality.
We see litigation as an imperfect, inefficient, and expensive tool of last resort. But all our other options have been exhausted. And someone must act for the lake…