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Article: United States: Millions Allocated For Lake Tahoe Restoration.
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- August 18, 2008
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Byline: Mamta03
U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Saturday she will seek an extension of a decade-old program to preserve Lake Tahoes cobalt blue waters, while Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne authorized another $54 million in funding for conservation projects.
Feinstein said she will seek a second phase of the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act, a $1 billion program launched in 1997 that she credited with making the lake clearer, reducing sediment, restoring streams and cutting pollution.
"Yet these gains are threatened by catastrophic wildfires," Feinstein, D-Calif., told more than 100 people gathered at the 12th annual Lake Tahoe Forum.
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