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The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) is a once-in-a-generation investment in the nation’s infrastructure and economic competitiveness. We were directly appropriated $455 million over five years in BIL funds for programs related to the President’s America the Beautiful initiative.
Learn more about Bipartisan Infrastructure Law was signed in November 2021 and made a historic $17 million investment in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Since 2022, $6.5 million in funding has been put to work across seven projects in the Basin.
With the second anniversary of this momentous funding opportunity occurring on November 15, 2023, take a visual journey and learn about the ongoing aquatic invasive species invasive species
An invasive species is any plant or animal that has spread or been introduced into a new area where they are, or could, cause harm to the environment, economy, or human, animal, or plant health. Their unwelcome presence can destroy ecosystems and cost millions of dollars.
Learn more about invasive species management efforts occurring in partnership with the Washoe Tribe and the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency in the Lake Tahoe Basin. You can also view the interactive StoryMap, if you have trouble viewing the StoryMap, access this content on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service website.
The Washoe Environmental Protection Department conducts a fish survey in Angora Creek as part of a fish monitoring and community sampling effort to understand nonnative fish populations. Photo courtesy of Washoe Environmental Protection Department
A Washoe Environmental Protection Department member holds a bullfrog tadpole as part of the bullfrog surveys conducted with the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit at Sawmill Pond, Lake Baron, and Frog Pond. Photo courtesy of Washoe Environmental Protection Department
A Washoe Environmental Protection Department member conducts a fish survey on Angora Creek as part of a fish monitoring and community sampling effort to understand native and nonnative fish populations. Photo courtesy of Washoe Environmental Protection Department
A Marine Taxonomic Services snorkeler surveys Taylor and Tallac creeks for early season growth of invasive weeds. Photo courtesy of Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and Marine Taxonomic Services, LTD
A Marine Taxonomic Services contractor surveys benthic barriers for damage. Benthic barriers have been placed in Taylor and Tallac creeks to stop the growth of invasive species. Photo courtesy of Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and Marine Taxonomic Services, LTD.
