Tahoe Regional Planning Agency records, 1971-1979.

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Tahoe Regional Planning Agency records, 1971-1979.

Included is correspondence; legislation related to Lake Tahoe issues; files on topics such as construction and development of Harrah's Tahoe (casino and hotel) and Harvey's Resort Hotel, parking and transportation in the Tahoe basin, land use, shoreline developments, timber harvesting and preservation, and sewage management; administrative manuals; annual reports; TRPA general and other management plans; and meeting minutes.

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Harvey's Resort Hotel (Nev.)

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Tahoe Regional Planning Agency

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Since 1960, Lake Tahoe environment has been under intense pressure to meet demands of mobile, recreation-seeking public. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency created by act of Congress to "maintain an equilibrium between region's natural endowment and its man-made environment". Agency's Governing Body composed of representatives from five California and Nevada counties, one representative appointed by Governor of each state, the director of each state's natural resources agency, a councilman from city...

Harrah's Tahoe (Casino and hotel)

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Cooke, Thomas A., 1941-

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Thomas A. Cooke was an attorney and member of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) until 1981. The TRPA was created jointly in the late 1960s by California and Nevada to meet Lake Tahoe basinwide planning needs. Areas over which the TRPA has authority include new construction, erosion, storm water runoff, shorezones, road construction, land use, tree conservation, and timber harvesting. From the description of Tahoe Regional Planning Agency records, 1971-1979. (University of Nev...