We've focused by the kinds of applications to expedite review time. And that is working.

While we participate in these forums, communities have more time to focus on specific issues and provide input. This will take more time.

Incline is ahead in the amount of local grassroots involvement.

This is not looking at management strategies. In other words, these (meetings) are more conceptually what we're looking for... what our goals should be; what the vision should be.... Implementation is not the point we're at.

It is the compaction of everyone driving on the sand. These completely microscopic particles just don't settle.

Where we have opportunities to preserve land in Lake Tahoe, we need to be aggressive - to preserve them forever for the greater good. Over time we've been able to bring ownership from private to public. We need to provide access or even vista points. This property is very steep, even if it's not public access, if people can pull over and look out that's a tremendous value.