The USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit announced the purchase of 120.4 acres parcel of undeveloped land on the North Shore on Dec. 10 on Brockway Summit, according to a press release.
These parcels are part of a much larger property on the north side of the ridgeline outside of the LTBMU owned by Sierra Pacific Industries and next to Northstar ski area. All other private lands on the LTBMU side of the ridge have been previously acquired by the Forest Service from Sierra Pacific’s predecessors in ownership.
The purchase is part of the Forest Service land acquisition program established by Congress in 1980 that directs the LTBMU to acquire environmentally sensitive lands around the Tahoe Basin to safeguard them from potential development in order to protect the water quality of Lake Tahoe. This property is one of the few remaining large properties in the Lake Tahoe Basin that was suitable for acquisition by the Forest Service. | fs.usda.gov/ltbmu
