Lake Tahoe Research and Science Consortium (2004-2005)

CONCUR was selected by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in June 2004 to work with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and other federal, state and local entities to design a process for coordinating Lake Tahoe-focused science- and research-related activities. The effort is intended to assist those entities needing to prioritize and coordinate among research, monitoring, evaluation and outreach activities in support of the high-profile Tahoe Basin management goals. CONCUR helped participants develop an Agreement-in-Principle on a process model for integrating science and management objectives into a coordinated research and science program. That Agreement-in-Principle was formalized as an MOU in August 2005, and in turn has been instrumental in the work of the recently-established Lake Tahoe Science Consortium. Founding members of the consortium include UC Davis, the Desert Research Institute of Nevada, University of Nevada, Reno, USGS and the US Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station.