The San Jose Mercury reports:
More than 10,000 acres of scenic meadows, forests and trout streams in the Sierra Nevada 10 miles west of Lake Tahoe have been preserved in a deal in which environmentalists hope to prove that thinning out overgrown forests can increase California's water supply.
There's more:
To pay for the $10.1 million land purchase, the state provided $5 million, most of which came from Proposition 84, a parks and water bond act passed in 2006 by California voters. The other $5.1 million and the $3 million research fund came from private donations, including $1 million from the Morgan Family Foundation in Los Altos.
California wants less.. development.
