Why this Lake wasn't protected and turned into a National Park in the early 1900s is just a blemish in our history as a country. Several presidents at that time saw the need to preserve - but Tahoe should have been at the top of their list.

I guess just tear down the 1200 million dollar homes in the keys. And let it go back to a swamp.

I don't understand the claim about property rights? The owners own the land not the lake water ? The Keys is ground zero for spreading noxious weeds throughout Lake Tahoe

Seems to me like the biggest weed are the humans living there

Too many houses surrounded the lake,,now its way too lake to fix the problem,,its always about money,,greedy people

Too bad Lake Tahoe was not preserved as a National Park.😥

50 year old EPA approved herbicides. OK now I feel much much better! 😂

Tahoe Keys realtors be like 🙈

Has the overdevelopment also brought in excessive septic systems that "fertilize" the plant growth? We have seen this in lakes in Michigan. Massive plant overgrowth after the lake is overdeveloped by vacation homes.

close off tahoe keys, they can have their own little lake

As a local fisherman here in south lake I cannot tell you how great this is for us. Way to put the keys on blast. Unfortunately hasn’t been easy to get anything by them as they run as an HOA. I’ve caught 8 pound large mouth bass in the keys it’s a breeding ground for ALL warm water inland species. WALLING IT OFF IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF OUR GENERATION FOR THE FUTURE OF THE LAKE. Exponential damage. Getting worse by the day

Tahoe keys should be held accountable and solve it now.

$2 billion dollars worth of real estate but them private roads look like trash😂

This scenario can be summed up in 3 words *Short Sighted GREED.*

Sad,saw the lake before all the developers ruined it.

ABC10 is fantastic. i think the best thing to do is to emminent domain the place, and any other destroyed wetlands. the rich are much more hardy than our ecology. more people rely on tahoe than a few thousand families. dont build a house in a wetland. dont build a house in a lake bed. it shouldnt be our problem that they will be put into a harder position.

So the people living in the bay that caused the disaster are crying about it the most ? Hmmm

Property rights OVER nature's ORIGINAL ones? Seriously? .....who had the power to take those rights away. Who's the representative and how did they address the check when that land was owned by natives and mother earth?? Just cus its land and lake there doesn't mean it's unclaimed land to buy and destroy... it should b walled off while any cleaning or whatever is done cus they messed up so bad that something needs to b done it finished-but why risk the whole huge area connected to the lake far far away??

I don't trust either side. The property owners cannot be trusted to act in the Lake's best interest (as made VERY CLEAR when the property owner with the L.L.Bean _"Keep Tahoe Blue"_ jacket emphasized his "property rights" as if his property extended out into the Lake). The Sierra Club has their heart in the right place, but they get *irrationally emotional about everything.* They oppose green sustainable high-density development because they are anti-everything. Ugh.

Please don't poison the lake

Lake Taco

Realtors and developers control too much power in this country and nature is suffering everywhere, as a result. The Lake Tahoe I knew from 30 years ago is already gone and will never come back. Allowing noisy, reveling visitors to come by the millions and use this place without paying anything, encourages destructive behavior and leaves local communities burdened with the bill to repair and clean up after them. These visitors leave mountains of trash, fill the air and water with vehicle and boat emissions, trample forests and meadows, and choke the basin with traffic. Those who say humanity has no impact on the planet are complete morons.

Perhaps build a new marsh further upstream, above the housing development?

You do great work on these topics.

Maybe they should have never let vail in to tahoe

It wouldn't be the 1st time I've seen homeowners destroy a lake Because they don't want aquatic vegetation around their property.. aquatic vegetation like millfoil won't hurt the lake at all it's the people that ruin everything

This makes me sad

California State Government approved and permitted this debacle decades ago and now bears some responsibility for its poor decision. Regretfully, it is now hiding behind the curtain.

So that's what the sticker means

As an anti-human, I can appreciate the destruction of all the sources of drinking water and food fish.

The recent Supreme Court decision condemns this lake. Human ignorance is destroying us.

Seems like the invasive milfoil is an immediate threat that should be treated. Would returning marsh land where possible do anything to stop the weeds?

We've killed lakes before but you really can't just keep it up as well as increasing the rate and expect them to keep recovering in time for us to continue to survive as a species.

well if it isn't the consequences of their own actions.

Greed. 😢

So the trashing of lake tahoe started way before the fourth of july celebration this year!

Turn the waterways in the keys into a nice fingered native plant natural park.Use the money spent to fight the invasive plants to reimburse the Keys homeowners

Lawsuit

NIMBY

Hell No!! If a Homeowners Association is allowed to do this what else will they be able to do!! No Chemo. Look for other answers.!!!

What inflammatory clickbait! I suggest the producers take the time to speak to environmental toxicologists before putting out such media lacking in scientific context.

Tear down the KEYS!

Close the exit to the lake. You'll be living on a marsh. A very fail. Sorry for your loss.

This isnt the biggest ecological disaster in California. Clear Lake was completely overrun by algae a long time ago. The Salton Sea is an even bigger disaster and is getting worse.

Traditional Muir environmentalists live in the past. The "no touch rule" doesn't mitigate the damage that has been done. Alum seems to work in lakes for this problem.

"They're really not that dangerous." Famous last words.

With so many computer simulations and tests that we trained Personnel military, or whether for the government or private sector whether it's for commercial aircraft pilots or person aircraft bpilot's we have boating simulation, jet simulation ,even space travel simulation. Why do you need to go to the lake and actually put chemicals in the water when you can do a simulation or you can have a computer programs that can almost without any error produce data that is is closest to the real thing as possible? Scoop some of that water out go put it in the pool somewhere and then you could run your tests. People want to go and terraform Mars but we can't terraform ourself a river science project here on Earth??🙄😒

Inevitable

Where were the Greenpeace Tree huggers when this development happened? Huh? They Quashed The Auburn Dam Project In the 1970s above Folsom Lake, Now California has record drought because of failed policies from 50 years ago. but no, The Sierra Club stepped in and said, No, No, No...

They are going to turn that place I to another Clear Lake messing around like that....

Very sad! I used to go to Emerald Bay! The 70’s!

i would have the development destroyed

Thé main solution is to built a sewage pipe and pump all the wastewater up to a treatment plant and treat all pollutant mainly phosphorus . They did this in France at lac d’Annecy . Never used pesticides ! Completely crazy

😢😢😢😢😢❤😢😢😢😢

All chemicals are extremely dangerous

Corp of engineers did the same thing to the Indian River in Florida. Red Tide

Humans are the issue. There is no hope for the lake. RIP Lake Tahoe

A perfect example of "cutting off your nose to spite your face!" It couldn't happen to a more deserving organization than the Sierra Club! Remember, you reap what you sow!

Please don't poison the lake