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LakeTulloch.Org
2010
The Website of the Lake Tulloch Alliance
Providing news and information focused on theI Lake Tulloch Basin and dedicated to encouraging citizen involvement to protect and preserve the natural environment, rural way of life, and smart growth for the Central Sierra Foothills Join Us Click here
Final Buoy Plan implemented by Tri Dam
Tri Dam has implemented the buoy management plan for Lake Tulloch.
Click here for plan.
Orginial proposals by Sheriff Offices and supported by a few homeowners would have removed more of Lake Tulloch from public use by imposing 5MPH zones in the name of public safety. What is need is more law enforcement on the lake during boating seasons and not the placement of more buoys which benefit a few homeowners at a cost to every other homeowner and boater who use the lake.
Watch for details on the new buoy plan from Triday..
Read this special article on this immediate and important threat to the lake.
Lake Tulloch Lakeshore Management Plan:
Time for Action
Newly found photographs demonstrate Tulloch land rip off
 
The Lake Tulloch Shoreline Management Plan is now being finalized by Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The plan is currently law and going through final approval. The Lake Tulloch Alliance will be filing a letter with the commission to be released later this week.
The Alliance is pleased to release for the first time photographs of the lake taken in 1957 that demonstrate that no land for current projects existed at the time of the creation of the lake. The land for the Lake Tulloch Resort and the Merle Holman's planned Marina Villas land didn't exist and was created by illegal land fills.
Watch for more details here on Lake Tulloch.org.
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2010 and Lake Tulloch
2010 will be an important year for the future of Lake Tulloch and our region. Supervisor Russ Thomas has now completed a large part of his first term and continues to work in the best interests of the lake that languished for years under the tenure of the two previous supervisors. They include:
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Law Enforcement - Finalize a plan to create a multi-county boat registration fee structure to obtain the funds to increase law enforcement on the lake particularly during the boating season. Calaveras County has received funding to purchase another patrol boat.
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Copperopolis New Melones Access - Supervisor Thomas and LTA have longed pressed for the creation of a road to Melones and a marina on the western shore of the reservoir. This would provide quick access for the growing number of Copperopolis to a lake that is 10 times larger than Tulloch.
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Copperopolis Community Plan - Finalize a Copperopolis Community Plan that provides for a sensible approach to planning for the future. LTA supports a plan that protects the remaining shoreline of lake including no increased density for construction on the shoreline with the addition of more marinas and docks. LTA believes that the Tuscany Hills Project should be model Castle and Cookes proposed project on the lake.
A potential new subdivision could be in the offing with the sale of a new 66 acre lake front parcel in the Blackl Creek area. Click here for details.
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General Plan - Continue the process to complete a new general plan that would prevent future overdevelopment around the lake and in the region.
The LTA also strong supports action by Tri Dam this year to insure that the lake is open as much as possible for public use. This includes restriction on the placement of any buoys in the lake that reduce the net surface of the lake for boating and water sports. Last summer some homeowners placed buoys more than 200 feet into the lake with no lgovernment approval. We urge you to voice your support of Supervisor Thomas.
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New Melones: Tulloch's Pressure Valve
New story in Union Democrat points to New Melones as the pressure valve for Lake Tulloch and notes the lake has never reached it's full use potential after more than 3 decades. Click here for the story.
New Sheriff's Finds 1,183 Boats on Lake Tulloch: Makes the Case for Change: Summer 2009 Usage seems up
Local residents at Lake Tulloch have seen significantly more watercraft on the lake than in recent years. A new boat count the Tuolumne County Sheriff's Office performed on June 14, 2008 found 785 boats on the 21-square-mile Don Pedro Reservoir, 250 on New Melones' 17 square miles, and at Tulloch, which is only 2 square-miles, there were 1,183. Click here for details
Click here to read the plan
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Tuscany Hills Project
Tuscany Hills a project as a model for future Lake Tulloch Projects. ____________________________________________________
Your Invitation
Join hundreds of citizens in the Lake Tulloch Basin from every homeowners assocation in both counties as a supporter of the Lake Tulloch Alliance. We are dedicated to preserving the natural environment and recreation opportunities provided by the lake. We need your support.
Join as an Alliance supporter - Complete the registration form and lend your support to the LTA Initiatives
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