By Michelle Werdann
The annual Lake Tahoe Summit was held on Aug. 14, allowing scientists, policymakers and local stakeholders to gather and discuss the management of the Lake Tahoe watershed. The summit was also attended by a group of international leaders as well as the Assistant Administrator of the Asia bureau of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Michael Schiffer.
The visitors, part of the International Visitor Leadership Program, the U.S. Department of State’s professional exchange program, attended the summit in large part due to the connections fostered between the University of Nevada, Reno and foreign resource management officials through the USAID-funded Wonders of the Mekong program. The Wonders of the Mekong seeks to study and preserve the natural and cultural resources of the lower Mekong basin, which is the world’s largest fishery. Faculty from the University including Zeb Hogan, the director of the Wonders of the Mekong program, and Sudeep Chandra, the director of the Global Water Center on the University campus, have spent significant time in Cambodia, where the Wonders of the Mekong program is supported by USAID.
The summit was also attended by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, Senators Jacky Rosen (NV), Catherine Cortez Masto (NV), and Laphonza Butler (CA), House Representatives Mark Amodei (NV), Kevin Kiley (CA) and John Garamendi (CA), and University President Brian Sandoval.
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