Erosion control best management practices (BMPs) are being taken to the residential level in California’s Tahoe Basin. While developers are receiving heavy fines for not properly controlling sediment on sites, small fines are finding their ways to home owners too. The Tahoe Resource Conservation District is now issueing BMP starter kits and asking residents to re-evaluate slope and vegetation stability, drainage trenches around homes and driveways, and other key control zones.

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