Indicator
Quality of Recreation Experience & Access to Recreational Opportunitie...
Basics
Quality of Recreation Experience & Access to Recreational Opportunities
Recreation Experience
Outcome
Program
Each Unit (number)
R1: It shall be the policy of the TRPA Governing Body in development of the Regional Plan to preserve and enhance the high quality recreational experience including preservation of high-quality undeveloped shorezone and other natural areas. In developing the Regional Plan, the staff and Governing Body shall consider provisions for additional access, where lawful and feasible, to the shorezone and high quality undeveloped areas for low density recreational uses.
The policy statement is assessed with three evaluation criteria. The first criterion evaluates whether TRPA has taken actions to implement the policy statement, and the second and third criteria evaluate whether there is evidence to suggest these actions are achieving the intent of the policy statement. The criteria include:
1. Determining whether TRPA and partner agencies have sufficiently adopted policies, ordinances, and programs in support of the policy statement.
2. Evaluating recreation user surveys to determine user satisfaction.
3. Reviewing public land acquisitions and the development of public access amenities.
This Indicator is reported in the following LT Info areas:
Status

The average percent of recreation users that rated how enjoyable their time outdoors at Lake Tahoe was. Note that these surveys were last completed in 2018 and 2019 and were used in the 2019 evaluation as well. There were 327 respondents to the 2018 survey and 505 respondents in 2019.

Sustainable Recreation Working Group Surveys 2018 and 2019.

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Recreation Experience
General

Program TRPA Recreation Threshold Monitoring

Approach

The quality of recreation experiences has been assessed through recreation user surveys conducted by recreation providers and organizations in the Region since the 2011 Threshold Evaluation Report was prepared. These surveys measure the overall satisfaction with recreation experiences. The surveys also measure satisfaction with specific components of the recreation experience, such as the condition of recreation facilities. These recreation surveys represent the best available information and they primarily apply to developed recreation resources on the south and north shores. As such, the recreation user surveys are helpful indicators focused on multiple user groups, rather than a comprehensive measure of user satisfaction with all recreation amenities in the basin. The surveys evaluated here were conducted by the City of South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado County, Tahoe City Public Utility District, Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority, and North Lake Tahoe Resort Association.

Partners

Associated Programs data not provided.