The focus of funding for managing and protecting the Tahoe basin has shifted, with increased emphasis now on recreation and transportation projects and less on water quality.
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A line chart shows that water quality spending has decreased over time, while spending on recreation and transportation has gone up, even surpassing water quality spending in some years. The chart also depicts spending on forest health and on science, stewardship and accountability. Spending on these focus areas is much lower than spending on water quality and recreation and transportation.