TAHOE CITY, Calif. — While the commercial
rafting season on the Truckee River is over due to low water levels,
people can still recreate on it, raising the question: Who will clean up
trash left behind?
“The amount of trash in the river can be
appalling,” said Aaron Rudnick, owner of the Truckee River Rafting
Company. “... When you’re pulling out multiple trash bags worth of
garbage just in the river, that’s unacceptable.”
As part of their permit conditions,
commercial companies such as Tahoe City-based TRRC are required to clean
up garbage left behind by river users during their season.
Yet, the company’s operations ended July
24, and neighboring Truckee River Rafting and Mountain Air Sports shut
down July 25, Rudnick said.
“After they shut down, the responsibility
for ensuring the cleanup has historically fallen to no one,” Jennifer
Montgomery, Placer County Supervisor for District 5, said in ...more
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