Energy, environment and natural resources

Executive Order 13057: Federal Actions in the Lake Tahoe Region

President: Bill Clinton

Directed coordinated federal action to improve Lake Tahoe’s water quality, forests, transportation and environmental restoration.

Status: Revoked. Is Executive Order 13057 still in effect? No. Executive Order 13057 was revoked. See Federal Register record.

What does Executive Order 13057 do?

EO 13057 followed a Lake Tahoe forum by directing a federal interagency partnership, coordinated budgets, scientific monitoring, restoration projects and support for the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. It stressed implementation through existing authorities and resources and respected the California–Nevada compact. The order has not been expressly revoked, although later legislation and regional plans now structure much of the work.

Administration position: The order coordinated federal programs; it did not create new land-use jurisdiction or override state, tribal, compact or private-property law.
SignedJuly 26, 1997
RegionLake Tahoe basin
Lead coordinationFederal interagency partnership

Before and after

Before the order

Federal agencies participated in Tahoe programs but lacked the order’s unified restoration and budget-coordination direction.

After the order

Agencies aligned science, grants, land management, transportation and watershed projects around shared regional goals.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
Federal agenciesCoordinate Tahoe programs and budgetsWithin current authorities
Interior and AgricultureLead land and restoration workThrough agency programs
EPA and partnersSupport water-quality and monitoring effortsContinuing regional context

What happened next

EO 13057 directed the federal partnership.

No express revocation appeared in the disposition record.