The Conservancy's acquisition of Lake Tahoe properties carries with it the equally important obligation to manage and care for these lands in a sustainable manner.

The Conservancy's stewardship of its acquired lands has three primary objectives:

1. To manage the Conservancy's properties in a sustainable manner consistent with the purposes of their acquisition;

2. To carry out the agency's management responsibilities in as responsive, timely, and coordinated a fashion as possible;

3. To ensure a cost-effective program.

Since 1985, the Conservancy has authorized the expenditure of more than $4.2 million for management projects on its properties. It has prepared plans for more than 870 parcels. More than 210 resource management projects have been completed, for such purposes as property restoration, soil erosion control, and site protection. In recent years, the Conservancy has placed increased emphasis on vegetation management projects involving more than 350 parcels and including larger scale projects in Carnelian Canyon and in the Upper Truckee Watershed.

In maximizing use of available funds, the Conservancy has developed partnerships under which other public agencies and private parties manage a number of sites. Through operating agreements, leases, and licenses, they agree to manage properties and to do so in a manner consistent with the purposes for which the Conservancy made the acquisitions.