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The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has awarded a $1.7 million grant to the California Tahoe Conservancy to help restore a marsh at Lake Tahoe that is the largest remaining wetland in the Sierra Nevada.  

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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) - The Tahoe Daily Tribune reports the Tahoe Resource Conservation District recently acquired Johnson Meadow, a 206-acre (83-hectare) area that once served as a natural water filter that helped reduce the amount of fine sediment flowing into the lake.