Senator Dean Heller says he’s secured $12 million in federal funding for his Lake Tahoe Restoration Act, as well as funding to help detect wildfires in a spending measure approved by the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies today. Specifically, the appropriations bill includes $6 million that will go toward wildfire management in Lake Tahoe, and $6 million to combat invasive species at the Lake. Additionally, the bill includes $2 million that will go toward organizations that integrate technological advances to fight wildfire, such as AlertTahoe, a camera system that helps firefighters around the Lake Tahoe area.