League to Save Lake Tahoe summer party to highlight new education center

The public is invited to the League to Save Lake Tahoe's free Summer Kickoff party at the League to Save Lake Tahoe in South Lake Tahoe on Friday, June 10 at 5:00 p.m. Music, food, fun, prizes and education will all be part of the evening's activities.

The party will feature the grand re-opening of their Fritzi & David Huntington Environmental Education Center. Featuring cutting-edge interactive displays, the Education Center’s overhaul has improved the agency's ability to educate and engage the public about how to protect Lake Tahoe and the threats facing the Lake.

“After months of preparation, we’re thrilled to engage visitors of all ages with our new interactive exhibits,” said Jennifer Marshall, the League’s operations manager. “We’re confident visitors will enjoy our center’s new means of learning the history of Tahoe, its threats, and how they can become part of the solution and Keep Tahoe Blue.”

New exhibits will include an audio station sharing the stories of how League staff and volunteers brave winter weather to collect water quality samples during storm events as part of the League’s Pipe Keepers program, as well as eye-catching visual displays that portray the fragility of Tahoe’s beauty and invite visitors to join efforts to combat pollution and protect Tahoe’s shoreline.

“We look forward to engaging visitors with our new interactive exhibits,” said Gina Craig, the League’s education center assistant. “For example, one highlight will be an opportunity to visually identify the differences between the invasive aquatic plants that threaten Tahoe’s clarity and their native lookalikes using live plants.”

The League’s new educational displays have been designed by well-known exhibit developers Tisha Carper Long and Mary Jo Sutton. Long, who also develops electronic exhibits for the Tahoe Environmental Research Center, has provided her services in the past to the California Academy of Sciences, the Monterey Aquarium, the Oakland Museum of California, and the California Museum. Sutton, who is currently a concept planner for Nimbus Hatchery, has developed and provided conceptual design for the Oakland Museum of California’s renovated Natural Sciences Gallery, now called “Changing California.”

As part of the Summer Kickoff festivities, they will celebrate their intrepid volunteers and the agencies and organizations with whom they partner, thank the sticker businesses for their support, and invite the community to enjoy and learn from the League's new education center information stations.

This free event will be a fun evening with food by Lighthouse Beach Grill, beer provided by Blue Moon, live music, activities and prizes, and a great community of people who care as much as you about Keeping Tahoe Blue.

RSVP to events@keeptahoeblue.org or call at 530.541.5388.

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