health of lake tahoe
Column: 2020 fire year highlights importance of forest health
Submitted by paula on Mon, 12/14/2020 - 7:39pm
LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. - The new Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Deputy Forest Supervisor Danelle D. Harrison is our guest columnist and looks back, and ahead, to the health of Lake Tahoe
Looking Back
December is a special time of year when our thoughts turn to family and friends, and communities come together to celebrate the season. It also marks the end of the year. And what a year it was. Together, we experienced unprecedented events including a record-breaking wildland fire year in the Pacific Southwest Region.
Opinion: Shoreline Plan Coming Together – More Work To Do
Submitted by paula on Thu, 07/20/2017 - 9:10pm
School is out and summer is in full swing at Lake Tahoe. Visitors and residents are heading to beaches and launching boats, kayaks, and standup paddleboards to get out and enjoy the jewel of the Sierra. Millions of people visit Tahoe each year and the shoreline is where they go to experience its famously cold, clear, blue water.
72 Miles of Pure Liquid Fun along the Lake Tahoe Water Trail
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 06/07/2017 - 2:20pm
It’s going to be a paddler’s paradise this summer.
Help protect Lake Tahoe’s environment
Submitted by paula on Sun, 04/23/2017 - 4:40pm
As we celebrate Earth Day this April, let’s remember how important environmental stewardship is to the health of Lake Tahoe, and how important our individual actions are.
Over the last two decades, public, private, and nonprofit partners have made significant progress conserving and restoring Lake Tahoe’s environment through the Environmental Improvement Program.
Report: Lake Tahoe faces major challenges due to climate change
Submitted by paula on Mon, 10/03/2016 - 2:25pm
The Lake Tahoe Basin saw continued environmental improvement over the last four years, but faces major challenges from climate change, according to a draft 2015 Threshold Evaluation Report released by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA).
The report offers a detailed assessment of the health of Lake Tahoe and its treasured natural environment as indicated by 178 threshold standards in nine categories: Air quality, water quality, soil conservation, vegetation, fisheries, wildlife, scenic resources, noise, and recreation.
Smartphones now used to keep invasive species out of Lake Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Sat, 08/27/2016 - 6:05pm
Smartphones and invasive species don't normally go together, but this summer in Lake Tahoe, one was used to help keep the other out.
In a new partnership with other agencies around the West, the Lake Tahoe Aquatic Invasive Species Program receives real-time updates from other land managers about vessels traveling to Lake Tahoe from waters with a high risk of containing invasive species.
By sharing the data, Tahoe's watercraft inspectors are alerted before the suspect boats show up.
Local agencies anticipate spotlight Obama's Lake Tahoe visit brings
Submitted by paula on Mon, 08/08/2016 - 5:49pm
Tickets to the 20th annual Lake Tahoe Summit quickly sold out on Monday once the White House announced President Obama would attend the event on the South Shore of Lake Tahoe.
The national spotlight will be on South Lake Tahoe, giving local agencies the opportunity to show the local efforts on keeping Tahoe Blue have worked by highlighting the progress that has been made to combat pollution, promote restoration, tackle invasive species and protect Lake Tahoe's shoreline.
Tahoe Blue Vodka donates $5,000 to Keep Tahoe Blue
Submitted by paula on Fri, 07/22/2016 - 2:51pm
South Lake Tahoe-based Tahoe Blue Vodka has donated $5,000 to the League to Save Lake Tahoe, with encouragement to community members to match their contribution to support the League’s beach cleanups. League supporters surpassed the match, raising over $10,000.
What new factors are affecting the health of Lake Tahoe?
Submitted by paula on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 7:33am
Event Date:
July 28, 2016 - 5:30pm
Join Dr. Geoff Schladow for an entertaining public presentation about the most important factors that affected the health of Lake Tahoe last year during the next U.C. Davis Tahoe Environmental Science Center program. Hear about the most pressing issues for this year, and the new programs that are designed to address them.
Lake Tahoe roadside boat inspection stations open May 1
Submitted by paula on Fri, 04/24/2015 - 9:12pmRoadside stations for inspections and decontaminations of motorized boats and watercraft are officially opening for the 2015 boating season. Locations, hours of operation and opening dates are as follows:
Opening Thursday, May 1st:
8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., 7 days a week
• Meyers: at the junction of US 50 and Highway 89
• Spooner Summit: at the junction of US 50 and Highway 28 in Nevada
• Alpine Meadows: Highway 89, off Alpine Meadows Road north of Tahoe City *
*Road construction on Alpine Meadows Road: Go to placerroads.com or call 530-581-0471
Beach Boys bringing iconic sound to South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Sun, 12/21/2014 - 11:29pm
Event Date:
March 27, 2015 - 9:00pm
“Wouldn’t it Be Nice” to rock out as the legendary Beach Boys perform one-night only at Lake Tahoe’s MontBleu Resort Casino & Spa, March 27, 2015. Regarded one of the greatest American rock groups and an important catalyst in the evolution of popular music, The Beach Boys are one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful bands ever. www.montbleuresort.com.
Lake-saving incentives now part of Lake Tahoe Regional Plan
Submitted by Editor on Sun, 06/23/2013 - 11:06pmNew ordinances regarding land coverage at Lake Tahoe came into effect June 19 following final approval of a key water quality plan by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and EPA announced recently.
The action updates the Clean Water Act Section 208 Lake Tahoe Water Quality Management Plan — last fully updated in 1988. The 208 Plan provides a comprehensive framework for water quality management in the Lake Tahoe basin and includes provisions for land coverage limits.
Lake Tahoe Roadside Boat Inspection Stations Open for Season
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 05/01/2013 - 2:13pmRoadside stations for Lake Tahoe boat inspections and watercraft decontamination are officially open at three locations — Meyers, Spooner Summit and Alpine Meadows — with stations at Northstar and Homewood to open May 23.
EarthJustice: Weakened Environmental Plan for Lake Tahoe Challenged in Court
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 02/12/2013 - 10:02am
Two Tahoe conservation groups, the Sierra Club and Friends of the West Shore, filed a federal lawsuit on Monday challenging new rules for Lake Tahoe that seriously reduce protections for the treasured mountain lake. The new Tahoe Regional Plan Update, approved in December by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA), shifts authority over future development decisions to local jurisdictions. The plan also allows those towns and counties to adopt weakened pollution controls that do not meet the minimum environmental requirements established by TRPA.
Nevada Senator Dean Heller Announces 2012 Lake Tahoe Summit
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 07/30/2012 - 11:44amThe 16th annual Lake Tahoe Summit will be held on Monday, August 13 at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course, according to a press statement from Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev.
Environmental art exhibit 'Visualizing Change' at Lake Tahoe through July
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 07/11/2012 - 5:17pm
The Lake Tahoe Science Consortium collaborated with University of Nevada, Reno’s Department of Art to create “Visualizing Change,” a photographic art expedition intended to convey concepts in environmental restoration at Lake Tahoe to the scientific community and general public. The exhibit is located in the Prim Desert Research Library at Sierra Nevada College at Lake Tahoe’s Incline Village. It features photography and oil painting contributions from eight noted artists and is free and open to the public through July 27.
Lake Tahoe Roadside Boat Inspection Stations Open for Season
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 1:51pmRoadside stations for inspections and decontaminations of motorized boats and watercraft are officially open for the 2012 boating season at 5 locations entering the Lake Tahoe Basin.
“Boat inspections are critical to maintaining the health of Lake Tahoe and our local recreation-based economy,” said Ted Thayer, TRPA’s Aquatic Invasive Species Coordinator. “Through the efforts of the Tahoe Resource Conservation District’s well-trained inspectors and other private and public partners committed to the Lake, we expect to have another successful season.”
Homewood project at Lake Tahoe approved by TRPA; League responds
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 12/14/2011 - 7:56pmBy Kristi Boosman
To a packed house of observers, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board voted to approve Phase 1 of the Homewood Mountain Resort Ski Area Master Plan at their monthly meeting on Wednesday, December 14.
