Keep Tahoe Clean

Passionate commitment to keeping Lake Tahoe clear, clean and protected

Submitted by paula on Tue, 08/20/2019 - 3:09pm
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Paula Peterson

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - For 23 years political leaders from the White House to state capitols have professed their commitment to protecting Lake Tahoe.

At the first Lake Tahoe Summit on July 27, 1997, then-President Bill Clinton and Vice-President Al Gore told of their commitment to keeping Tahoe blue after decades of erosion from roads, increased emissions from automobiles and boats, removal of wetlands and overgrown and dying forests were threatening its clarity.

4th annual Spring Clean

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 04/15/2019 - 1:43pm
Event Date: 
May 11, 2019 - 9:00am
Volunteer to keep our community clean

Help spruce up our neighborhoods and Keep Tahoe Clean! The Clean Tahoe Program is organizing the 4th annual Spring Cleanup to remove litter from the South Lake Tahoe community on May 11.

Cleanup begins at 9:00 a.m. at various locations around town and all volunteers are invited to a free lunch, raffle and celebration after the cleanup.

Register and select your cleanup location at the event webpage: http://clean-tahoe.org/spring-clean/

Volunteers collect 2,465 pounds of litter at “Spring Cleanup” event

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 05/17/2018 - 12:45pm

On Saturday May 12th, 294 volunteers scoured South Tahoe neighborhoods to help clean up litter and kick off the summer with a sparkling clean town. The groups of volunteers covered nineteen different locations and gathered an estimated 2,465 pounds of trash and debris from our environment.

Volunteers took to the streets along Lake Tahoe Blvd and around Stateline, Ski Run, Bijou, Al Tahoe, Rufus Allen, Tahoe Sierra/Sierra Tract, Tahoe Island, Gardner Mountain, and the “Y”. Some neighborhoods had multiple groups fanning out to cover more ground.

Spring Cleanup 2018 coming up in South Lake Tahoe

Submitted by paula on Mon, 05/07/2018 - 3:49pm
Event Date: 
May 12, 2018 - 9:00am

Help spruce up South Lake Tahoe neighborhoods and "Keep Tahoe Clean" on Saturday, May 12 during the 3rd annual Spring Cleanup day. Last year, 118 volunteers spent a morning picking up nearly 1,500 pounds of trash.

The Clean Tahoe Program and City of South Lake Tahoe are organizing the day, so get together with your friends, family and neighbors to remove litter from our community. Check-in at the cleanup locations will begin at 9:00 a.m. and volunteers will be assigned a stretch of road to clean. Afterwards, everyone will meet up at Bijou Park for a FREE lunch and celebration.

Volunteers hit Lake Tahoe beaches to clean up after the 4th of July

Submitted by paula on Wed, 07/05/2017 - 12:27pm
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5:00 p.m. update: The beach cleanups for July 5 have concluded, and according to the League to Save Lake Tahoe, 1,678.25 pounds were picked up by their 321 volunteers at 5.64 miles of beaches. And that to the 4,000 pounds collected at El Dorado area beaches and there was 2.84 tons of trash picked up in one day.

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As the sun came up over Lake Tahoe the day after the July 4 celebrations, scores of volunteers were headed to the beaches to help clean up the trash left behind on local beaches.

Almost 1,500 lbs of trash collected during Clean Tahoe's “Spring Clean”event

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 05/09/2017 - 10:31am
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Catherine Cecchi, Executive Director Clean Tahoe

After the record-breaking winter we experienced in South Lake Tahoe, we also saw record-breaking amounts of litter throughout our community as the snow melted. On Saturday May 6th, 118 volunteers scoured South Tahoe neighborhoods to help clean it up and kick off the summer with a litter-free town. The groups covered fifteen different locations and gathered 1,484 pounds of trash and debris from our environment.

South Lake Tahoe community help needed during Spring Clean up Day

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 05/02/2017 - 1:07pm
Event Date: 
May 6, 2017 - 9:00am

As the snow melts from this record-breaking winter, the litter and debris that has been covered up for months is starting to show. Volunteers are invited to get involved and help kick off this summer with a clean, litter-free town at the Clean Tahoe Program’s 2nd Annual “Spring Clean” event on Saturday, May 6th from 9am-noon.

Tahoe Fund and USFS launch project to control trashed sleds in Lake Tahoe

Submitted by paula on Mon, 04/03/2017 - 4:44pm

What has become an out-of-control, unsightly and all too common practice at Lake Tahoe snow play areas now has a champion to control abandoned sleds.

Tahoe Fund Executive Director Amy Berry brought several organizations together to discuss potential solutions to resolve this issue. It had been on their radar for some time, but with the rapid growth of discarded sleds covering the landscape, Berry and the Tahoe Care Team of the agency knew something had to be done immediately.

$5 Dump Day for South Lake Tahoe residents June 4

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/27/2016 - 10:26am
Event Date: 
June 4, 2016 - 8:00am
Time to do some spring cleaning

Need to clean out your yard, attic, or garage? Once you've reused or recycled all that you can, get rid of the rest at Clean Tahoe's annual Community Cleanup Day (aka $5 Dump Day) on Saturday, June 4, 2016. It's the one day of the year South Shore residents can bring unwanted items to South Tahoe Refuse at HUGE discounts.

Letter to the editor: Take care of graffiti to keep Tahoe clean

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 08/31/2012 - 5:00am
Tahoe Daily Tribune

As a summer resident of beautiful South Lake Tahoe for the last several years, I have noticed an increase in the graffiti appearing on both main and secondary locations. This will have a negative e...

Volunteers needed to help keep Tahoe clean and blue

Submitted by Editor on Thu, 07/05/2012 - 6:31am

The League to Save Lake Tahoe is partnering with the U.S. Forest Service this summer for two community beach clean-up days around Lake Tahoe. Volunteers will be helping to clean-up our beautiful beaches. Keeping Tahoe clean and blue is a year round effort and we need the help of residents and visitors alike.

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