LAKE TAHOE, CA/NV (January 14, 2021) — Yesterday morning, the Lahontan Water Quality Control Board voted unanimously to approve a test of methods to tackle the growing infestation of aquatic invasive weeds in the Tahoe Keys, located on Lake Tahoe’s south shore. Aquatic invasive species, including the plants plaguing the Keys, are the most pressing […]
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League to Save Lake Tahoe statement on the Caldor Fire
LAKE TAHOE, CA/NV,, August 31, 2021 – The community of Lake Tahoe is reeling as the Caldor Fire continues to burn extremely near evacuated neighborhoods in El Dorado County and the City of South Lake Tahoe, and the shores of Lake Tahoe itself. Our staff at the League to Save Lake Tahoe are among the […]
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Volunteers remove nearly 1,500 pounds of trash from Lake Tahoe beaches at July 5 event
Tahoe’s beaches were still blanketed in morning shadows when volunteers began plucking cigarette butts, bottle caps and beach toys out of the sand early on July 5. By noon, 235 enthusiastic volunteers had removed 1,456 pounds of litter from ten Tahoe beaches and their surrounding areas as part of the League to Save Lake Tahoe’s […]
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Tahoe Blue Crew Wins Best in Basin Award
LAKE TAHOE, December 16, 2020 – The Tahoe Blue Crew, the League to Save Lake Tahoe’s litter-fighting volunteer program, was presented with a 2019 Best in Basin Award for its contribution to a clean, clear and litter-free Lake Tahoe. Best in Basin Awards are granted annually by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency to showcase projects and programs that […]
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Ecosystem restoration effort builds momentum at Tahoe Forest Stewardship Day
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA, July 28, 2020 – Volunteers and team members from the League to Save Lake Tahoe, along with staff from the Tahoe Resource Conservation District, restored native wetland habitat in Johnson Meadow on Saturday, July 25, continuing work started in 2019. Teams stabilized crumbling stream banks, removed invasive plant species and cleared remnants […]
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2018 Snapshot Day data shows Tahoe-Truckee water clarity improvements, and highlights aquatic life concerns
April 30, 2019 – Snapshot Day is one of the longest-running watershed monitoring events on the West Coast of the United States, and is now in its 19th year. Each May, hundreds of volunteers disperse to collect data about the health of streams and lakes in the Tahoe-Truckee watershed, which includes Lake Tahoe. The data […]
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Over 750 pounds of trash picked up at Keep Tahoe Blue Earth Day Cleanup
South Lake Tahoe, CA April 23, 2019 – Warmer spring weather can expose trash left behind after winter snow melts, and leave South Lake Tahoe scattered with litter. This debris is an eyesore, and can harm not only wildlife, but also Lake Tahoe’s clarity. For these reasons, the League to Save Lake Tahoe hosted the […]
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2nd Bi-Annual Basin Blitz shows promising results
April 10, 2019 – The League to Save Lake Tahoe held its second bi-annual Basin Blitz this spring to assess progress in improving Lake Tahoe’s stormwater infrastructure (pipes, drains and sediment-catching basins). These features flow directly into Lake Tahoe and carry fine sediment pollution from our roads and neighborhoods into the lake, further degrading its […]
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Celebrate Tahoe’s public lands by restoring meadows on Sept. 22
Sept. 19, 2018 – Restoration of Tahoe’s meadows and streams is one of the most important activities to protect Lake Tahoe from pollution clouding it’s famed clarity and feeding algae along the shoreline. A healthy environment upstream of the Lake acts as a natural pollution filter and can provide Lake Tahoe resilience in a changing […]
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Tahoe Keys Testing New Technology to Combat Spread of Weeds
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. May 23, 2018 – As part of ongoing efforts to control aquatic invasive plants, the Tahoe Keys Property Owners Association, working with the League to Save Lake Tahoe, is testing out new technology never used before in Lake Tahoe. Called a bubble curtain, the device installed on May 12 creates a […]
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Tahoe conservationists challenge Martis Valley West court decision, seek adequate protections for Lake Tahoe
May 10, 2018 – The League to Save Lake Tahoe, Mountain Area Preservation and Sierra Watch are filing today a notice of appeal in California’s Third District Court of Appeals seeking adequate environmental protection for Lake Tahoe from the proposed Martis Valley West Project. Earlier this year, Placer County Superior Court issued an order to […]
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Court decision halts Martis Valley West Project
March 13, 2018 – Sierra Watch, Mountain Area Preservation, and the League to Save Lake Tahoe celebrate a court decision handed down Monday that halts the controversial Martis Valley West Project, a massive North Tahoe development proposal. Placer County Superior Court issued an order to vacate and set aside Placer County’s 2016 approvals of the […]
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Tahoe conservationists challenge Martis Valley West proposal in court
November 10, 2016 – Sierra Watch, Mountain Area Preservation and the League to Save Lake Tahoe took legal action today against the proposed Martis Valley West Project, a massive and controversial development proposal that threatens Lake Tahoe. “The Martis Valley West proposal poses a direct threat to Lake Tahoe and its famous clarity. For years, […]
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League statement on Martis Valley West decision by Placer County
September 13, 2016 – This afternoon, the Placer County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to approve the controversial Martis Valley West proposal. The following is a statement by League to Save Lake Tahoe Executive Director Darcie Goodman Collins, PhD: “This is bad news for Lake Tahoe. By approving Martis Valley West, Placer County is consenting […]