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Tahoe boat inspections move to roadside stations
May 26, 2011, Keep Tahoe Blue News
South Lake Tahoe, CA – Inspections for Lake Tahoe boaters are now only available at roadside stations. Off-highway inspection stations will be staffed by Tahoe Resource Conservation...
A Paradigm Shift
May 18, 2011, Tahoe Mountain News
The May edition of the Tahoe Mountain News includes an editorial on page 8 by Taylor Flynn criticizing the city's new general plan. A news story on the plan follows on page 12."The result is that we...
Proposal would restore cutthroat trout to Tahoe
May 18, 2011, The Record-Courier
Anglers expressed concern on Tuesday that a plan to introduce Lahontan cutthroat trout into Lake Tahoe might involve killing the fish already there.Lahontan National Fish Hatchery Complex Manager...
Council passes development plan amidst League criticism
May 18, 2011, Tahoe Daily Tribune
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — A document that will shape the face of South Lake Tahoe for the next two decades gained approval this week, but not before being called premature by one Lake Tahoe...
Letter to the editor: Should there be a limit to development?
May 18, 2011, Sierra Sun
LAKE TAHOE — My frustration with TRPA's approval of the increase in the height code amendment for the Boulder Bay project prompted me to call the project's TRPA planner, David Landry.His...
Bicyclists enter free to Nevada State Parks weekend of May 21-22
May 18, 2011, Keep Tahoe Blue News
CARSON CITY, Nev. – The Nevada Division of State Parks is waiving entrance fees for bicyclists coming into any Nevada State Park the weekend of May 21 and 22, 2011, in celebration of National...
Battle over Nevada bear hunt heading to court
May 13, 2011, The Associated Press
Conservationists' bid to block what could become the first legal bear hunt in Nevada history is headed to court after state wildlife commissioners rejected a petition on Thursday to postpone the...
Quagga mussels discovered in reservoirs near Reno
May 13, 2011, Keep Tahoe Blue News
Nevada wildlife officials have discovered quagga mussels, a damaging invasive species, in reservoirs near Reno during routine sampling. Follow up tests are needed to validate the results.
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Reservoirs near Reno test positive for quagga mussels
May 12, 2011, Reno Gazette-Journal
Invading mollusks that have overrun Lake Mead have been found in two Northern Nevada reservoirs, Nevada wildlife officials report.Preliminary tests indicate quagga mussels exist in both Lahontan and...
Forest Service planting trees in the Angora area
May 12, 2011, Keep Tahoe Blue News
South Lake Tahoe, Calif.--The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is planting native seedlings in the Angora area this week. Planting will occur on 24 acres of National Forest System...
Sugar Pine Foundation works with youth to restore iconic conifer
May 12, 2011, Tahoe Daily Tribune
In an area of Washoe Meadows dotted with burn-scarred Jeffrey Pines and dozens of stumps, Sage Westcott and Yari Torres, both sophomores at South Tahoe High School, planted their first tree. Over...
Homewood expansion is more poor planning for Tahoe
May 8, 2011, San Francisco Chronicle
Tahoe's West Shore is an icon of California's natural beauty. Emerald Bay is one of the most photographed spots on Earth. The entire stretch of shoreline and forest, from Camp Richardson to Tahoe...
Forest Service seeks comments on Upper Truckee River restoration
May 6, 2011, Keep Tahoe Blue News
South Lake Tahoe, Calif. -- The. U.S. Forest Service in Lake Tahoe, working with the California Tahoe Conservancy, is proposing to restore the Sunset Stables Reach of the Upper Truckee River.
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Tahoe boat inspections move from launch ramps to roadside stations
May 4, 2011, Keep Tahoe Blue News
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — New fees and procedures are in place for the 2011 summer boating season, which started May 1.
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TRPA politics gone wild: A look behind the bluster
May 4, 2011, Tahoe Mountain News
The Tahoe Mountain News wrote about the bill to withdraw Nevada from the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact, and the politics behind it. Read the entire April edition here.Read the full story here.
Federal Advisory Committee seeks public comment on restoration projects
May 4, 2011, Keep Tahoe Blue News
South Lake Tahoe, Calif. –The Lake Tahoe Federal Advisory Committee is accepting public comment on capital projects and science themes that have been recommended for funding to help restore the...
Effort to redevelop historic Tahoe Biltmore wins approval
Apr 27, 2011, Reno Gazette-Journal
Dozens of concerned residents, business owners, environmentalists and others weighed in Wednesday on a resort development described in turn as a critical turning point for Lake Tahoe’s...
Regulators approve plan to restore Lake Tahoe's clarity
Apr 22, 2011, KQED Radio
State regulators have signed off on an ambitious plan to restore clarity to the waters of Lake Tahoe. The plan requires cities and counties around the lake in California and Nevada, as well as the...
Column: City wants high density development - at what cost?
Apr 22, 2011, Tahoe Daily Tribune
The City of South Lake Tahoe is proposing a general plan that will allow for more than 100 acres of six-story buildings and high-density development. This scheme envisions more than a thousand new...
Truckee watercraft inspection program opens April 30
Apr 21, 2011, Keep Tahoe Blue News
Truckee, CA – Truckee area inspections and boater education on aquatic invasive species will take place at Donner Lake and Boca, Prosser, and Stampede reservoirs from April 30 through September...
Lake Tahoe clarity plan passes state amid continued cost concerns
Apr 21, 2011, Tahoe Daily Tribune
LAKE TAHOE — An unprecedented plan to return Lake Tahoe to historic clarity levels has moved one step closer to reality.The California State Water Resources Control Board on Tuesday approved...
Forest Service posts opening dates for Tahoe recreation areas
Apr 21, 2011, Keep Tahoe Blue News
South Lake Tahoe, Calif. — The Forest Service in Lake Tahoe has announced tentative opening dates for its recreational facilities around the Lake Tahoe Basin. Campgrounds, day-use areas and...
North Tahoe residents air concerns over proposed biomass plant
Apr 21, 2011, North Lake Tahoe Bonanza
KINGS BEACH, Calif. — North Lake Tahoe residents continue to raise strong objections to the possibility of hosting a biomass plant in their back yard.At the Monday, April 18, regular meeting...
Lake Tahoe cleanup plan aims to restore clarity in 65 years
Apr 21, 2011, San Francisco Chronicle
California regulators have given the go-ahead to a sweeping plan designed to slash by one-third the pollution and soil runoff from the communities and highways that ring Lake Tahoe over the next 15...
Q & A with Nancy Gibson, Lake Tahoe's new U.S. Forest Service supervisor
Apr 21, 2011, Tahoe Daily Tribune
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — Not long after unpacking, Nancy Gibson jumped straight into her job as the new Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit supervisor.While Gibson will oversee and make...
Funding, boat inspections at risk if bill passes
Apr 20, 2011, Tahoe Daily Tribune
Nevada Senate Bill 271 calls for the elimination of land coverage restrictions that have been a major focus of TRPA's attempts to reverse Lake Tahoe's clarity decline.Another major concern brought...
South Lake Tahoe City Council supports TRPA breakup
Apr 20, 2011, Tahoe Daily Tribune
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — Nevada and California should come together and split apart, the South Lake Tahoe City Council decided Tuesday.The council voted 4-1 to send a letter to the Nevada...
Guest column: Trouble at Lake Tahoe
Apr 20, 2011, Sierra Sun
Let's talk about the environmental organizations around the lake that help to serve and protect Lake Tahoe and its beautiful grandeur. These organizations are also very concerned with the Boulder...
Big ski resort plan shakes up sleepy 'old Tahoe'
Apr 18, 2011, San Francisco Chronicle
Tucked away on the woodsy west shore of Lake Tahoe is the Homewood Mountain Resort, a no-frills ski area that is relatively inexpensive and often virtually empty.
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TAKE ACTION: COMMENTS DUE ON HOMEWOOD EXPANSION PROJECT
Apr 18, 2011, Keep Tahoe Blue News
The Homewood ski area wants to build an all-season resort with 349 residential and hotel units along Highway 89, a two-lane road that already experiences significant summertime traffic. The project...
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