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Forest stewards gather for annual League event
Oct 2, 2012, League to Save Lake Tahoe
Volunteers from throughout the Lake Tahoe Basin pitched in to protect and conserve the area’s unique and sensitive environment at the League to Save Lake Tahoe’s Tahoe Forest Stewardship...
Tahoe Regional Planning Agency announces Lake Spirit Awards winners
Oct 1, 2012, Sierra Sun
STATELINE, Nev. — The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency announced the winners of the Lake Spirit Awards honoring “real people making real progress protecting Lake Tahoe” at their...
City eyes plastic bag ban
Sep 29, 2012, Tahoe Daily Tribune
South Lake Tahoe may become the latest California jurisdiction to try and rein in the use of the ubiquitous plastic bag.The city's sustainability commission is working on an ordinance that would ...
Volunteers practice stewardship during Tahoe forest day
Sep 28, 2012, Tahoe Daily Tribune
Hundreds of volunteers will grab shovels, picks, bats and wheelbarrows this Saturday for the League to Save Lake Tahoe's 15th annual Tahoe Forest Stewardship Day. This year workers will head...
Thousands of hatching Satin moths found in Lake Tahoe area
Sep 25, 2012, Reno Gazette Journal
Scientists are asking the public’s help in determining the scope of an infestation of an insect recently found at Lake Tahoe, something that can defoliate aspen, willow and poplar trees.Experts ...
Governor Signs Williams' Bill to Protect Local Waterways
Sep 24, 2012, Noozhawk
Assemblyman Das Williams’ bill designed to protect local waters from mussel infestation has been signed into law by California Gov. Jerry Brown.
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12k riders, Tahoe's Sand Harbor shuttle a success
Sep 24, 2012, The Associated Press
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev.—The new shuttle bus system at Lake Tahoe's Sand Harbor State Park has been declared a success and is coming back again next summer, albeit with a possible tweak or two to...
Basin area Aveda salons raise funds to Keep Tahoe Blue
Sep 21, 2012, Keep Tahoe Blue News
The League to Save Lake Tahoe was pleased to be selected as a partner for Aveda’s 2012 Earth Month Campaign for Clean Water in 2012. The fund raising effort brought nearly $10,000 to the League...
Volunteers fan out to clean up Kings Beach
Sep 19, 2012, Keep Tahoe Blue News
It was all hands in the sand at sunny Kings Beach on the North Shore of Lake Tahoe on Saturday, as more than 50 volunteers converged to clean up the popular community beach. The League to Save Lake...
Tallac Historic Site project proposal seeks comments
Sep 10, 2012, Keep Tahoe Blue News
South Lake Tahoe, Calif. --The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is asking for public input on improvements proposed under the Historic Facilities Best Management Practices ...
Help restore forest health
Sep 10, 2012, League press release
Join hundreds of Tahoe Basin community members as we help improve forest health at the League to Save Lake Tahoe's 15th annual Tahoe Forest Stewardship Day on Saturday, September 29 at Tahoe Paradise...
Antarctic adventure for NIU scientists begins with test run in fabled depths of Lake Tahoe
Sep 10, 2012, NIU Today
Just after Christmas this year, NIU scientists Ross Powell and Reed Scherer, with colleagues from nine other major universities, will traverse more than 600 miles across the Ross Ice Shelf in...
Warning to mussel-bound boat owners
Sep 9, 2012, San Francisco Chronicle
The corpse of an invaded but revived sunken boat will be displayed at a Northern California lake as a warning and science project.
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Underwater forest shows Fallen Leaf Lake once suffered from 'megadrought'
Sep 9, 2012, Reno Gazette Journal
Deep beneath the surface of a Sierra lake, evidence of drought on a massive scale is silently submerged.
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NRCD BLOG: Lake Tahoe Water Quality - A Clear Solution to Pollution
Sep 5, 2012, Natural Resource Defense Council
As someone who considers themselves about 50% scientist (science literate and science curious, but not quite fluent), I am always very appreciative of efforts to communicate science in...
No quagga mussels, but concerns real to Lake Tahoe watershed
Sep 5, 2012, Reno Gazette-Journal
Aquatic invasive species pose a major threat to the Lake Tahoe watershed, from Meiss Meadows and Lake Tahoe itself, all the way down the Truckee River to Pyramid Lake.
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Voices: Leave Tahoe open to all users
Sep 3, 2012, Reno Gazette Journal
We are very concerned with the USFS Draft Management Plan, some of whose alternatives could ban assorted recreational use or allow for increased logging and mining in the Tahoe Basin.
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New drill may reveal Tahoe quake history
Sep 3, 2012, San Franciso Chronicle
A web of dangerous seismic faults deep beneath the placid waters of Lake Tahoe has triggered earthquakes in the past and will do so again.
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My Turn: Beavers play important role in region's watershed
Sep 2, 2012, Sierra Sun
LAKE TAHOE — So, commercial fishing for crawfish in Lake Tahoe is one of the paths on the road to lake clarity? We offer you an army of volunteers, born and raised in Lake Tahoe, who if given...
Lend a hand to weed out invasive milfoil
Aug 30, 2012, League press release
Lend a hand to weed out invasive milfoil
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Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care Center pitches in to save burned baby bobcat
Aug 30, 2012, Eureka Times-Standard
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE — Nestled in a fleece blanket, a tiny bobcat kitten mews softly from her cage as she watches Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care Center Executive Director Cheryl Millham prepare her dinner...
Conservationists Deliver Public Comments to Forest Service
Aug 29, 2012, Keep Tahoe Blue News
Conservation, scientific, recreation and business organizations delivered more than 12,000 public comments, letters and petitions to the U.S. Forest Service on Wednesday in support of strong...
Outdoor education programs to begin
Aug 29, 2012, Tahoe Daily Tribune
As students switch into academic gear this week, the U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit and the South Tahoe Environmental Education Coalition are getting ready for their third year...
Tahoe roles are taken seriously
Aug 27, 2012, Reno Gazette Journal
We were surprised to see the Reno Gazette-Journal’s editorial about the lack of cooperation at Lake Tahoe [Voices, Aug. 15]. One year ago, that analysis would ring true, with lawmakers rattling...
TRPA's Regional Plan Update moves closer to end-of-year vote
Aug 24, 2012, Sierra Sun
LAKE TAHOE — The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency's Regional Plan Update took a step forward on Wednesday when the governing board affirmed recommendations to incorporate a package of revisions...
Forest Service and South Tahoe Environmental Education Coalition looking for volunteers for children's programs
Aug 24, 2012, Keep Tahoe Blue News
South Lake Tahoe, Calif., --The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit and the South Tahoe Environmental Education Coalition (STEEC) need volunteers to assist with programs and...
Edgewood project's final EIS heads for TRPA approval
Aug 22, 2012, Tahoe Daily Tribune
Edgewood Companies' Edgewood Tahoe Lodge and Golf Course realignment project will reach one of possibly many finish lines on Thursday when its final environmental impact statement goes before the...
Column: Partnership, collaboration, compromise necessary to save Lake Tahoe
Aug 18, 2012, Tahoe Daily Tribune
This year's Lake Tahoe Summit theme of public-private partnerships showcased the important role they will play in future restoration efforts at Lake Tahoe. With the sun-setting of funds from Southern...
El Dorado County resource committee accepting project proposals
Aug 10, 2012, Keep Tahoe Blue News
Placerville, CA …The El Dorado County Resource Advisory Committee is accepting proposals for projects that benefit National Forest lands in El Dorado County. The deadline for applications is...
Climate impacts Lake Tahoe clarity and health
Aug 9, 2012, Keep Tahoe Blue News
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