http://keeptahoeblue.com Read More]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 13:00:00 -0500 Read More]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 04:00:00 -0500 STATELINE – While the South Shore Area Plan for Douglas County doesn’t come with a project per se; it is the map for which one could seek approval. ... Read More]]> Sat, 18 May 2013 13:00:00 -0500 Read More]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 13:00:00 -0500 Another invasive species is encroaching on Lake Tahoe Basin waters. Three New Zealand mudsnails were found in the Truckee River near Reno earlier this spring, increasing the chances the invasive species could migrate to the basin. “It’s certainly bad news,” said Tahoe Regional... Read More]]> Thu, 16 May 2013 16:00:00 -0500 South Lake Tahoe, Calif.  –With the summer season approaching, agencies are asking residents and visitors to practice proper food storage and trash disposal when living in or visiting bear country. ... Read More]]> Thu, 16 May 2013 14:00:00 -0500 Plastic bags pollute our waterways and kill wildlife. Now they are history in hundreds of communities around the nation. You can help South Lake Tahoe to do the same by encouraging the South Lake Tahoe City Council to adopt a Bring-Your-Own-Bag Ordinance on June 11. Keep Tahoe Blue and trash... Read More]]> Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:00 -0500 South Lake Tahoe, Calif. – The Forest Service will hold a meeting Thursday, May 30, 2013, to answer questions and provide information about its Upper Truckee River restoration project. The project area is located east of the Lake Tahoe Airport runway and west of the Washoan subdivision in the... Read More]]> Wed, 15 May 2013 14:00:00 -0500 Read More]]> Tue, 14 May 2013 20:00:00 -0500 Read More]]> Tue, 14 May 2013 18:00:00 -0500 Read More]]> Tue, 14 May 2013 15:00:00 -0500 Tahoe’s black bears regularly come into neighborhoods all around the lake, searching for food. With humans living in the forest, we have all become neigh-bears, creating a need to peacefully co-exist. ... Read More]]> Mon, 13 May 2013 17:00:00 -0500 Read More]]> Sat, 04 May 2013 18:00:00 -0500 Read More]]> Thu, 02 May 2013 13:00:00 -0500 There could be more fires burning in the hills this year, and that’s a good thing.From the forested terrain north of Reno south to the California line and beyond, crews with the U.S. Forest Service plan to significantly step up the use of deliberately set fire. That means folks can expect... Read More]]> Thu, 02 May 2013 12:00:00 -0500 Read More]]> Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:00:00 -0500 With Lake Tahoe’s temperature hovering around 40 degrees, it’s a little too cold to spend much time in the water. But with the sun out and little wind, spring is a fine time to paddle around on the water. Read more. Read More]]> Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:00:00 -0500 Placer County Board of Supervisors received a progress report last week about the Lake Tahoe Basin Community Plans. Primary efforts include consolidating the nine current Tahoe Basin Plans with one overarching community plan and four local area plans. In consolidating the existing community plans ... Read More]]> Sun, 28 Apr 2013 16:00:00 -0500 As the Nevada Senate did Monday night, the Assembly is expected to pass legislation repealing Nevada’s threat to pull out of the bi-state Tahoe Regional Planning Agency compact. ... Read More]]> Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:00:00 -0500 PYRAMID LAKE, Nev. — For most fishermen a 20-pound trout is a trophy, but for Paiute tribe members and fish biologists here the one Matt Ceccarelli caught was a victory.That Lahontan cutthroat trout he caught last year, a remnant of a strain that is possibly the largest native trout in North... Read More]]> Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:00:00 -0500 South Lake Tahoe, CA – The League to Save Lake Tahoe today received a grant from Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) as part of a $3 million Wells Fargo Environmental Solutions for Communities grant program across 64 community-based nonprofits nationwide to help support land and water... Read More]]> Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:00:00 -0500 No one is counting the beavers in the Lake Tahoe Basin. No one knows if the population is growing, decreasing or has stayed stagnant through the decades. No one is even managing them. ... Read More]]> Sun, 21 Apr 2013 14:00:00 -0500 South Lake Tahoe, Calif.  –The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will soon begin the annual process of opening recreational facilities around the Lake Tahoe Basin.  Campgrounds, beaches, and forest roads generally open in mid-May, weather permitting.  The... Read More]]> Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:00:00 -0500 How would Nevada lawmakers respond to a threat from another state or the federal government? ... Read More]]> Sat, 13 Apr 2013 10:00:00 -0500 An early spring is bringing one of the Lake Tahoe Basin’s large predators up to altitude a little sooner than normal. ... Read More]]> Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:00:00 -0500 Read More]]> Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:00:00 -0500 Lake Tahoe – April is Earth Month at Aveda, and salons in the Northern California and Northern Nevada area have once again partnered with the League to Save Lake Tahoe to help raise money to Keep Tahoe Blue. ... Read More]]> Wed, 03 Apr 2013 16:00:00 -0500 Read More]]> Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:00:00 -0500 INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — Boating season is nearly here, so it’s time to start thinking about getting your boat prepared for the first outing. Nobody wants to spread aquatic invasive species into the pristine waters of Lake Tahoe. ... Read More]]> Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:00:00 -0500 Read More]]> Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:00:00 -0500 Now, we have to make sure that it passes. Special interests who stand to benefit if Lake Tahoe loses its environmental protections will fight hard to stop this bill. Nevada legislators need to hear from you. If you have not already done so, sign this petition to tell our elected officials that Lake... Read More]]> Sun, 31 Mar 2013 18:00:00 -0500 As a member of the committee that’s brainstorming for Placer County’s planning effort, I’ve heard quite a few rumors about what we’re doing and how it all works. Lots of those rumors aren’t accurate, so here is my attempt to describe what this process has been like... Read More]]> Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:00:00 -0500 A remarkable political duel is playing out over Lake Tahoe, the azure lake that for four decades has been jointly regulated by the two states that share its spectacular shoreline, California and Nevada. ... Read More]]> Mon, 25 Mar 2013 08:00:00 -0500 Read More]]> Thu, 21 Mar 2013 09:00:00 -0500 Do you want a say in how tall and dense the buildings will be in your town or where open space will be created or built upon? ... Read More]]> Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:00:00 -0500 A whole lot of brown gunk is coming out of storm pipes that flow into Lake Tahoe. While that isn’t news, greater awareness is being brought to the issue. ... Read More]]> Mon, 18 Mar 2013 08:00:00 -0500 FALLON, Nev. — Aquatic invasive species are on notice — at not just at Lake Tahoe or Donner Lake. The Bureau of Reclamation, Nevada Department of Wildlife and other entities are making a pre-emptive strike on quagga mussels at Lahontan, Rye Patch and Wildhorse reservoirs. Boaters th... Read More]]> Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:00:00 -0500 South Lake Tahoe, Calif. – Someone’s stealing copper from Forest Service facilities on the South Shore, and the agency’s turning to the public for help in stopping the costly crimes. The thieves have targeted restrooms at Kiva Picnic Area, Fallen Leaf Campground, and Pope and... Read More]]> Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:00:00 -0500 LAKE TAHOE — Nevada legislators introduced a bill Monday to repeal an effort to pull the state out of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. ... Read More]]> Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:00:00 -0500 Raising the level of discussion about dozens of storm drain pipes entering Lake Tahoe is one of the goals of a volunteer program recently established by the League to Save Lake Tahoe. ... Read More]]> Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:00:00 -0500 For years, people on the South Shore have gathered to give voice to what they want their community to evolve into. Tuesday night was another opportunity to do more of the same. ... Read More]]> Wed, 06 Mar 2013 09:00:00 -0600 Read More]]> Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:00:00 -0600 Even as the arguments over an update to the Lake Tahoe regional plan head to the courts, recent tests on the clarity of the lake offer reason to hope that decades of work reverse declines are paying off.The University of California, Davis Environmental Research Center and the Tahoe Regional... Read More]]> Sun, 03 Mar 2013 15:00:00 -0600 Placer County supervisors approved a plan Tuesday that is expected to keep many thousands of pounds of fine sediment from entering Lake Tahoe. ... Read More]]> Fri, 01 Mar 2013 13:00:00 -0600 Lake Tahoe’s clarity improved in 2012 for the second year in a row, and its waters were the clearest in 10 years, according to University of California, Davis, scientists who study the lake.   ... Read More]]> Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:00:00 -0600 The League to Save Lake Tahoe will be giving a presentation on the evenings of March 13th and 14th about Pipe Keepers, a new volunteer monitoring program.Pipe Keepers is a volunteer based monitoring program that examines turbidity (clarity) of water that enters Lake Tahoe and its tributaries through... Read More]]> Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:00:00 -0600 At Lake Tahoe, goldfish are an invasive species. On the Internet, they're viral.Following a story by television station KCRA last week, hundreds of news outlets from around the world picked up the story about Lake Tahoe being home turf for giant goldfish.And it's true. Researches have known for ... Read More]]> Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:00:00 -0600 SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — The California Tahoe Conservancy has released a draft plan for a proposed restoration of Lake Tahoe's largest remaining wetland, the Upper Truckee Marsh.The restoration project would be the largest ever in the Lake Tahoe Basin, according to CTC Executive Director... Read More]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:00:00 -0600 Read More]]> Sun, 24 Feb 2013 15:00:00 -0600 South Lake Tahoe, Calif.,--The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin and Heavenly Mountain Resort are offering Ski with a Ranger en Español.  Spanish Ski with a Ranger brings awareness of environmental issues to the local and visiting Latino community.  Spanish Ski with a Ranger... Read More]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:00:00 -0600