Take care of Tahoe’s trails: Practice Leave No Trace Principles
The Tahoe Sierra is blessed with a plethora of beautiful trails for hiking and mountain biking. When lots of people descend on those trails,...
The scoop on dog poop, Filthy, stinky and as toxic as insecticides
It's a beautiful day in Tahoe as I set out for a late afternoon walk in the woods. Three miles into my walk, I...
Protect Tahoe’s black bears: Stash food, trash to avoid conflicts
Courtesy BearWise
Bears’ internal alarm clocks start ringing in March, with many adult male bears already emerging or emerging soon from their dens. Next to...
The high cost of fixing Lake Tahoe: Famed alpine lake still murky after decades...
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by Julie...
More than half a ton of litter removed from Donner Lake
Clean Up the Lake has removed 1,526 lbs. of submerged litter from Donner Lake over the last few months. The dive team removed more...
Report trash issues
Residents and visitors in the Tahoe Sierra can report trash issues from illegal dumps to broken sled trash at sled hills by using the...
AT&T to remove cables from lake
AT&T has reached a settlement, subject to court approval, with the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) in a lawsuit, originally filed in January 2021,...
Not much trash in Boca, Stampede
Clean Up the Lake and The Martis Fund have concluded a pilot research initiative that has yielded more positive results than anticipated. After completing...
State of the Lake: Climate change impacts Tahoe’s health
Microplastics, wildfire smoke, changes in temperature, vast swings in lake clarity from winter to summer, and an increase in rain-on-snow events caused by long-term...
Plastics 60% of July 4th trash
The League to Save Lake Tahoe recently released its findings from July 5 beach cleanups compiled over the last 11 years revealing that 60...
