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18th Annual Tahoe Bike Month Is On
Lake Tahoe, CA/NV – The 18th annual Tahoe Bike Month begins June 1, with a full month of bicycling events throughout the Lake Tahoe Basin. Hosted by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) and the Lake Tahoe Bicycle Coalition, Bike Month is a basin-wide celebration...
TRPA Recognizes Six Lake Spirit Award Winners
Photo: 2023 Lake Spirit and TRPA Staff pictured (from left) are TRPA Community Engagement Manager Victoria Ortiz, Roland Shaw, Lila Peterson, Jean Diaz, Heidi Doyle, Don Lane, and TRPA Executive Director Julie Regan. Lake Tahoe, CA/NV – The Tahoe Regional...
TRPA Accepting Lottery Submissions for a Limited Number of New Pier Allocations
Lake Tahoe, CA/NV –The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) will be accepting lottery entries between June 1 and June 30 this year for the limited number of pier allocations allowed every two years under the Shoreline Plan. Adopted by the TRPA Governing Board in...
Lake Tahoe Celebrates Community Wildfire Preparedness All Year
Photo: Lake Tahoe forest health treatments helped alter the path of the 2022 Caldor Fire. Lake Tahoe Celebrates Community Wildfire Preparedness All Year Agencies Seek Feedback on Community Wildfire Protection Plan Contact(s): Jeff Cowen, jcowen@trpa.gov, (775)...
South Tahoe Earth Day – What a Success!
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA – On Saturday, April 22, thousands of community members gathered in the sun at Lake Tahoe Community College to celebrate Earth Day. The free, family-friendly Earth Day Festival culminated Earth Week, a week of daily challenges to reduce one’s...
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Preparing for Wildfire as a Community
By Julie Regan The selection of footwear by the front door says a lot about season change at Lake Tahoe. Ski boots, trail shoes, and flip flops may collide in the foyer as Tahoe reluctantly transitions to Spring. While snow piles are still clustered sporadically in...
Taking Care of Tahoe this Earth Day
By Julie Regan While we may have to wait a little longer to see wildflowers throughout the Tahoe Basin, it feels like our mountain community is breathing a spring-filled sigh of relief. As the snow berms shrink and the lake continues to fill, nature’s rhythms are...
Weathering Tahoe’s Storms
Extreme Storms Challenge Tahoe Communities and Water Quality By Julie Regan Tahoe’s perseverance has been on full display over the past weeks as residents, businesses, plow drivers, and emergency responders have managed a dangerous and exhausting confluence of...
Housing Solutions To Make Tahoe More Livable
By Julie Regan Lake Tahoe is a wonder not only because of the brilliant blue lake and towering mountains that hold it in place, but also because of the vibrant communities and people that reside here. It is incredibly rare to...
Tahoe’s Conservation Continues
By Julie Regan The recent glimpses of clear skies, frosted forests, and Lake Tahoe’s mesmerizing blue hues have a way of perfectly framing nature’s power and beauty. Amidst a series of no less than nine extreme storm systems, we find ourselves simultaneously grateful...
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