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Nominations Open for Best in Basin Awards
Image: Natural buffers separate a stormwater infiltration pond and manicured links at Edgewood golf course in Stateline, Nev. The 2016 Best in Basin winner filters stormwater from a public highway while also protecting the pond from fertilizers. 31st annual awards...
Team Tahoe in DC to Support Renewal of Tahoe Restoration Act
Members of Team Tahoe on the steps of The Capitol, Washington D.C. See names below. March 13, 2024 Lake Tahoe leaders, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) and partner agency staff, scientists, and representatives of the private, non-profit, and business communities...
Historic Land Acquisition Will Protect Upper Truckee Marsh and Lake Tahoe
State and Tahoe Partners Celebrate to Remove Development from Environmentally Sensitive Land to Protect Water Quality and Restore River South Lake Tahoe, Calif.—The California Tahoe Conservancy joins with its funding partners—the California Wildlife...
2023 Annual Report Released
The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency presented its 2023 Annual Report to the Governing Board at its regular monthly meeting today. The agency made major strides last year in addressing many of the biggest challenges facing the Lake Tahoe Region. The vision of the...
TRPA Plans Vigorous Defense Of Affordable Housing Policies
Lake Tahoe CA/NV – The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) is planning a vigorous defense of a lawsuit filed last Friday against affordable and workforce housing policy changes adopted for the Lake Tahoe Region in December 2023, TRPA General Counsel John Marshall...
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Earth Day Brings Community and Environment Together
By Cindy Gustafson The commitment we all share to protect and restore Lake Tahoe exemplifies the very essence of Earth Day. The global event celebrates actions big and small to save our planet and expresses the interconnectedness of people, communities, and the...
The Call to Protect Lake Tahoe Echoes Across the Nation
By Julie Regan Lake Tahoe has protectors just about everywhere in this great nation. Last week, TRPA representatives joined a coalition of Lake Tahoe supporters in Washington D.C. to urge the extension of a key piece of legislation that has been pivotal in Lake...
Confronting Existential Threats with Modern Solutions
By Julie Regan People’s connections with Lake Tahoe have always run deep. For the Washoe Tribe, the lake is the center of the world, both geographically and spiritually. According to tribal elders, there is no distinction between the health of the land and the health...
Working Together Toward Progress in 2024
By Julie Regan What a difference a year makes. This time last winter, many of us delighted in a promising snowpack, unaware that we were facing what would become the heaviest winter in more than 70 years. It was a tough one, even for some of us who survived the 1997...
Affordable housing policy updates are an important step in fixing the housing crisis at Tahoe
By Vince Hoenigman First and foremost, there is widespread agreement that Lake Tahoe is at a tipping point. Our lake is threatened on multiple fronts and the housing affordability crisis is driving local residents out of the basin. It is causing more pollution from...
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