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2025 Lake Tahoe Mooring Lottery Open Through January 31
Lake Tahoe, Nev./Calif. – The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) is now accepting lottery entries from lakefront property owners for new moorings for the 2025 mooring lottery drawing, the agency announced today. Under the Lake Tahoe Shoreline Plan, TRPA must...
Aquatic Invasive Species Program Confronts New Threats
2024 Boating Season in Review Lake Tahoe, Nev./Calif. — As the Lake Tahoe boating and paddling season wraps up, agencies leading the Lake Tahoe Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) program are tallying up the 2024 watercraft inspection season and taking stock of the...
Invasive Golden Mussel Found in Bay-Delta near Stockton
Invasive Golden Mussel Found in Bay-Delta near Stockton; Tahoe on High Alert Lake Tahoe, Calif. – Last week California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) discovered golden mussels that could significantly damage the ecology of waterbodies in the Bay-Delta near...
Governing Board Welcomes New General Counsel
Lake Tahoe, Stateline, Nev. - The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) Governing Board today has hired attorney Graham St. Michel as the agency's General Counsel to oversee compliance cases, violation settlements, and other legal issues for the bi-state agency. He...
Homewood Mountain Resort Announcement
The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) is aware of the announcement made by Homewood Mountain Resort on October 11 of their decision to remain closed for the 2024-2025 winter season. The agency has been working with Homewood management, partner agencies, and...
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Staying Tahoe Strong this Wildfire Season
By Julie Regan The warming weather and rapidly melting snow around Tahoe are welcome signs that summer is on its way. As wet and green as things are, now is the time to be extra vigilant and to prepare for wildfire season. Meteorologists are predicting that...
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...
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