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TRPA Board Welcomes New Presidential Appointee
Lake Tahoe, NV/CA – During its monthly meeting last Wednesday, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) Governing Board welcomed Meghan Hays as the newly appointed U.S. Presidential representative to the board and adopted a resolution in appreciation of the service...
Lake Tahoe Summit Returns to Kings Beach August 9
The 27th annual Lake Tahoe Summit will be held on August 9, 2023, at the Kings Beach Recreation Area from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. This year’s summit will highlight Tahoe’s Environmental Improvement Program, a successful bipartisan, bi-state collaboration among local,...
TRPA Announces Evening Talks with Executive Director
TRPA Announces Evening Talks with Executive Director Originally posted July 12, 2023 Lake Tahoe, CA/NV – Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) is hosting additional community conversations following the recent morning coffee talks held earlier this summer, according...
18th Annual Tahoe Bike Month Draws Record Participants
Lake Tahoe wins from the long-running, friendly challenge and local events Contact: Kira Smith, ksmith@trpa.gov, 775-589-5236 Lake Tahoe Bicycle Coalition: info@tahoebike.org Stateline, NV – With a record number of participants this year, the 18th annual Tahoe...
$3 Million in Transformative Housing Grants Awarded to the Tahoe Region
NEWS RELEASE Contact: Victoria Ortiz, 775-589-5251 For Immediate Release July 6, 2023 Lake Tahoe, NV/CA –Affordable housing in the Lake Tahoe Region is getting a boost thanks to a $2.4 million grant from the California Department of Housing and Community Development...
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Protecting Our Waters From Aquatic Invasive Species
By Hayley Williamson Tahoe’s boat inspectors delivered some excellent news this month. This boating season, we experienced one of the lowest years on record of boats detected with dangerous quagga and zebra mussels—this following several years of troubling increases....
Tahoe Summit Praises Partnerships
Tahoe Summit Praises Partnerships By Cindy Gustafson No matter where you stand in the Tahoe Basin, you are in a place that has benefited from one of the largest landscape-scale conservation programs in the nation. The Lake Tahoe Environmental Improvement Program, or...
Tahoe is a Gift
By Mark F. Bruce Even with a light haze of wildfire smoke creeping into the Tahoe Basin, the joys of summer in Tahoe are in full swing. Following a challenging couple of years full of wildfire, evacuations, severe smoke, and pandemic unease, we have a lot to be...
Carrying Epic Collaboration Forward
By Joanne S. Marchetta Over the past decade and a half working to protect and restore Lake Tahoe, I’ve learned many lessons. The first is that being paralyzed by our differences has dire consequences for the lake and our communities. Doing nothing is not an option....
Making the Shift to Destination Stewardship
By Joanne S. Marchetta As we shake off the traces of winter, the Lake Tahoe Region is beginning to feel the hopeful enthusiasm of the coming summer. Adding to the optimism is the newly developed partnership advancing what will be the first Lake Tahoe Destination...
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