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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...
South Tahoe Students Explore Winter Science
Environmental Coalition Elevates Science Learning at Heavenly Mountain Resort South Lake Tahoe, CA – Two hundred and seventy middle school students are delving into the realms of science, snowmaking, winter wildlife, and snow safety this week at Heavenly...
Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Honored with Rosa Parks Award
Image: Lead staff on the Transportation Equity Study Victoria Ortiz (L) and Kira Richardson (R) accept the award on Wednesday at the WTS event in Sacramento, Calif. Sacramento, Calif. – The Sacramento chapter of Women’s Transportation Seminar International...
Renowned climate scientist to present at the Tahoe Science Center and Lake Tahoe Community College Jan. 23 Free registration for these events are sold out, but you can sill register for the livestream Zoom webinar. Tuesday, January 23 at 10 a.m. in the Tahoe Science...
Columns and Speeches
Tackling Tahoe’s Challenges Together
By Julie Regan This summer I had the pleasure of meeting with community members around the lake through a series of TRPA Talks that were both enlightening and inspiring. As I approach completion of my first year as Executive Director of the Tahoe Regional Planning...
A Call to Protect our Lake and Lands
By Julie Regan Whether you are getting out this weekend for Tahoe’s amazing fall weather or you spent time this summer on the lake, trails, and beaches, you’ve been enjoying some of Lake Tahoe’s greatest assets: hundreds of square miles of public land and water. This...
Seeing the Forest Fire for the Trees
By Kathleen McIntyre, Ph.D. Special for the Tahoe Mountain News Tahoe’s forests influence our lives in many ways. They perfect Tahoe’s scenery, offer peacefulness on a hike, and form the cornerstone of a functioning ecosystem where a healthy forest supports a healthy...
Lake Tahoe’s Turning Points
By Cindy Gustafson and Hayley Williamson Lake Tahoe has had its share of turning points. The mid 20th-century building boom was an infamous one. The rush to develop the Tahoe Basin brought about a steep decline in the lake’s world-famous clarity, which ultimately led...
Protecting Tahoe’s Iconic Clarity In Changing Times
By Julie Regan It feels like it was just a short time ago that this year’s mighty winter was still strong-arming Tahoe and the wet spring was keeping summer at bay. Now temperatures are climbing here and around the country like in Phoenix, Ariz. which earlier this...
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