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Invasive Plant Barrier Installation Complete at Popular South Shore Marsh
INTERAGENCY NEWS RELEASE Contact: Victoria Ortiz, 775-589-5251 or Lisa Herron, 530-721-3898 For Immediate Release September 6, 2023 Invasive Plant Barrier Installation Complete at Popular South Shore Marsh Public reminded to stay out of fenced areas SOUTH LAKE TAHOE,...
Chimney Beach parking lot upgrade continues East Shore corridor improvements
INTERAGENCY NEWS RELEASE Contacts: Jeff Cowen, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, 775-589-5278 Lisa Herron, USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, 530-721-3898 LAKE TAHOE, Nev./Calif. – The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) Governing Board yesterday...
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...
Columns and Speeches
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...
Earth Day Connections
By Joanne S. Marchetta Seeing blossoms and sprouts in the midst of a spring snowstorm is yet another of nature’s miracles that makes the arrival of Earth Day in the mountains so fitting. In these moments, Lake Tahoe’s ecosystem puts its flexibility and resilience on...
Tackling Tahoe’s Housing Crisis
By Joanne S. Marchetta We shape our community when we come together to care for the whole and trade problems for possibilities. Right now, sentiments in the Lake Tahoe Region around the deepening impacts of the housing crisis reveal concern for the very...
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