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Lake Tahoe Celebrates Community Wildfire Preparedness All Year
Photo: Lake Tahoe forest health treatments helped alter the path of the 2022 Caldor Fire. Lake Tahoe Celebrates Community Wildfire Preparedness All Year Agencies Seek Feedback on Community Wildfire Protection Plan Contact(s): Jeff Cowen, jcowen@trpa.gov, (775)...
South Tahoe Earth Day – What a Success!
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA – On Saturday, April 22, thousands of community members gathered in the sun at Lake Tahoe Community College to celebrate Earth Day. The free, family-friendly Earth Day Festival culminated Earth Week, a week of daily challenges to reduce one’s...
$11 Million Awarded to Seven Transportation Projects
Lake Tahoe, CA/NV – The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) has awarded $11.1 million to seven critical transportation projects across the Tahoe Region, the agency announced today. The projects listed below will improve safety and advance climate resilience at Lake...
Some Delays Possible to May 1 Grading Season Start
Lake Tahoe, CA/NV – Grading and digging season for permitted projects at Lake Tahoe begins May 1, although the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) is cautioning that some projects and sites may be delayed this year due to unseasonal amounts of snow and wet...
2022 Lake Clarity Report Released
About the Report Researchers at the University of California, Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center have released the report of Lake Tahoe's clarity in 2022. The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) commissions the report every year to track changes in water...
Columns and Speeches
Improving Housing and Transportation for a Sustainable Lake Tahoe
By Joanne S. Marchetta In the blur of mixed pandemic news, it can be hard to see that we are making progress and will assuredly come out the other side of this world-altering hardship. Since the first COVID closure and the compounding reports of virus spread almost a...
Positive Momentum through Relationships for Lake Tahoe
By Mark Bruce Like many residents and visitors of Lake Tahoe, I have had the good fortune of running, hiking, swimming, skiing, dining, lodging and otherwise living in and around Lake Tahoe nearly all of my life. Tahoe has played a vital role in the development of my...
Finding Bright Spots on the Horizon
By Joanne S. Marchetta We are ready for some glad tidings this holiday season. While we look forward to the spirit of generosity and warmth the season brings, many are also hoping the New Year will deliver a meaningful reset. Propelling ourselves forward and out of...
Lake Tahoe’s Champions Built a Foundation of Trust
By Joanne S. Marchetta For more than half a century, collaboration and partnership have been the bedrock of Lake Tahoe’s preservation. I speak often of the epic collaboration needed to restore our environment and lift up our communities. The creation of the Tahoe...
Turning Lessons into Transportation Solutions
By Joanne S. Marchetta Autumn’s reflections have begun and Lake Tahoe’s forests and wildlife are preparing for the winter. While fall is generally a treasured time of year at the lake, a sense of uneasiness hangs in the crisp air as we brace for the next phase of the...
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