June is National Rivers Month, and the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (DEP) is getting ready to nominate Lake Tahoe and likely some of the state’s mountain streams for special protection.
Lake Tahoe
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A bald eagle holding a Lahontan cutthroat trout will be constructed of litter removed from Lake Tahoe and placed at the new Tahoe South Events Center.
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Fire restrictions are in effect for all state lands in the Lake Tahoe Basin starting May 27 and remaining in effect until further notice.
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The practice of setting bear traps in populated areas of Lake Tahoe for the purpose of obtaining DNA from the animals for use in identifying culprits of home break-ins is futile as a management tool, traumatic for the bears, and puts cubs at risk, say some animal experts.
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The shoreline clean-up of all 72 miles of Lake Tahoe was completed this week by the SCUBA team from Clean Up The Lake, a Lake Tahoe-based nonprofit.
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A public-private partnership is being praised this week after it resulted in the removal of nearly 13,000 pounds of litter from the waters just off Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shoreline over the past two years.
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STATELINE – Outdoor recreation carries its own set of risks, but those risks are worsened when…
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Bears near the Lake Tahoe basin are beginning to emerge from their winter dens and local wildlife officials say now is a crucial time for both the bears and residents to prevent ongoing bad bear behavior and damages.
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The purchase and renewal of Lake Tahoe branded license plates brought in more than $350,000 in 2021 that Nevada’s Division of State Lands said it will use to fund a number of environmental preservation and restoration projects.
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Residents of South Lake Tahoe must leave their homes after fire officials issued another round of mandatory evacuations Monday in response to the rapidly growing and barely contained Caldor Fire.