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āSentencedā Event at the Lake Tahoe Documentary Film Festival!
Sentenced was showcased at the Lake Tahoe Documentary Film Festival, where
Community Emergency Radio Association
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Since the Gold Rush era, land reclamation projects have helped to build California, but they are also damaging the stateās environment for people, plants and animals by eliminating essential wetlands.
California has used reclamation districts to turn millions of acres of unusable swamps into fertile agricultural land, starting in the earliest days of the Gold Rush. Hereās how it happened.
Almost one million California residents are forced to drink from contaminated water supplies, or pay for bottled water. Economic inequality makes the crisis worse. What is the state doing to fix it?
2023ās torrential rainstorms have eased California's drought conditions. But thereās a lot more to drought than the amount of rain, and this drought isn't over yet.
Community service districts can do most anything a city government can do. Hereās how they work and how to start one.
What do resource conservation districts protect? Pretty much everything thatās worth saving.
Residential wells are drying up in the stateās main agricultural region at the same time that agricultural businesses consume almost 90 percent of the water there.
From Mountain Democrate...
From Tahoe Daily Tribune...
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced the award of $7.5 million in grants for 10 projects that support public recreational boating access to state waterways, including several in the Lake Tahoe basin.
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. ā A precautionary boil water notice has been issued for residents on the Heavenly mountainside of Pioneer Trail between Ski Run Blvd and Fern Road. The boil water advisory is issued out of an abundance of caution and is expected to be resolved within 48 hours.
From South Tahoe Now...
From Mountain Democrat...
From Folsom Telegraph...
City officials last month approved $50 million in bonds to pay for water and sewer infrastructure in growing Folsom Ranch south of Highway 50.
Viewers of the "Guardians of Lake Tahoe: A Dive into Aquatic Conservation" webinar were treated to the unique experience of diving in the Emerald Forest, a part of the Emerald Bay filled with submerged trees and remnants of avalanches past. The California State Parks hosted a livestream of diver and state park interpreter Jeremy Lin as he performed an invasive species survey and explained the importance of preserving and protecting Lake Tahoe.
A peak under the bottom barriers at the Taylor and Tallac creeks and marshes reveal the mats successfully treated 17 acres of aquatic invasive plants in one of Tahoe's largest aquatic invasive species control projects ever undertaken.
From Folsom Times...
Water officials at the El Dorado County Irrigation District are awaiting test results from the waters of Folsom Lake after a pipeline break in a nearby residential neighborhood sent raw sewage into the reservoir.
The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) partnered with the California State Lands Commission this summer to begin removing illegally placed concrete mooring blocks and attached buoys from the bottom of Lake Tahoe.
Before considerable scientific research by Western Nevada College Professor of Geosciences Dr. Winnie Kortemeier, it was understood that Lake Tahoe, the largest alpine lake in North America, was created during the Pleistocene era, also known as the Ice Age, roughly 10,000 to 2.6 million years ago. Through her radiometric dating of rocks and examining the basalt that has interacted with the water of Lake Tahoe, Dr. Kortemeier has determined that the lake is 2.3 million years old.
AT&T has announced it will resume removal of the controversial lead-clad cables in Lake Tahoe.
The City of South Lake Tahoe Mayor, Cody Bass, invited residents and visitors to take responsibility as stewards of the Lake Tahoe Basin at the city's State of the City address, held at the Beach Retreat and Lodge Conference Center, Tuesday, Sept. 17.
From Los Angeles Times...
From Tahoe Guide...
Tahoe is full of amazing beaches, hiking and mountain biking trails and sights to enjoy. Whether you spend a day exploring Tahoeās sights or a week (or more), youāll never run out of things to do.
River District Citizens Advisory Committee to discuss the proposed plan at Aug. 26 meeting
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