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The High Cost of Fixing Lake Tahoe: Famed Alpine Lake Still Murky After Decades of Efforts

03/18/2025

Billions of state and federal dollars are spent on Lake Tahoe. But is all this attention actually protecting this unique treasure? Pollutants pour in, while development continues. Funding has shifted in focus to tourism and traffic projects, while money spent directly on fixing the lake has declined.

The Story Behind That Big Water Release

03/12/2025

Read on to learn the story behind the Army Corps of Engineers abrupt release of billions of gallons of water from two California dams despite pushback from water managers and state elected officials.

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Federal Ruling on Clean Water Quality Act Won’t Change STPUD Practices

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – Last Tuesday, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in favor of San Francisco, making it harder for the Environmental Protection Agency to police sewage discharges like San Francisco's discharge of sewage into the Pacific Ocean during …

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TRPA’s Environmental Threshold Evaluation Shows Improvements in Standards, New Long-Term Goals

LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. – The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency's (TRPA) environmental threshold evaluation report, which monitors the regional plan's environmental factors across 140 indicators, shows that in 2019 to 2023, 75% of the indicators trended positively. The results of the …

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Clean Up the Lake Premieres Docu-Series “What Lies Beneath”

Removing litter from Marlette Lake. | Clean Up the Lake
A new documentary series “What Lies Beneath” focused on scuba diving to remediate and protect freshwater lakes, will also focus on hidden history, protect artifacts, educate and shine the light …

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Recent Storm Significantly Boosts Snowpack

GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA, Nev. / Calif. – The most recent storm mid-February has resurrected snowpack levels after January's dry spell pulled numbers considerably below normal.

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‘Snow Drought’ Plagues Mountains Despite Recent Storms

GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA, Calif. / Nev. – Hydrologists aren't holding their breath for a normal snowpack this winter. The Nevada Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) says the Lake Tahoe Basin and surrounding regions are experiencing a snow drought in more …

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State Water Project Increases 2025 Allocation Forecast

On Jan. 28, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced an update to the State Water Project allocation forecast for 2025. Original article published at Rancho Cordova Independent

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County Ratifies Local Emergency Status Involving East Sacramento Levee

The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors has ratified a Proclamation of Emergency in response to what is being cited as significant uncontrolled levee erosion along a stretch of levee east of Dillard Road and south of Highway 16 in east …

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TRPA Sends Barton a Cease-and-Desist During Weekend Storm

STATELINE, Nev. – After a winter storm dumped more rain into the Basin after a relatively dry winter, Barton Hospital's new site on Highway 50 had increased stormwater runoff—a major concern for both those in the nearby neighborhood and the …

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Delta Communities, Regional Fishing Groups, Startled by New Presidential Executive Orders

Trump backs Newsom's Delta plans in a big way, but are the President's sweeping anti-environmental orders so broad that the Governor and other California leaders...

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Water is a human right under California law, but it doesn’t always work out that way.
Agriculture and Water Shortages in the State’s Breadbasket, Explained
There are many causes contributing to this crisis. And as you may already know, this situation really is nuts.
RCDs look after the land, whether it’s used for grazing, growing, or getting out into nature.
California Dirt
RCDs were created to avoid a repeat of the Dust Bowl. Now they work with landowners to preserve the air, water and natural habitats that sustain us all.
There are more than 300 community service districts in California.
Community Services Districts, Explained
Areas that the county overlooks can form their own local governments.
Just because record rains have been falling, the state’s water crisis remains.
What Is Drought? Probably Not What You Think
Recent torrential rains have helped, but California's drought is a long way from over.
From nitrates to arsenic to “forever chemicals,” California’s water supply faces a serious pollution threat.
Dirty Water: California Faces a Water Contamination Crisis
In a state that declares water a “human right,” more than 2 percent of its residents have no drinkable water.
How California reclamation districts turned millions of acres of wetlands into fertile agricultural land, starting in the earliest days of the Gold Rush.
Reclamation Districts: Turning ‘Swamps’ Into Farmland
From its earliest days as a state, California has been trying to turn marshes into productive land.
Since the Gold Rush era, land reclamation has cost California 90 percent of its wetlands.
How Land Reclamation Hurts California’s Environment
The hidden price tag of “reclaiming” swamps and marshes as usable land.
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