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By Elise Matera, UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center Lake Tahoe is blue because it is deep and contains little algae. While Tahoe is also famously clear, UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC) scientist Shohei Watanabe discovered in 2015 …

From Tahoe Network of Fire Adapted Communities Although Winter Storm Watches and Winter Storm Warnings may be done for the year, it's time to get ready for the other type of weather alert: wildfire. Issued by different agencies, sometimes wildfire …

Story courtesy Clean Up the Lake Clean Up The Lake is a local Tahoe-based nonprofit that is focused on fighting back against plastic and all forms of pollution in our global environment. What differentiates the organization from others is that …

In May, Lake Tahoe watercraft inspectors have identified numerous boats carrying harmful aquatic invasive species and added them to the list of boats that had to be decontaminated before launching, according to the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and the Tahoe …

Californians Against Waste was one of the main advocates behind SB 1383, which requires California to divert 75 percent of its organic waste from landfills. California Local talked to CAW’s Nick Lapis to learn more about what it does and …

In 2022, California trash haulers will begin turning millions of tons of methane-emitting organic waste into a new cash crop: compost.

It's a beautiful day in Tahoe as I set out for a late afternoon walk in the woods. Three miles into my walk, I hold four bags of dog poop left sitting along the trail. The following day it's a …

Tahoe Weekly’s Priya Hunter offers deep reporting and her personal perspective on a serious trash problem that has roiled Lake Tahoe and the mountain communities that surround it since last summer.

What is California’s Forest Management Task Force and what does it do?

This year's dry lightning storms left the state scrambling to for climate change solutions.