Tahoe Truckee Region Local Environment News Articles

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Environment Land Use & Development Housing

04/26/2023
Image for display with article titled Future Of California at Risk While Landmark CEQA Law Remains Unchanged

By almost any measure, the balance between advancing projects critical to California's future and environmental protection under the California Environmental Quality Act has been lost. The failure to reform CEQA is not for a lack of knowing what the solutions are.

From Tahoe Daily Tribune...

Environment Water Sustainability Keep Tahoe Blue

Keeping Tahoe Blue: 65 Years of History

04/23/2023
The mantra “Keep Tahoe Blue” has become synonymous with the region. But far fewer people know the history of the movement it represents. Here’s a glimpse of the story behind the sticker.

From The Mercury News...

Environment Water Sustainability

California Snowpack Data Debunked: 2023 Was No Record Year

04/23/2023
And neither was 1952. The top honor should really go to 1983, which clinched first at 231% of normal, an analysis by the Bay Area News Group found.

From CalMatters...

Environment Families & Children Sustainability

Earth Day Contest Highlights: Youth Sound the Alarm

04/17/2023
From brainy write-ups to passionate pleas for reform, here are selected excerpts from CalMatters' Earth Day op-ed contest.

From Sierra Sun...

Environment Land Use & Development Sustainability

North Tahoe Preservation Alliance to Host First Meeting

04/16/2023
The North Tahoe Preservation Alliance invites locals to attend a meeting in response to Placer County and TRPA's proposed Tahoe Basin Area Plan code amendments.

From Sierra Sun...

Environment Water

Lake Tahoe’s Clarity the Best It’s Been Since 1980s

04/12/2023
For the last five months of 2022, Lake Tahoe was the clearest it has been since the 1980s. That is due in part to a resurgence of the lake's native zooplankton.

From Tahoe Daily Tribune...

Education Environment Water Sports

Circumnavigate Lake Tahoe for Science

04/11/2023
The UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center is sponsoring its third annual circumnavigation of Lake Tahoe, a kayaking journey that takes place June 19-25.

From YubaNet...

Public Safety Environment Resilience

Ripple Effect on Fire-Resilient Forests

04/06/2023
The 275,000-acre North Yuba Landscape within California’s Tahoe National Forest is one of the largest contiguous unburned areas in the Sierra Nevada. The Forest Service and a group of eight partners are working to implement a Wildfire Crisis Strategy in the area.

From YubaNet...

Environment Water Sustainability

California’s Carbon-Storing Pine Forests May Not Come Back

04/06/2023
According to a new study, ponderosa pine forests in the Sierra Nevada that were wiped out by western pine beetles won’t recover to pre-drought densities. But there’s less risk of another huge die-off this century because the bark beetles will have fewer host trees.

From Tahoe Daily Tribune...

Environment Water History

Emerald Bay and Its Frozen History

03/25/2023
“The Lake of the Sky” is grabbing attention this winter for more than one reason. Emerald Bay froze completely, including the inlet, for the first time in many years.

From CalMatters...

Environment Water

Ghostly Tulare Lake Will Be Revived This Year

03/14/2023
California was once home to the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River, but Tulare Lake disappeared as water was diverted to irrigate crops. This year, however, the lake will once again re-emerge.

From Tahoe Daily Tribune...

Environment Water

Lake Tahoe Flips for the First Time Since 2018-19

03/10/2023
What does flipping mean? It means Lake Tahoe’s waters fully mixed vertically from top to bottom. While this is an annual event in shallower lakes, with Tahoe’s 1,640-foot depth, it’s a less common occurrence.

From Tahoe Daily Tribune...

Environment Resilience

Winter Season Among Biggest Ever for Tahoe

03/04/2023
Lake Tahoe is in the midst of one of its snowiest seasons ever. A multi-day blizzard dropped more than 10 feet, and another storm has entered the region.

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Economy & Jobs Government Environment

Storms Could Make Newsom’s Budget Problems Worse

03/03/2023
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Extended tax deadlines for storm-hit counties could create a cash-flow issue.

From CalMatters...

Environment Water Sustainability State of California

Why Is Sites Reservoir Still on the Drawing Board?

02/26/2023
A $4.4 billion project on the Sacramento River to add dams and store more water that will be sent south, the Sites Reservoir is still years away from completion. The final environmental report is expected this year.

From YubaNet...

Environment Sustainability

Study Reveals Climate-Related Crisis for Conifer Forests

02/22/2023
A new Stanford-led study shows that about a fifth of all Sierra Nevada conifer forests are a “mismatch” for their regions’ warming weather. These “zombie forests” are likely to be replaced other tree species after one of California’s increasingly frequent catastrophic wildfires.

From Tahoe Daily Tribune...

Environment Animals

USFWS to Weigh Listing Sierra Nevada Spotted Owl

02/22/2023
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list the California spotted owl population in the Sierra Nevada as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

From Sierra Sun...

Environment Animals

‘The Backyard Bear’: Truckee Local Shoots Footage for Documentary

02/17/2023
Tahoe residents are all too familiar with the black bears that inhabit the basin, but a lot of time and resources go toward educating visitors and newbies.

From Tahoe Daily Tribune...

Environment Families & Children Sustainability

Environmental Center Creates Educational App

02/11/2023
Tahoe Tessie isn’t real but climate change is. That’s the tagline for “Find Tahoe Tessie,” an augmented reality game app developed by UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center.

From Sierra Sun...

Environment Public Safety

Survey Detects 36 Million Dead Trees

02/07/2023
A report from the USDA Forest Service reveals about 36.3 million trees across 2.6 million acres of federal, state and private land died in California in 2022.

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