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In Memory Of
Helen Stuart August 19, 1926 - February 19, 2024
Contractors Association of Truckee Tahoe
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Since the Gold Rush era, land reclamation projects have helped to build California, but they are also damaging the state’s 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. Here’s 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?
2023’s torrential rainstorms have eased California's drought conditions. But there’s 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. Here’s how they work and how to start one.
What do resource conservation districts protect? Pretty much everything that’s worth saving.
Residential wells are drying up in the state’s main agricultural region at the same time that agricultural businesses consume almost 90 percent of the water there.
From Tahoe Daily Tribune...
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 than one way.
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 health of the lake.
From Sierra Sun...
The Tahoe City Public Utility District (TCPUD) Board of Directors recently approved the expansion of its Water Rate Assistance Program. The expanded program is intended to provide water rate assistance to more TCPUD water customers, with discounts of up to 50%.
From Tahoe Guide...
Clean Up the Lake has removed 1,526 lbs. of submerged litter from Donner Lake over the last few months. The dive team removed more than half a ton of the litter in 18 dives conducted over 11 days, according to a press release.
From Local News Matters...
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From San Joaquin Valley Sun...
Transforming sagebrush-choked meadows and degraded land into flourishing meadows and canyons is a process that can take years to see through. From the first Truckee River Day event in 1996 to now, the Truckee Rivershed Water Council (TRWC) has partnered with organizations like the U.S. Forest Service and California State Parks to restore and revitalize the watershed and river.
The South Tahoe Public Utility District works around the clock to provide our mountain community with safe, clean drinking water, water for firefighting and reliable wastewater services to protect Lake Tahoe.
The Truckee Donner Public Utility District, a cornerstone of the local community, capped 2024 with a series of significant achievements, laying the groundwork for a sustainable and resilient future. General Manager Brian Wright walked the Sun through a comprehensive look at the district's accomplishments, challenges, and aspirations, highlighting its role as a locally governed nonprofit dedicated to meeting the unique needs of Truckee residents.
The Tahoe basin snowpack is near normal levels for this time of year, but a drier forecast looms that may challenge that following Friday's storm.
Nearly 30 years ago, unseasonably warm rains melted the snowpack in the Truckee, Carson, and Walker Rivers, bursting over their banks and eventually covering almost 64,000 acres of land over the course of three days. While agencies disagree about how often floods of that size will occur in the area, one thing is for certain—climate change will only make it worse. Now, scientists at the University of Nevada, Reno are developing computer modeling to help cities on the Sierra Nevada front deal with these worsening flood impacts.
A new book by award-winning author and 50-year Lake Tahoe resident David C. Antonucci brings the reader comprehensive and understandable coverage of Tahoe's ancient, diverse, and complex geology.
The Middle Truckee River Watershed Forest Partnership (MTRWFP) is celebrating the results of the first full year of active projects, all of which are focused on reducing the occurrence of severe wildfire within the forests of the Truckee River Watershed.
From The Mercury News...
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