Tahoe Truckee Region Sustainability Articles

STORY BY UC DAVIS TERC The UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC) has partnered with Palisades Tahoe and Protect Our Winters on an educational campaign to increase public awareness and understanding of the negative effects of climate change to …

On a recent cross-country ski at Prosser Reservoir, a popular area for recreating, a friend and I found ourselves at the top of the hill overlooking the frozen reservoir. The ground was littered with tiny pieces of plastic wrappers blowing …

2021 saw the biggest single day of fundraising in the history of Give Back Tahoe, launched by the Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation in 2014.

Keep Truckee Green has added a food compost bin at Mountain Hardware on Donner Pass Road for food scraps only. The food compost bin is open year-round in the rear parking lot off Forest Lane. Bins are also available year-round …

LA Times staff writer Louis Sahagun reports from the front lines of the battle to preserve California’s most endangered species.

Comstock’s reporter Jennifer Junghans learns about some innovative solutions to the problem of ice on winter roads.

What do resource conservation districts protect? Pretty much everything that’s worth saving.

In a comprehensive six-part series, resident Tahoe Weekly historian Mark McLaughlin explores ‘Who Owns the Water in Lake Tahoe & Truckee River?’

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.

By Erin Holland, North Tahoe Fire Protection District Editor’s Note: Items that are allowed or restricted may change daily depending on conditions, so be aware of where you are and what restrictions are in place at each location. Understanding what …

By Meghan Christie Our future depends on the watershed. Its future depends on us. The 435-square-mile Middle Truckee River Watershed is vital to all life in our area. The watershed provides habitat for hundreds of species: fish, including the famous …

Trash, trash, trash. It’s everywhere. On a walk in the woods, a bike ride on the trail, a day at the beach, it doesn’t matter where I go, garbage abounds. Empty beer cans, food wrappers, plastic bags, dog poops bags, …

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 …

A pandemic-fueled real estate boom has exploded in the Tahoe-Truckee region. Mountain Housing Council is working to ensure that locals can keep their own little slices of heaven.