Environment

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Bi-state (California and Nevada) authority with the charter to preserve, restore, and enhance the unique natural and human environment of the Lake Tahoe region.

TahoeBMP Best Management Practices are methods to help developed properties function more like natural, undisturbed forest and meadowland. Water that is conveyed to a lake by an undisturbed watershed is usually quite pure, because the watershed's soils and plants act as a natural water purification system.

Placer Land Trust and Nature Center Information about environmental education programs and efforts to preserve open space and farmland in partnership with private land owners and other organizations, particularly land along the American River.

Nevada County Landtrust Private, non-profit membership supported conservation group working to acquire, conserve and enhance land in support of a balanced and healthy environment.

Tahoe Resource Conservation District

League to Save Lake Tahoe Dedicated to preserving the environmental balance, scenic beauty, and recreational opportunities of the Tahoe Basin. Information Centers in Tahoe City and South Lake Tahoe.

California Tahoe Conservancy Non-regulatory state agency established to provide public access to wildlands, preserve wildlife habitat areas, and manage and restore lands to protect the natural environment.

USGS: Lake Tahoe Data Clearinghouse A collection of bathymetric image, bottom of the lake,

Tahoe Research Group UC Davis' ongoing research on ecology and watershed management in the Lake Tahoe basin.

Recycling