California Tahoe Conservancy

09/14/2026

Join us for the Annual Great Sierra River Cleanup @ Pope Beach! 💙

On Saturday, September 19, volunteers across the Sierra Nevada will come together to remove litter from our lands and waterways to protect the places we love.

📍 Pope Beach, South Lake Tahoe
🗓️ Saturday, September 19 (9am – 12pm)

This cleanup is part of the Great Sierra River Cleanup and California Coastal Cleanup Day, bringing communities together across California to reduce litter and plastic pollution.

A big thank you to our partners, U.S. Forest Service - Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, ExplorUS , and Sierra Nevada Alliance, for helping make this cleanup possible. 💙

RSVP: keeptahoeblue.org/events

09/09/2026

The U.S. Forest Service is hiring a permanent Public Affairs Officer for the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit and encourages local residents to apply. This position is responsible for external and legislative affairs coordination in the Lake Tahoe Basin. The job announcement closes Sept. 9. Applications must be submitted through USAJOBS.gov. For more details, visit: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/laketahoebasin/newsroom/releases/hiring-permanent-public-affairs-officer-lake-tahoe

09/04/2026

The agenda is now available online for the next California Tahoe Conservancy (Conservancy) Board meeting: https://tahoe.ca.gov/california-tahoe-conservancy-board-meeting-september-17-2026/
(Vea abajo para leer la agenda en español.)

Thursday, September 17, 2026, at 9:30 a.m.
Field Tour starting at the North Tahoe Event Center
8138 North Lake Boulevard, Kings Beach, CA 96163

Resuming after the tour no earlier than 11:00 a.m. in the Lodgepole Room at the North Tahoe Event Center

The Conservancy will conduct the Board meeting in person on the tour and at the North Tahoe Event Center.

Members of the public may join the meeting in person. The meeting will commence in the lobby of the North Tahoe Event Center, located at 8138 North Lake Boulevard in Kings Beach, and then depart for the tour stops (see Item 2 for tour information and directions). After the tour, the meeting will resume in the Lodgepole Room at the North Tahoe Event Center.
Live Spanish interpretation will be available to attendees for both the tour and the North Tahoe Event Center portion of the meeting. More information about interpretation is available on the Conservancy website.

For the portion of the meeting conducted at North Tahoe Event Center (starting with Item 3), members of the public may watch a broadcast of the meeting via the Zoom Webinar platform. The broadcast will be available in English and Spanish.
https://tahoe.ca.gov/california-tahoe-conservancy-board-meeting-september-17-2026/

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La agenda de la próxima reunión de la Junta de Directiva de La Organización de Conservación Ambiental de Tahoe en California (The Conservancy) ya está disponible en línea.
https://tahoe.ca.gov/california-tahoe-conservancy-board-meeting-september-17-2026/

Jueves 17 de Septiembre de 2026 a las 9:30 a.m.
Recorrido del sitio empezando en el North Tahoe Event Center
8138 North Lake Boulevard, Kings Beach, CA 96163
Reanudando no antes de las 11:00 a.m. en la sala Lodgepole en el North Tahoe Event Center

The Conservancy llevará a cabo la reunión de la Junta en persona en el recorrido y en el North Tahoe Event Center.

Los miembros del público pueden asistir a la reunión en persona.La reunión comenzará en el lobby del North Tahoe Event Center, ubicado en 8138 North Lake Boulevard en Kings Beach, y de ahí partiremos para las paradas del recorrido (consulte el punto 2 para obtener información sobre el recorrido y direcciones). Después del recorrido, la reunión continuará en la sala Lodgepole en el North Tahoe Event Center.

Habrá interpretación en español en vivo para los asistentes tanto para el recorrido como para la parte de la junta que se llevará a cabo en North Tahoe Event Center. Más información sobre la interpretación está disponible en el sitio web de the Conservancy.
Para la parte de la reunión que se llevará a cabo en la sala Lodgepole en el North Tahoe Event Center (empezando con en punto 3), el público podrá seguir la retransmisión de la reunión a través de la plataforma Zoom Webinar. La transmisión estará disponible en inglés y en español.
https://tahoe.ca.gov/california-tahoe-conservancy-board-meeting-september-17-2026/

09/02/2026

The California Tahoe Conservancy’s forestry season remains in full swing, including the following work to reduce hazardous fuels and improve wildfire resilience for forests and communities. Active projects include:

* North Upper Truckee project – Includes 536 Conservancy and Forest Service open space lots in the North Upper Truckee Road neighborhood in El Dorado County.

* Placer County South project – Includes 400 Conservancy and Forest Service lots on the west shore, from the El Dorado County/Placer County line north to Tahoe City.

* Lyons Ranch project – Includes 33 acres of Conservancy land in El Dorado County near Lake Tahoe Airport, with support from the Washoe Tribal Conservation Corps, a resource crew of the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California.

* Sawmill Fuel Hazard Reduction Project – Includes 31 Conservancy and Forest Service lots in the Echo View Estates neighborhood and other areas near Sawmill Road and Incline Road in El Dorado County.

* Elks Club Forestry Project – Includes 321 Conservancy and 18 Forest Service open space lots in neighborhoods along Elks Club Drive and northeast of the intersection of Pioneer Road and U.S. Highway 50 in El Dorado County. (see image above and images below)

* Tahoe Mountain Project – Includes 26 Conservancy properties along and north of Tahoe Mountain Road in El Dorado County.

* Tahoma Urban project– In July, the Conservancy finished thinning trees and brush on almost 150 Conservancy, Forest Service, and El Dorado County properties. A contractor removed small-diameter trees, branches, and shrubs, and cut most larger trees and branches into firewood rounds, available for free collection by members of the public who have completed a free Conservancy fuelwood collection permit (visit https://tahoe.ca.gov/fuelwood-permit/). On approximately six properties, the Conservancy had cut wood and debris piled for future burning.

Photos: Crew members from a Calaveras Healthy Impact Product Solutions (CHIPS) crew implementing the Elks Club Forestry Project on Conservancy and Forest Service open space lots in El Dorado County. The CHIPS Forestry mission is to empower disadvantaged communities, and in particular Native Americans, by fostering workforce development, preserving tribal ecological knowledge, and promoting sustainable forest stewardship.

09/01/2026

08/31/2026

To protect a lake this blue, we need YOU!🫵

Protect Lake Tahoe, and you can enter to win cool gear for your next paddle. There are two ways to enter.

1. Become a Tahoe Keeper🛶 and Clean, Drain, Dry your gear💧
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The next drawing is September 1st, so don't wait! Take action today. Get started at keeptahoeblue.org/chance-to-win 🔗

Terms and Conditions: By selecting the “opt-in” button and entering this contest, participants agree to the official rules. No purchase necessary (terms and conditions apply).

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08/28/2026

The California Tahoe Conservancy's August Newsletter is now available online. This month: a recap on the 30th annual Lake Tahoe Summit, updates on Conservancy projects to reduce wildfire risk and improve forest health, news on partner projects, and more. https://tahoe.ca.gov/august-2026-conservancy-newsletter/

08/27/2026

What keeps Tahoe resilient? 💙

Collaboration, science, and people who keep showing up for Tahoe.

This month, we’re looking at resilience in action, new tools to contain invasive weeds, stronger defenses against golden mussels, wildfire preparedness during a hot, dry summer, and a chance to double your impact for Lake-saving work.

Read our latest eNews to see what we’re working on together to protect Lake Tahoe and how you can help.

👉 keeptahoeblue.org/news

08/25/2026

Bijou Park Creek SEZ Enhancement Project Implementation

In coordination with the City of South Lake Tahoe, the U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will begin work on the Bijou Park Creek Stream Environment Zone Enhancement Project over the next few weeks. This project is linked to the City of South Lake Tahoe’s Bijou Park Creek Watershed Restoration Project and involves stream and meadow restoration along Bijou Creek. A joint National Environmental Policy Act/California Environmental Quality Act analysis for this project was completed in 2025. Link:⬇️

This week, Forest Service crews are scheduled to begin removing hazard trees and vegetation in preparation for restoration work and will install Best Management Practices around the project area. Restoration work is expected to wrap up in early October.

For public safety, access to some areas may be temporarily disrupted when work is taking place. The public should be aware of tree removal activity and keep a safe distance from equipment. Hazards may be present even when operations have ceased for the day.

As part of this stream environment zone enhancement project, two areas will be restored. The Upper Bijou Park Creek restoration along Ski Run Boulevard south of Pioneer Trail includes installation of rock steps to stabilize the stream channel and raise the bottom of the stream bed to allow for improved water flow. This work is anticipated to take approximately three weeks to complete and is scheduled to begin after Labor Day.

The project also includes stream environment zone improvements to Bijou Creek in the meadow north of Pioneer Trail along Blackwood Road. In this area, man-made berms constructed in the 1980s are causing flooding issues downstream. These berms will be removed and replaced with new berms that will be installed along roads and buildings to reduce flooding issues. Improvements will also be made to the existing trail to protect the meadow and creek and prevent sediment from entering the stream. This work is expected to take approximately five weeks to complete and is planned to begin on August 31.

Additionally, the City of South Lake Tahoe’s contractor will be completing the Tamarack Culvert Replacement Project, also part of the Upper Bijou Park Creek Watershed Restoration Project, downstream of the Bijou Park Creek Stream Environment Zone Enhancement Project. This project will allow Bijou Creek to overflow its banks and continue to spread out and wet the stream environment zones north and south of Tamarack Avenue instead of being confined and disrupted by a single failing culvert. This project is targeted to start on or around Sep. 9 and is anticipated to be completed by Oct. 15.

Map courtesy of California Tahoe Conservancy.

08/24/2026

Lake Tahoe’s famous blue owes a debt to a soggy stretch of grass most visitors drive right past.

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