Catch up on the current issues the Tahoe Area Group is watching and addressing through our ongoing protection of the natural environment and resources of the Lake Tahoe basin and Truckee River drainage.
Tahoe Area Group March 2024 eNewsletter
March 8, 2024
Upcoming March Event, Boatworks Redevelopment Project, Burke Creek Rabe Meadow Riparian Restoration Project, and more!
Jennings Pond Proposed Removal On Lower Burke Creek
January 11, 2024
The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU) is planning to fill in and remove Jennings Pond as part of their Burke Creek/Rabe Meadow "Restoration" Project. This pond is habitat to beavers (a family of four young beavers last...
Needed: Executive Committee member & Outings Leaders
August 22, 2023
We are looking for nominees for our Executive Committee. Although our Group is small (seven Executive Committee members), Sierra Club as a whole is the largest nationwide volunteer-driven environmental organization in the US. We are looking for...
Tahoe Summit & Placer County Tahoe Basin Area Plan
August 22, 2023
The 27th Annual Lake Tahoe Summit, hosted by U.S. Senator Alex Padilla, was held at the North Tahoe Event Center on Wednesday, August 9, 2023. Tahoe Area Group participated in the Summit by having a booth with information about our activities and...
Zephyr Shoals Will Soon be Managed by Aramark - Comments Needed
August 22, 2023
The Forest Service in the Tahoe Basin (LTBMU) began managing the 81-acre property north of Zephyr Cove, known as Zephyr Shoals (Dreyfus Estate), in 2001 when the government acquired it. LTBMU is now proposing to offer the management concession to...
Washoe Meadows Wildflower Hike
June 21, 2023
By Cindy Ochoa
The Tahoe Area Group in conjunction with the Sierra State Parks Foundation sponsored a wildflower hike in Washoe Meadows State Park on June 10th. Lisa Berry, an instructor at Lake Tahoe Community College led the hike around the...
Nevada Current: NV Energy’s natural disaster plan a calamity for Southern Nevada ratepayers, say experts
June 12, 2023
Dana Gentry highlighted a significant issue in her June 8, 2023 piece in the Nevada Current where she examines the often surreptitious/suspicious nature surrounding funding projects that occur in and around the Lake Tahoe Basin,...
Our Comment Letter on the NV Energy Resilience Corridors Project
April 12, 2023
Sierra Club Tahoe Area Group's letter to:
Erick Walker, LTBMU
Julie Regan and Kathleen McIntyre, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
Mark Regan, NV Energy
Eric Guevin, Division Chief, and Scott Lindgren, Tahoe Douglas Fire District...
Tahoe Area Group April 2023 eNewsletter
April 6, 2023
Burke Creek Restoration Project, Tahoe Regional Trails Strategy, Earth Day Celebrations, NV Energy Resilience Corridors Project, and so much more!
Our Comment Letter on the Tahoe Regional Trails Strategy
April 4, 2023
Sierra Club Tahoe Area Group's letter to:
Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
TAMBA
Subject: Tahoe Regional Trails Strategy
Representing the Tahoe Area Group of the Sierra Club, I offer the...