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.
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...
A Glimpse Behind the NV Energy Resilience Corridors Project
April 4, 2023
Watching the progression of the NV Energy Resilience Corridors Project we were very concerned with the excessive removal of trees during October 2022. To learn more about the agreement behind, and scope of the project, we requested the contract...
Our Concerns on the Burke Creek Restoration Project
April 3, 2023
Sierra Club Tahoe Area Group's letter to:
Teresa Cody, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit and Meghan Kelly, Nevada Tahoe Conservation District
Subject: Burke Creek Rabe Meadow Riparian Restoration Project
Dear Ms. Cody and Ms....
The Future of Lake Tahoe
April 3, 2023
Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) has been increasing density, coverage, and height (by lessening restrictions on each) in “Town Centers” to allow for “affordable housing.” However, what is being approved is not affordable; luxury condominiums...
Submit Comments to Improve the Tahoe Regional Trails Strategy
March 27, 2023
There is a new DRAFT Tahoe Regional Trails Strategy. COMMENTS ARE DUE BY MARCH 31ST. One thing is clear, more and more people have been recreating in the Tahoe Basin the last few years. When snow is not covering them, the 600 miles of trails in the...
Tahoe Area Group February 2023 eNewsletter
February 2, 2023
On demand: Mythbusting Tahoe, thinning forests and wildfires, opt online for Board elections, Palisades Tahoe comments closed, and more!
Boatworks Redevelopment Project
February 1, 2023
MJD Capital Development and Ogilvy Consulting have been working with Placer County on the Boatworks Redevelopment Project through pre-development, project application review, Municipal Advisory Council review, and notice of preparation and scoping....