Helping to solve Lake Tahoe’s microplastics problem
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - Lake Tahoe has big problems that are in small plastic pieces. To support efforts to reduce plastic waste, students from environmental clubs at four high schools in the region partnered with staff from local nonprofits to learn about plastic reduction programs and how they can help Take Care of Lake Tahoe. On Earth Day 2021 their efforts, which began in the fall of 2019, came to fruition when the CEO of Raley’s agreed to create lasting, sustainable changes at their stores.
When the initiative began in 2019, students from North Tahoe High School, Truckee High School, Incline High School, and South Tahoe High School learned about the prolific microplastics problem impacting Lake Tahoe from UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC) AmeriCorps member Elise Matera and staff members at Sierra Watershed Education Partnerships (SWEP) and the Tahoe Water Suppliers Association
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NORTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Even though scheduled prescribed burning in the Lake Tahoe Basin is finished for the season, the Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team has announced a 40-acre understory burn will be taking place at Burton Creek State Park starting May 5.
California State Parks is scheduled to conduct the prescribed burn, conditions, and weather permitting. Smoke may be visible. A map with the project location and detailed information is available for viewing at tahoelivingwithfire.com and can be found attached.
The area to be burned is north of Rocky Ridge, west of North Tahoe High School, near Tahoe City on Lake Tahoe s Northwest Shore. Duration of ignition and smoke production is estimated at one week with the smoke flowing to the northeast. Communities or smoke sensitive areas - Tahoe City, Lake Forest, North Tahoe High School.
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