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ZEPHYR COVE, Nev. - A new, innovative bubble curtain has been installed across the Elk Point Marina entrance to lessen the possibility of another weed infestation. Installed earlier this month, the bubble curtain has perforated air hose lines on the bottom of the channel that create walls of bubbles that help slow plant fragments from entering the treated area. Unlike the bubble curtains in the channels of the Tahoe Keys, this bubble curtain works in reverse, to keep plant fragments out, rather than in. Charles Jennings, the current vice president of the Elk Point Country Club Homeowners Ass...

Volunteers at the Spooner Summit sled hill To celebrate #EarthWeekTahoe, volunteers came out in force to clean up winter litter that had been buried under snow until the recent spring melt. Ninety-six volunteers removed more than 700 pounds of trash from Heavenly Village and the litter-plagued, unofficial sledding hill near Spooner Summit during events on April 22, 23, and 24. While Earth Week is a fitting occasion to combat pollution in Tahoe, litter is a year-round problem that requires constant action to avoid harm to wildlife, the Lake’s delicate ecology, and the Basin’s scenic beau...

Volunteers at the Spooner Summit sled hill To celebrate #EarthWeekTahoe, volunteers came out in force to clean up winter litter that had been buried under snow until the recent spring melt. Ninety-six volunteers removed more than 700 pounds of trash from Heavenly Village and the litter-plagued, unofficial sledding hill near Spooner Summit during events on April 22, 23, and 24. While Earth Week is a fitting occasion to combat pollution in Tahoe, litter is a year-round problem that requires constant action to avoid harm to wildlife, the Lake’s delicate ecology, and the Basin’s scenic beau...

April 22, 2021 - 9:00am SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The League to Save Lake Tahoe will host a community litter cleanup event on the South Shore to celebrate Earth Day on Thursday, April 22. Help "Keep Tahoe Blue" by participating in the kick off of Trash-Free Thursday, one of a week-long series of themed days to ring in #EarthWeekTahoe. The 9:00 a.m. to noon event is open to everyone, but to ensure the health and safety of all involved, participation in the cleanup is by RSVP only. As spring rolls into Tahoe, melting snow reveals a winter’s worth of litter. Tahoe...

As snow melts, thousands of pounds of trash revealed in Tahoe FacebookTwitterEmail 1of6 Broken plastic sleds are often left behind at Lake Tahoe, adding to the area's massive trash problem.Courtesy of League to Save Lake TahoeShow MoreShow Less 2of6 Tahoe Blue Crew volunteers have collected thousands of pounds of trash in the Lake Tahoe region.Jen Dawn / Courtesy of League to Save Lake TahoeShow MoreShow Less 3of6 4of6 Cigarette butts and plastic are some of the more common finds in Tahoe's mounting litter problem.Courtesy of League to Save Lake TahoeShow MoreShow Less 5of6 As Tahoe's snow me...