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LAKE TAHOE CLARITY

Decline in Non-Native Shrimp Population Believed to be Behind Improved Clarity of Lake Tahoe, CA/NV

secret cove, Lake Tahoe, Nevada,

Lake Tahoe, California/Nevada, is well known for the crystal clear and majestic colors of its Caribbean-like water. Unfortunately, over the last few decades, researchers from UC Davis-Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC) have seen Lake Tahoeโ€™s clarity fluctuate and decline. The turquoise and cobalt blue water, which attracts millions of visitors every year from all over the world, is not as […]

John Cunningham | October 15, 2024
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Lake Tahoe Clarity Report Shows Highs and Lows of 2023

Annual Report Records Trend of Clearer Winters, Murkier Summers in Famed Blue Lake. The clarity of Lake Tahoeโ€™s famed blue waters in 2023 continued its years-long trend of improving during the winter and deteriorating during the summer. The annual clarity report, released today by the University of California, Davisโ€“Tahoe Environmental Research Center, found that winter lake conditions were the clearest […]

Guest Author | August 1, 2024
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Lake Tahoeโ€™s Clarity the Best Itโ€™s Been Since 1980s

The Return of Native Zooplankton Aided Tahoe Clarity Efforts in 2022 For the last five months of 2022, Lake Tahoe was the clearest it has been since the 1980s. That is partly due to a resurgence of the lakeโ€™s native zooplankton. Theyโ€™ve provided a natural clean-up crew to help restore the lakeโ€™s famous blue waters. The findings are reported in […]

Avatar photo SnowBrains | April 12, 2023
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Tahoe: State of Lake Report 2015 | Best Clarity in 10+ Years

UC Davis released their annual “State of the Lake” report about Lake Tahoe, CA today. The detailed report can be read here: Full “State of the Lake” Report Highlights from the “State of the Lake” Report: Blueness: Tahoe’s blueness found to be more due to low algae count, less to do with clarity. Clarity: Average annual water clarity was the best in more than a decade, improving from 70.2 feet in 2013 to 77.8 feet in […]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | July 23, 2015
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STUDY: Lake Tahoe Water Clarity BEST in 10+ Years:

Lake Tahoe water clarity hit it’s best point since 2002 at 77.8-feet of clarity. That’s a 7.5-feet improvement in clarity from last year and a huge improvement of the lowest ever recording of 64.1-feet in 1997. The best clarity measurement for Tahoe was 102.4-feet in 1968. They acquire this measurement by dropping a 10-inch diameter white disk and sinking it until it is no longer visible. The last depth the disk is visible is the depth they use as the clarity measurement. Researchers actually got one reading this past July […]

Avatar photo SnowBrains | April 8, 2015
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