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Volunteers Collect 5,500lbs Trash From Truckee, CA and North Shore Area

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Almost a thousand volunteers spent two hours picking up trash from the Truckee and North Shore area last Saturday, collecting more than 5,550-lbs of litter. The organized event was part of the 18th annual Truckee Day. Related: Sherry McConkey Begs Truckee Town Council to Do Something About Tourists Trashing Lake Tahoe, CA The 2.1-tons of trash collected is significantly less […]

Avatar photo SnowBrains | June 14, 2021
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Lake Tahoe Feeling the Effects of Over-tourism

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Starting last March, cities across the world became far less busy than before the COVID-19 pandemic began. With various shelter-in-place and lockdown orders in effect, traffic greatly decreased. Lake Tahoe, however, has seen a level of over-tourism unmatched by many other destinations. The crowds of people coming in and out of Tahoe have affected the lake and its recreational resources […]

Alex Mangels | May 7, 2021
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8,200-Pounds of Trash Pulled from Lake Tahoe

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Two of Lake Tahoe’s most famous and popular lakes, namesake Lake Tahoe, and Donner Lake, just got a little cleaner. Clean Up The Lake, a non-profit organization organized the summer-long cleanup. Their mission is to fight back against all forms of pollution, whether it’s on the surface or beneath. “We want to understand more of what’s going on under the […]

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Taylor Stephan | October 9, 2020
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30 Pounds of Beer Bottles Removed From Colorado Fourteener

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Summitting one of the 58 14,000+ foot peaks is a quintessential Colorado experience. Each year, thousands of hikers flock from all over the world to stand atop one of these behemoths and enjoy the beautiful mountainous scenery that ‘Colorful’ Colorado has to offer. Related: Kentucky Woman Set To Climb All 14ers In Colorado, In The Name Of Charity It goes […]

Spencer Cox | September 17, 2020
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Demonstrations Set for This Weekend in Lake Tahoe, CA to Protest Trash, Tourism

John Lease, a 20-year South Lake Tahoe resident, is infuriated with how much trash has continued to accumulate around his beautiful community along with the steady-flowing stream of tourists to the area during the pandemic. So, he made a couple of social media posts that got much more traffic than he expected, which eventually led to the formation of organized […]

Avatar photo SnowBrains | August 13, 2020
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Drink Beer, Spread The Message: Keep Public Lands Safe

Public lands have come to be a more common topic of discussion in the last few years. The government’s intentions to make industrial use of those lands don’t fit well with many people’s desire to keep them as they are, free to explore and enjoy. Public lands are areas of land that are open to the public and managed by […]

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Micho | November 8, 2019
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Annual Fifth July Trash Pick-Up at Lake Tahoe Yields 1,500-Pounds of Leftover Garbage

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Every year, without fail, Californians celebrate Fourth of July on the shores of Lake Tahoe, partying, eating, spending time with friends and family and watching the fireworks. And every year, without fail, hundreds of residents spend Fifth of July cleaning up their mess. Sadly, this year is no different… After Wednesday’s Fourth of July festivities left mounds of cans, bottles, cigarette […]

Steven Agar | July 6, 2018
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