SCUBA Dive Team Removed 8,122 Pounds of Trash from Lake Tahoe’s East Shore INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. (Aug. 4, 2021) – An extraordinary effort to recover thousands of pounds of trash around all 72-miles of Lake Tahoe’s shoreline has reached its first significant milestone. A SCUBA dive team of professionals and volunteers spearheaded by the nonprofit Clean Up The Lake have completed the underwater clean-up of Lake Tahoe’s east shore, removing 9,281 pieces of […] SnowBrains | August 5, 2021 0 Comments
Phone, Wallet, Keys: A Story of Recovered Belongings Phone. Wallet. Keys. Some of our most important personal items are also the most commonly lost. In fact, one study found that: “70 million smartphones are lost each year, with only 7 percent recovered.” Recently, in Utah’s Deer Creek Reservoir, a scuba instructor recovered a man’s phone and wallet, which had been lost at the bottom for several years. Evan […] Laughs Jesse | July 27, 2021 0 Comments
Legendary Diver Merman Mike Retrieves $17k Ring From Sacramento River, CA Ultimate good samaritan Merman Mike comes to the rescue again! A very sentimental ring was dropped into the Sacramento River from the boat of Bill Fetty on June 23, 2020. The ring was a gift from his late brother and was valued at $17,000. Fetty was crushed when the ring quickly went out of sight sinking beneath the surface… then […] Elliot Levey | July 2, 2020 0 Comments
2 Lake Tahoe, CA Residents to Swim the 72-Mile Shoreline Picking Up Garbage Two Lake Tahoe residents are taking the lake’s long-time trash problem into their own hands by swimming the 72 miles circumference of Tahoe and picking up garbage on the way. Related: Lake Tahoe Trashed on 4th July | 1,875-Pounds Trash Cleaned Up by Volunteers Yesterday Tahoe Dive Center owner Matt Meunier and Clean Up the Lake founder Colin West plan […] SnowBrains | September 19, 2019 0 Comments
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