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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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PBS Documentary: “Can We Save Lake Tahoe”

PBS’ “Lake Tahoe, Can We Save It” 26-minute documentary Lake Tahoe is the clearest lake of its size in the USA. It’s also one of the deepest lakes in the USA at 1,645-feet deep (deeper than the Empire State building is tall) and holds over 39 trillion gallons of water. In 1968, you could see a 10-inch diameter disk (Secchi disk) 97 […]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | October 21, 2013
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