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Tahoe Fund and Partners Unveil Sculpture Created with Litter from 72-mile Scuba Cleanup of Lake Tahoe

STATELINE, Nev. (Sept. 27, 2023) โ€“ Artists have given new meaning to the adage โ€œone personโ€™s trash is anotherโ€™s treasure,โ€ with the unveiling of โ€œSurfaced,โ€ a new art installation created with more than 450 pounds of items recovered from last yearโ€™s 72-mile scuba cleanup of Lake Tahoe. Commissioned by the Tahoe Fund with support from Tahoe Blue Vodka, the sculpture [โ€ฆ]

Avatar photo SnowBrains | September 27, 2023
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Amidst Litter Crisis: Clean Up The Lake Launches Environmental Dive Center to Protect Lake Tahoe

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Launch of Environmental Dive Center by Clean Up The Lake is funded by a $125K total matching campaign from Boatworks at Lake Tahoe, Lake Tahoe Community College, Tahoe Beach Club, and Pavel Pragin & Nila Ruslen Clean Up The Lake, renowned for its successful 72 Mile Cleanup project, proudly announces the inauguration of its revolutionary Environmental Dive Center (EDC) at [โ€ฆ]

Avatar photo SnowBrains | July 28, 2023
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Beach Clean Up Gathers a Staggering 8,559 Pounds of Trash at Lake Tahoe, CA, After Independence Day

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Shocking pictures are coming from Lake Tahoe, California, where 4th of July holiday visitors have seemingly had a good time but decided to just leave all their trash behind. It is a sad sight to behold and looks more like pictures from a third-world countryโ€™s garbage dump. The blatant disregard for Mother Nature and the fragile environment is not a [โ€ฆ]

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Julia Schneemann | July 5, 2023
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The Amount of Garbage Littered on K2 is Obscene

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K2 has been popular this climbing season. That may be an understatement as a record number of climbers have been attempting to summit the mountain. To put it in perspective, last month there was a record 145 climbers who summited in just one day. That is double the amount that usually summits in an entire season. Before this year, only [โ€ฆ]

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Avatar photo Brent Thomas | August 29, 2022
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Divers Collect 13,000lbs Trash From Nevada Shore of Lake Tahoe

As an early kickoff to Earth Day 2022, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak will be joined today by officials from the Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources โ€“ along with staff and volunteers from Clean Up the Lake (CUTL) and project sponsors Tahoe Fund and Tahoe Blue Vodka โ€“ to celebrate the success of a historic initiative to remove underwater [โ€ฆ]

Avatar photo SnowBrains | April 11, 2022
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With the Final Push Underway, SCUBA Divers Have Already Removed 18,215 Pounds of Trash from Lake Tahoe

Brought to you by the Tahoe Fund  TAHOE CITY, Calif. (Nov. 10, 2021) โ€“ Despite a summer dive season filled with challenges, the SCUBA dive team that embarked on the effort to clean up Lake Tahoe is now well past the halfway point, having reached the west shore. The team has covered over 43.5 miles of shoreline since the clean-up [โ€ฆ]

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60,000lbs of Trash, 8-Feet Deep in Places, Removed From Colorado Mountainside

The Garfield County Environmental Health Department recently oversaw the cleanup of a Glenwood Springs, CO, property on the mountainside on the east side of Glenwood Springs that has long been the location of a homeless camp. Nearly 60,000 pounds of trash, as deep as eight feet in places, was removed, along with numerous shelters from the property. Related: Volunteers Cleanup [โ€ฆ]

Avatar photo SnowBrains | July 30, 2021
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Rangers Spend Day Removing Couch and Bags of Garbage From Los Angeles, CA, Beauty Spot

Rangers at the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, CA, found a six-piece sectional couch set up with a nice view of the Pacific Ocean, along with enough trash and beer cans to fill several garbage bags. Related: Lake Tahoe Trashed by Fourth of July Revellers Five federal employees with hand carts and two trucks struggled to haul the huge [โ€ฆ]

Avatar photo SnowBrains | July 19, 2021
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Dive Crews Pull Up Over 5,000 Pounds of Garbage From Lake Tahoe

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Lake Tahoe is known for its beautiful panoramic views, great skiing, and the clarity and cleanliness of its water, and the locals are especially particular about that last part. Related: Lake Tahoe Is Currently at Its Lowest Level Since 2017 About 53,000 permanent residents live around Lake Tahoe, and over three million people visit the lake each year. On the [โ€ฆ]

Artur | June 29, 2021
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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 [โ€ฆ]

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Volunteers Collect 1,500-Pounds of Trash From Shores of South Lake Tahoe, CA

The 5th annual Spring Clean event collected about 1,500-pounds of trash from the shores and roadsides in South Lake Tahoe. Related: Sherry McConkey Begs Truckee Town Council to Do Something About Tourists Trashing Lake Tahoe, CA Organized by Clean Tahoe, 180+ volunteers gathered on Saturday, May 22, to pick up trash accumulated over the winter and been buried by snow. [โ€ฆ]

Avatar photo SnowBrains | June 3, 2021
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VIDEO: Effort to Remove Thousands of Pounds of Trash From Beneath Lake Tahoeโ€™s Surface Begins This Week

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Volunteers Cleanup 22 Tons of Trash From Vail, CO Highways | Almost Double 5-Year Average

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About 1,000 volunteers took to the highways around Vail, CO last week for their annual clean up to remove trash from the medians, ditches, and sides of the roads. In total, they removed thousands of bags of trash, debris, and waste weighing more than twenty two tons. Related: 8,200-Pounds of Trash Pulled from Lake Tahoe This is almost double the five year [โ€ฆ]

Avatar photo SnowBrains | May 11, 2021
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8,200-Pounds of Trash Pulled from Lake Tahoe

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Two of Lake Tahoeโ€™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 itโ€™s on the surface or beneath. โ€œWe want to understand more of whatโ€™s going on under the [โ€ฆ]

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Taylor Stephan | October 9, 2020
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Bear Hitches Ride Atop Garbage Truck

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Alex Camerino | October 7, 2020
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This National Park Mails Your Trash Back to You if You Litter

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Khao Yai National Park, near Bangkok, Thailand now mails tourists their trash back if they litter. Founded in 1962 the park is the oldest in the country and the third-largest covering 837 square miles. It is part of the Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex, which is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The area is known for its diverse [โ€ฆ]

Alex Camerino | September 23, 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 โ€˜Colorfulโ€™ Colorado has to offer. Related: Kentucky Woman Set To Climb All 14ers In Colorado, In The Name Of Charity It goes [โ€ฆ]

Spencer Cox | September 17, 2020
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The Worldโ€™s Tallest Mountains Are Covered In Trash: Advocates Coming Together To Help

Mountains: the majestic wonders of nature that provide us with access to outdoor recreation, resources, and countless contributions to the welfare of mankind are sacred and crucial to protect. Essential to our survival, they cover 27% of the earthโ€™s land surface and supply more than half of humanityโ€™s freshwater. As mountains become more and more vulnerable and negatively impacted by [โ€ฆ]

Emily Crofton | August 31, 2020
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Two Surfers Start Company To Tackle Garbage-Ridden Beaches

On a quest for epic waves and golden beaches, surfers Andrew Cooper and Alex Schulze headed to Bali, Indonesia in 2015 for a post-college trip of a lifetime. Unfortunately, what they found instead were garbage-ridden beaches with nothing but water bottles, food containers, and plastic bags for miles. While the overwhelming sight of endless trash left them horrified, it also [โ€ฆ]

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Emily Crofton | August 21, 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 [โ€ฆ]

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