Tahoe Fund and Partners Unveil Sculpture Created with Litter from 72-mile Scuba Cleanup of Lake Tahoe STATELINE, Nev. (Sept. 27, 2023) – Artists have given new meaning to the adage “one person’s trash is another’s treasure,” with the unveiling of “Surfaced,” a new art installation created with more than 450 pounds of items recovered from last year’s 72-mile scuba cleanup of Lake Tahoe. Commissioned by the Tahoe Fund with support from Tahoe Blue Vodka, the sculpture […] SnowBrains | September 27, 2023 0 Comments
Amidst Litter Crisis: Clean Up The Lake Launches Environmental Dive Center to Protect Lake Tahoe 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 […] SnowBrains | July 28, 2023 0 Comments
Beach Clean Up Gathers a Staggering 8,559 Pounds of Trash at Lake Tahoe, CA, After Independence Day 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 country’s garbage dump. The blatant disregard for Mother Nature and the fragile environment is not a […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | July 5, 2023 2 Comments
The Amount of Garbage Littered on K2 is Obscene 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 […] Industry News Brent Thomas | August 29, 2022 2 Comments
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 – along with staff and volunteers from Clean Up the Lake (CUTL) and project sponsors Tahoe Fund and Tahoe Blue Vodka – to celebrate the success of a historic initiative to remove underwater […] SnowBrains | April 11, 2022 0 Comments
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) – 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 […] SnowBrains | November 10, 2021 0 Comments
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 […] SnowBrains | July 30, 2021 0 Comments
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 […] SnowBrains | July 19, 2021 1 Comment
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