Upcoming Events and Outings

Summer is ramping up and so is our outings program! We have two outings scheduled for June - see details below. 

 

Roadless Rule Townhall and Call for Public Comment 

Action Alert: Tell Congress to Protect Lake Tahoe from Herbicide Spraying

The U.S. Forest Service is moving forward with plans to use herbicides as part of the 11,700-acre Caldor Fire reforestation project in the Lake Tahoe Basin and surrounding Sierra forests.

Community members are deeply concerned about the use of chemical herbicides in a sensitive watershed that feeds Lake Tahoe, especially in steep post-fire landscapes vulnerable to erosion and runoff.

Tahoe deserves restoration strategies that prioritize water quality, transparency, and safer alternatives wherever possible.

Follow the link below to send a message to your representatives today and urge them to protect Lake Tahoe’s watershed and public lands.

See the letter that we wrote to USFS staff requesting to reopen the public comment period on the Environmental Assessment for the Caldor Fire Restoration Project here. 

Five Gyres - Tahoe Rim Trail Expedition 

This August and September, the Five Gyres Institute in partnership with Tahoe Rim Trail Association is setting off on an expedition to backpack the entire Tahoe Rim Trail in order to assess plastic pollution impacts in the basin. The guided trip will include daily litter surveys and sampling of soil and water for microplastics. 

Five Gyres Institute is seeking participants - for those interested, find more details and the application here. Apply by June 15th! 

Placer County Proposed Single Use Plastics Ban 

Plastic pollution continues to threaten human health and the health of our environment - volunteers removed over 536,500 single use plastic items from the Lake Tahoe Basin from 2014-2025. 

 Placer County staff are exploring ordinances to consider single use plastic bans in Eastern Placer County including: 

• A potential plastic bottle and paper carton restrictions for the sale of water containers under one gallon
• Restrictions around plastic and polystyrene single use food ware items such as polystyrene (Styrofoam) to-go boxes and plastic utensils

You can show your support for a single use plastics ban in Eastern Placer county by following this link here, and voting "yes" on the left hand side of the screen. 

Earth Day Events Re-cap 

This Spring, the Tahoe Area Group was present for four Earth Day events in the Tahoe area - South Tahoe Earth Day, Wild and Scenic Film Festival, Tahoe-Truckee Earth Day, and Washoe Earth Day. 

Thank you to our volunteers for representing TAG, to our hosts, and to all who came out to celebrate protecting our natural environment!