Category Archives: Community Watershed Partnership

Community Watershed Partnership and TahoeKeepers.org featured on Tahoe Real Estate Show

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Pete Brumis

Tahoe RCD’s Kim Gorman and Nicole Cartwright on to discuss the Community Watershed Partnership and the Tahoe Keepers program to help inform paddlers about how to self inspect canoes, kayaks and paddleboards for aquatic invasive species Continue reading →

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Water Quality: TRPA and Improvements to Lake Clarity

Posted on December 7, 2011 by kgorman

Forum Participant Question: TRPA has been punishing residents with capricious fees for over 30 years and Lake Tahoe’s water quality has now gone down. When will we see results from this agency? Response from TRPA: November 12, 2011- Regarding water … Continue reading →

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Water Quality: Car in Trout Creek for over 30 years?!

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Courtney Walker

Cold & Trout Creek Forum Question from a long-time Montgomery Estates Resident: There has been a car in Trout Creek for over 30 years. Can someone please help me get it out?! This old car has been in Trout Creek … Continue reading →

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Fire and Fuels Reduction: Cold Creek Forum Participant

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Courtney Walker

Forum Participant Question: Fuels Treatment: Will they be extending the Lake Christopher project to Pioneer Trail by Trout Creek? Response from Nevada Fire Safe Council: September 19, 2011 This is part of the South Shore plan.  To see the US … Continue reading →

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Fire and Fuels Reduction: Cold Creek Forum Participant

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Courtney Walker

Cold and Trout Creek Forum Question: Lake Christopher – why 10-20 dead trees left by my house post treatment? Response from Nevada Fire Safe Council: September 19, 2011: After checking with the forester and homeowner, it is likely that the … Continue reading →

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Recreation: Cold Creek Bridge Improvements

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Pete Brumis

Cold & Trout Creek Forum Question: What are the plans for fixing the “little bridge” along Cold Creek? Response: Although we’re not quite sure which bridge is the “little bridge” along Cold Creek, Tahoe RCD contacted the US Forest Service … Continue reading →

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BMPs and Water Quality: Cold Creek Forum Participant

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Courtney Walker

Question from Trout & Cold Creek Forum: Decks equal coverage but aren’t decks good for erosion control? Response (from TRPA): October 10, 2011: Regarding decks: The science behind Lake Tahoe’s water quality plan defines land coverage as any impervious surface that keeps … Continue reading →

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Community Watershed Partnership Feedback

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Pete Brumis

Welcome to the next big thing in conservation….the Community Watershed Partnership (CWP). Now underway in the Cold and Trout Creek Watershed, CWP will actively engage Tahoe Basin residents, from California to Nevada, at the watershed level. Working within specific watersheds … Continue reading →

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