We Do Conservation
The mission of the Tahoe Resource Conservation District (Tahoe RCD) is to promote the conservation, stewardship and knowledge of the Lake Tahoe Region’s natural resources by providing leadership and innovative environmental services to all stakeholders.
Current programs at the Tahoe RCD focus on stormwater management, fire adapted communities, invasive species control and prevention, and conservation landscaping initiatives.
The Tahoe RCD is one of nearly 3000 Conservation Districts across the country helping people to protect land, water, forests, wildlife, and related natural resources.
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SNAP Spotlight 💫
Jordan Vena serves his first term with Tahoe Resource Conservation District (Tahoe RCD). He helps to protect local resources through the fire-adapted communities program.
Jordan is originally from San Diego, CA, before heading up north where he earned his B.S. in earth science from UC Santa Cruz.
At Tahoe RCD, Jordan updates the living with fire webpage and helps to ensure that citizens of the basin are informed when it comes to wildfire events. Jordan also patrols Johnson's Meadow, a large watershed area the RCD owns. He goes to the Meadow once or twice a week just to make sure everything is order - no trash, safety hazards, or other issues that may impact the ecosystem.
Jordan looks forward to outreach events and workshops in the basin as an opportunity to connect with other SNAP members.
We are incredibly excited to have Jordan with us this term and are incredibly grateful for his contribution to saving the Sierra!
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Transporters headed to Tahoe can be connected to Tahoe Resource Conservation District boat inspectors to help facilitate and expedite the watercraft inspection process, and if needed, decontamination. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and Tahoe Resource Conservation District no longer needed the mobile unit as they now have permanent equipment at several boat inspection stations.
Tahoe Resource Conservation District is hiring!
Please join Tahoe Resource Conservation District for the second informational webinar on the planning for the Johnson Meadow Restoration. Come learn all about the project, progress to date, and how you can be involved. The webinar takes place on October 20 at 5 pm.
➡️Register at
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-wP4-EuVSB-1bzQvXGhPlQ
Tahoe Forest Stewardship Day, Fall 2021
Check out #LakeTahoeTV visit to the League’s #TahoeForestStewardshipDay at Johnson Meadow. Together, we will #KeepTahoeBlue.
Tahoe Resource Conservation District City of South Lake Tahoe Government
Neither chilly winds nor a few inches of unexpected lake-effect snow will stop post-Caldor Fire recovery efforts. Our forestry aides and
Tahoe Resource Conservation District's restoration crew continue to install silt fences and stabilize Conservancy lots affected by fire suppression lines.
Recovery work from the Caldor Fire is well underway. This past summer, fire agencies bulldozed miles of containment lines to protect Tahoe communities from the fire. In recent weeks, they brought the bulldozers back to repair the lines, some of which cross Conservancy properties. Following assessment by our staff, Tahoe Resource Conservation District crews are further stabilizing affected Conservancy properties to help them recover in the months and years ahead. (The Caldor Fire spared this neighborhood. The burn scar above is from the 2007 Angora Fire.)
Fuel reduction treatments in South Lake Tahoe made a significant difference when the #Caldorfire crested the Sierra and entered the #LakeTahoe basin. Treatments were designed to alter and reduce fire behavior, adjusting the environment enough to allow firefighters to be successful in the firefight and save homes. Resilient forests can withstand the effects of fire and other disturbances and help forests remain as forests, where green living trees remain after a fire has gone through. Collaboration between 21 partners, including CAL FIRE, through the Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team made this work possible.
CAL FIRE Amador-El Dorado Unit California Conservation Corps California State Parks California Tahoe Conservancy Lake Valley Fire Protection District (official) Meeks Bay Fire Protection District Nevada State Parks Nevada Division of Forestry North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District Tahoe Resource Conservation District Tahoe Regional Planning Agency University of Nevada, Reno Extension U.S. Forest Service - Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Conservancy projects are getting rapidly back on track following evacuation from the Caldor Fire. Here is Haley Lazar, lot inspector and land steward with Tahoe Resource Conservation District, conducting routine water quality monitoring today for the Upper Truckee Marsh Restoration Project.
A great article showcasing the hard work the Golden Bear community has been doing to prepare for wildfire - becoming the first South Lake Tahoe neighborhood to earn its National Firewise USA Designation, a title issued by the National Fire Protection Association, in 2020.
The Tahoe Network of Fire Adapted Communities (Tahoe Network) led by the Tahoe Resource Conservation District's Fire Adapted Communities Program, local fire districts, and public land management agencies have been working with Lake Tahoe residents and communities to prepare for wildfire. There are now 53 engaged Fire Adapted Communities and 6 Firewise USA® sites in the Tahoe Network.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/01/california-caldor-fire-lake-tahoe-prepare?CMP=twt_a-world_b-gdnworld
