Tahoe vs. Plastics

Will you be on the winning side?

Earth Month is here, and it's time to step up for Tahoe. Your help is needed to overcome one of the most pressing issues facing our beloved Lake. It's the battle of Tahoe vs. Plastics.

Over a decade of conducting cleanup events and collecting litter data, it's become clear that plastic litter is far too common in the Basin. From 2014 through 2023, the League and volunteers like you picked up 20,100 plastic bottles, 31,300 plastic caps and 163,800 unidentifiable plastic pieces. 

Because of your effort and support, the League helped ban single-use plastic water bottles in South Lake Tahoe, and Truckee recently made the same move. But, the battle is far from over. We need your help at our Earth Month events to Keep Tahoe Blue. Find the ones for you and join us to fight plastic pollution.



• Volunteer Kickoff, Alibi Ale Works - Incline Village, April 10
• Volunteer Kickoff, Valhalla Tahoe, April 16
• Tahoe Truckee Earth Day Festival, Palisades Tahoe, April 20
• Earth Day Cleanup, South Lake Tahoe, April 22
• Wild & Scenic Film Festival, Valhalla Tahoe, April 22
• South Tahoe Earth Day Festival, Lake Tahoe CC, April 27
• Washoe Earth Day Festival, Carson City, May 4

April is just the beginning. We have a full calendar of events stretching through September with plenty of chances to get involved.

The League is excited to develop a new education center within our future home – a building we’re currently renovating in South Lake Tahoe (see the press release). This new education center is for you! Please let us know what features you'd like to see by completing this short survey.

A Few More Upcoming Events

See the complete calendar

Sierra Day at the Capitol

April 17 | 9 am - 5 pm

Sacramento



Join members of the Sierra Nevada conservation community as they travel to Sacramento to advocate for critical actions to bring more protection, support, and funding to the vastly underfunded Sierra Nevada region.

Register here.

Earth Day Cleanup

April 22 | 8 am - noon

South Lake Tahoe near Stateline



Warming spring weather causes a season's worth of litter to bloom from beneath the melting snow. Join the League's 9th annual cleanup event to protect the environment and beautify our community. 

Register here.

Snapshot Day

May 11 | 9 am - 1 pm

South Lake Tahoe

Join our annual water quality monitoring event held each May. Groups of volunteers fan out across the Truckee River Watershed to take samples from creeks, streams, and lakes—including Lake Tahoe—to capture a snapshot of Tahoe’s water quality at a moment in time.

Register here.

Eyes on the Lake Training

June 6 | 10 am - Noon

Tahoe Keys Marina

Learn how to identify Tahoe’s various native and invasive aquatic plants, and how to report observations that allow the League and our partners to control new populations of aquatic invaders before they do lasting damage to Lake Tahoe.

Register here.

11th Annual "Keep Tahoe Red, White & Blue" Beach Cleanup

July 5 | 8 am - 11:30 am

Multiple beach locations



After July 4th festivities, our beaches can be left peppered with trash, endangering wildlife and the Lake's clarity. Join residents and visitors on July 5th for the largest cleanup of the year at multiple beaches ringing the Lake.

Register here.

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