stormwater

Join us Oct. 25 for a fun evening at Lake Tahoe AleWorX from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. with local stormwater scientists, drinks, food, a raffle and fundraiser. No experience necessary.

Lake Tahoe AleWorX is proud to support the League to Save Lake Tahoe. On Thursday, October 25 between 5:30 to 8:30 pm, AleWorX will donate 100 percent of its net profits from all food and beverage sold at its taproom at the Crossing to the League. It is located at 2050 Lake Tahoe Blvd Suite No. 2050 in South Lake Tahoe.

CARSON CITY — In a continued commitment to preserve and protect Nevada’s water resources, the Nevada Department of Transportation was approved for termination of its consent decree in the United States Nevada District Court.

CARSON CITY — In the midst of Tahoe’s busy summer tourism season, the Nevada Department of Transportation is offering reminders for convenient and safe access to outdoor recreation and businesses within the State Route 28 Shared Use Path and Safety, Stormwater Enhancements construction zone.

Nearly 25 years ago, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and dozens of partners embarked on an unprecedented mission to conserve and restore the Lake Tahoe Basin’s treasured natural resources through the Lake Tahoe Environmental Improvement Program.

Lake Tahoe is one of the clearest lakes in the world, known around the globe for its spectacular scenery. The lake’s water clarity is one of the many attributes that make the Tahoe Basin such an amazing natural resource and a mecca for outdoor recreation.

STATELINE — The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency on Tuesday released a draft environmental impact statement for a proposed Shoreline Plan for Lake Tahoe. The draft report is available for two months of public review and comment that will conclude Monday, July 9.

Groundbreaking for the next phase of Carson City’s downtown corridor revitalization is scheduled for 8 a.m. Monday, April 30 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Telegraph Square, where North Curry and West Telegraph streets intersect.


Each year on Earth Day, April 22, more than 1 billion people in 192 countries join together to celebrate and protect our common home. From participating in community clean-up events, to reaching out to local leaders about environmental concerns, and spending time appreciating the outdoors, Earth Day serves as an annual opportunity to promote environmental stewardship across the globe.

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao joined Nevada Sen. Dean Heller, Carson City Mayor Bob Crowell, and other state and local officials at 9 this morning to officially announce a $7.5 million grant that DOT recently awarded Carson City for the South Carson Street Complete Streets project.

On Monday, April 2, the Nevada Department of Transportation will begin the second scheduled construction season of roadway drainage pipe improvements on Kingsbury Grade, State Route 207.

Earth Day at Lake Tahoe has a special meaning. Working together through the Lake Tahoe Environmental Improvement Program, more than 50 local, state, federal, nonprofit, and private sector partners are implementing projects and programs to conserve the Tahoe Basin’s environment and fix past environmental harms.

This Wednesday, join our students and community. Come out and enjoy a night of hands-on fun. Make a paper airplane, a gumdrop and toothpick bridge, build with LEGOS and use robotic arms.

The rural mountain lifestyle we all enjoy at Lake Tahoe is not isolated from the major urban areas nearby. On a typical holiday weekend, the Tahoe Basin turns into a recreation thoroughfare as tens of thousands of day and overnight visitors who sustain our local economy drive up from the San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento and Reno.

Join us for this fun evening of fall festival games with a spooky twist! Mingle with stormwater experts at Sidellis Lake Tahoe and earn awesome prizes, such as free beer. This will be a free, family-friendly event. Light bites will be provided. To RSVP or any questions, please contact protect@keeptahoeblue.org.

The Nevada Department of Transportation will begin a project Sept. 11 to enhance roadway drainage pipes on Kingsbury Grade, State Route 207.

The UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center on Thursday released its annual Tahoe: State of the Lake Report for 2016, noting a year marked by the hottest temperatures on record followed by a winter of unprecedented levels of rain and snow in the Sierra Nevada where Lake Tahoe resides.

During occasional heavy rainstorms, such as the ones that hit western Nevada this winter, stormwater can cause erosion on residential properties. University of Nevada Cooperative Extension, in partnership with GreenACTnv, will offer a free presentation in Gardnerville on how to prepare landscapes to reduce erosion hazards and increase the potential for storm runoff to soak into soils.

Here is the Carson City and Lake Tahoe area road report for the week of May 22-28, 2017. Closures are expected at the following locations due to road and utility work. Please follow detours.

Here is the Carson City and Lake Tahoe area road report for the week of May 15-21, 2017. Road closures expected at the following locations due to road and utility work. Please use caution.

Here is the Carson City and Lake Tahoe area road report for the week of May 8-14, 2017. Road closures expected at the following locations due to road/utility work. Please use caution:

Here is the Carson City and Lake Tahoe area road report for the week of May 1-7, 2017. Road closures expected at the following locations due to road and utility work. Please use caution.

As we celebrate Earth Day this April, let’s remember how important environmental stewardship is to the health of Lake Tahoe, and how important our individual actions are.

The Utility Finance Oversight Committee is recommending the Carson City Board of Supervisors approve an increase in stormwater rates phased in over three years.

The intersection of Alternate U.S. 395 and northern Washoe Drive in Washoe City will be closed Friday, March 24 as the Nevada Department of Transportation installs a larger drainage culvert.

The Nevada Department of Transportation this week launched a newly-redesigned nevadadot.com website providing quicker and easier access to Nevada road information.

The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) recognized and presented plaques to the top three winners of the NDOT Stormwater Program Kindergarten through fifth grade "Love NV Waters" drawing contest at the recent March 13 Transportation Board meeting in Carson City.

MINDEN — With three months of extreme freeze-thaw cycles and recent flooding in Douglas County, Tillman Road has been closed from Kimmerling Circle to Patricia due to unsafe road conditions, officials announced Thursday.

The early storm event that began on January 7 with over 5 inches of rain in some regions of the Lake Tahoe Basin before turning to snow, delivered a massive amount of runoff to the Lake in a short period of time.

During this storm event the Tahoe RCD Stormwater Monitoring Program measured the highest flows ever recorded at all eight monitoring locations since monitoring began in 2013. Our Tahoe Valley site, located off Tahoe Keys Blvd, measured 1.5 million cubic feet of flow, nearly 90% of the flow that was observed throughout the whole 2016 water year!

CARSON CITY— The Carson River Coalition invites you to the 2017 Carson River Watershed Management Forum. The Carson River Watershed is truly “A Lifeline Connecting Our Communities.”

CARSON CITY— The Carson River Coalition invites you to the 2017 Carson River Watershed Management Forum. The Carson River Watershed is truly “A Lifeline Connecting Our Communities.”