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Starting this week, trail users on the popular multi-use Legacy Trail in Truckee will find new messages stenciled in chalk along the path. From educational “share the path” and “keep right” reminders, to more tongue-in-cheek messages like “friends don’t let friends block trails” and “it’s okay to be shy, but if you’re about to pass, say hi,” the goal of…

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On November 8, 2022, the Truckee Town Council adopted a Single-Use Foodware Reduction Ordinance including the following policies:  A ban on the sale and distribution of polystyrene foam, e.g. Styrofoam (effective April 1, 2023)  Food vendors must provide reusable foodware for in-house dining (effective January 1, 2024)  Food vendors must charge a $0.25 fee for each disposable takeout food container…

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Sierra Nevada Alliance, in collaboration with dozens of groups throughout the Sierra, is pleased to announce the official launch of Take Care Sierra - a recreational stewardship campaign designed to educate visitors and residents about how to take care of the treasured region.  The campaign isn’t just about education. It also provides fun and easy ways to take action and…

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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA – On Saturday, April 22, thousands of community members gathered in the sun at Lake Tahoe Community College to celebrate Earth Day. The free, family-friendly Earth Day Festival culminated Earth Week, a week of daily challenges to reduce one’s carbon footprint and protect our climate. “On behalf of the Earth Day planning committee we’d like to thank…

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With this winter’s seemingly endless snowfall, Tahoe’s sled hills have been packed with families every weekend. After a day of fun, these locations can become blanketed in broken plastic sleds and other discarded trash, creating an excess of waste on the hills and a hazard to other sledders. Take Care Tahoe and its partner organizations have set up sled corrals…

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Muralist Susie Alexander of Susie Alexander Art (@susiealexanderart) recently completed an artistic rendering of Lake Tahoe’s underwater habitat in the lounge area of the UC Davis Tahoe Science Center. The exhibit shows shallow habitat, deep water habitat, and living aquatic organisms that you might find in those underwater environments.   “This has been such an inspiring three-plus weeks of painting at…

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