The Tahoe Weekly has done a five-part series covering the tourism impacts that locals and visitors alike have experienced during the summer of 2020 due to the overwhelming number of visitors in the region as a result of the pandemic. Read Part I, “Tahoe’s tourism tipping point,” Part II, “Grappling with garbage & grievances,” Part III “Trash kills bears” and Part IV “Microplastics: Tahoe’s tiniest trash” online at TheTahoeWeekly.com. Part V is forthcoming.
Connect
Citizen Science App | citizensciencetahoe.org
Clean Up the Lake | cleanupthelake.org
Desert Research Institute | dri.edu
The League to Save Lake Tahoe | keeptahoeblue.org
Tahoe Environmental Research Center | tahoe.ucdavis.edu
Tahoe In Balance on Facebook
Tahoe Institute of Natural Science | tinsweb.org
Tahoe Truckee Litter Group on Facebook
Volunteer
Kings Beach clean ups | Mondays 8-10 a.m. | Tahoe Truckee Litter Group
Truckee Litter Corps | 1st Saturday of month, 8 a.m. | keeptruckeegreen.org
Report litter problems
El Dorado County
Eastern Slope area | (530 573-3450, edcgov.us
Douglas County
Code Enforcement Office | (775) 782-6214, douglascountynv.gov
Nevada County
Illegal dumping | (530) 265-7111, mynevadacounty.com
Placer County
Garbage complaints | (530) 581-6240, placer.ca.gov
Tahoe Truckee Sierra Disposal | (530) 583-7800, waste101.com
South Lake Tahoe
City of South Lake Tahoe | (530) 542-6000, cityofslt.us
South Tahoe Refuse | (530) 541-5105, southtahoerefuse.com
Clean Tahoe Program | (530) 544-4210, clean-tahoe.org
Truckee
Town of Truckee Trash complaints | recycle@townoftruckee.com
Keep Truckee Green | (530) 582-7700, keeptruckeegreen.org
Truckee-Donner Recreation & Parks District | (530) 582-7720, tdrpd.org
Washoe County
Garbage complaints | (775) 328-6106, washoecounty.us
Short-term rental complaints
City of South Lake Tahoe | (530) 542-7474
Douglas County | (775) 782-5126
Eldorado County | (530) 573-3300
Placer County | (530) 581-6234 or str@placer.ca.gov
Truckee | (530) 448-8003
Washoe County | (775) 328-6106
