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First Place NAGC Gold Screen Award in Education category for Tahoe Movie

USGS won 8 awards in 7 categories (3-1st, 3-2nd & 2-Award of Excellence). The USGS Lake Tahoe video, “Lake of the Sky: USGS Tahoe Basin Science” – U.S. Geological Survey – Stephen M. Wessells, Justin Pressfield, Haydon Lane, Tim Rowe – received  first place gold screen award in category 29 “Educational Programs”. For more information [...]

Meet the New TSC Executive Director
Meet the New TSC Executive Director

Maureen McCarthy has been named the Tahoe Science Consortium’s new executive director. Her environmental interests and her work to learn from and protect the environment have brought her to Lake Tahoe.

NICHES Executive Summary

Lake Tahoe’s fishery is among one of the least studied of all the large lakes in the world. Over time there have been a variety of stressors (e.g., introduction of species, eutrophication, nearshore habitat modification), which has altered the fishery. However, only a limited number of studies have been conducted to investigate these impacts or [...]

Tahoe Science Newsletter

Read the latest edition of the Tahoe Science Newsletter.

An Integrated Science Plan for the Lake Tahoe Basin

An integrated science plan was developed to identify and refine contemporary science information needs for the Lake Tahoe basin ecosystem. The main objectives were to describe a conceptual framework for an integrated science program, and to develop research strategies addressing key uncertainties and information gaps that challenge government agencies in five theme areas.

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Tahoe Facts

Lake Tahoe is so blue because the thin clear mountain air allows the lake’s pure crystalline water to reflect the blue sky above. It can also appear red during sunsets of grey-black during storms.