November 2019 Conservancy Newsletter

Wildlife Conservation Board awards the Conservancy $2.98 million to help restore the Upper Truckee Marsh

The California Wildlife Conservation Board has awarded $2.98 million to the Conservancy to help restore the Upper Truckee Marsh, the largest wetland in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Restoring the Marsh will improve water quality and enrich native fish and bird habitat, while making the Marsh more resilient to droughts, flooding, and other climate change impacts. Learn more.

The Tahoe Pines Restoration and Public Access Project moves ahead

Our newest video highlights one piece of a larger effort to restore the Upper Truckee River: the Tahoe Pines Restoration and Public Access Project.

The site of a defunct campground, the Conservancy’s 8.1-acre Tahoe Pines property sits along the Upper Truckee River in Meyers, California. Our contractor, along with crews from the Tahoe Resource Conservation District and the California Conservation Corps, recently removed an old well and concrete walls from the site, and also large pipes and concrete debris from the river bank. The crews also removed dead trees and planted willow and alder poles to improve wildlife habitat and stabilize the river banks. Work begun this fall will continue in spring and summer 2020, when the Conservancy plans to reconstruct the parking area and build a pathway, pedestrian bridge, and stream overlook pad that are compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Learn more. 

Dollar Creek Forest Heath Restoration

The Conservancy’s contractors are wrapping up this season’s work on the Dollar Creek Forest Health and Biomass Project, where they mechanically thinned 151 acres of forest and are sending the removed timber to a biomass electric power generating facility. Projects like this reduce the risk of wildfire to Lake Tahoe communities, while restoring the resilience of forests to climate change impacts such as drought, disease, and insect outbreaks.