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Lake Tahoe Internet Resources

  • Home Landscaping Guide for Lake Tahoe and Vicinity - This publication helps the community develop vibrant, healthy and low-maintenance landscapes, and to improve water quality within the basin, helping to preserve Lake Tahoe’s unique clarity
    and beauty
  • Living with Fire Tahoe - The Living With Fire program helps inform residents of the Lake Tahoe Basin on how they can live more safely in high fire hazard environments. The purpose website provides information on what to do before (create defensible space), during (procedures for evacuation) and how to cope after a wildfire does occur and help your landscape recover.
  • Tahoe Resource Conservation District - TRCD is one of nearly 3000 conservation districts across the country helping people protect land, water, forests, wildlife and related natural resources. Current programs focus on combating aquatic invasive species, preparing communities for wildfire, restoration and land management, stormwater monitoring and native landscaping. TRCD staff is also available for assistance with fire defensible space, water conservation, fertilizer management and wildlife habitat enhancement.
  • University of California Cooperative Extension - A part of the larger UC Agriculture and Natural Resources which connects the power of UC research in agriculture, natural resources, nutrition and youth development with local communities to improve the lives of all Californians.
  • University of Nevada Cooperative Extension - Managed in Northern Nevada by the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources.  Includes 4-H Youth Development, Farming and Ranching, Environment and Nature and Gardens, Trees and Landscapes among other programs.