Lake Tahoe Content

Burning Question: How to Save an Old-Growth Forest in Tahoe

Katherine E Kerlin — March 03, 2025 - 9:02am

On the shores of Lake Tahoe at Emerald Bay State Park grows what some consider to be the most iconic old-growth forest in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Giant ponderosa pines 鈥� some of the last remaining in the area 鈥� share space with at least 13 other tree species.

Stephanie Hampton Appointed Director of the Tahoe Environmental Research Center

Katherine E Kerlin — November 15, 2024 - 12:30pm

Stephanie Hampton is the newly appointed director of the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center, beginning in spring of 2025.

Annual Report on State of Lake Tahoe Shows Recent Impacts, Long-Term Trends

Andy Fell — August 08, 2024 - 11:02am

The annual 鈥�State of the Lake鈥� report from the Tahoe Environmental Research Center at the University of California, Davis, released today (Aug. 8), shows how long-term climate trends continue to affect the iconic lake in complex ways. The report also describes how research at Lake Tahoe relates to work at other lakes in the U.S. and worldwide, including the development of new technology, and how citizens are contributing to preserving Tahoe鈥檚 natural beauty.

Clarity, Changing Food Web Detailed in Annual Lake Tahoe Report

Emily C Dooley — July 20, 2023 - 8:00am

The UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center's annual Tahoe: State of the Lake Report, describes the past year as one of rapid biological change.

Lake Tahoe鈥檚 Clarity the Best It鈥檚 Been Since 1980s

Katherine E Kerlin — April 10, 2023 - 9:15am

In 2022, Lake Tahoe was the clearest it has been since the 1980s, due in part to a resurgence of the lake鈥檚 native zooplankton, finds the UC Davis Tahoe Clarity Report.

Tahoe State of the Lake Report 2022

Katherine E Kerlin — July 28, 2022 - 4:00pm

The University of California, Davis, Tahoe Environmental Research Center, or TERC, today released its annual Tahoe: State of the Lake Report. The report informs nonscientists about important factors affecting the health of Lake Tahoe and provides the scientific underpinnings for restoration and management decisions within the Lake Tahoe Basin.

Lake Tahoe Clarity Report for 2021

Katherine E Kerlin — July 06, 2022 - 9:00am

The cobalt blue waters of Lake Tahoe were about as clear in 2021 as they were in 2020. But a broader look at clarity measurements shows there is no pattern of consistent clarity improvement over the past 20 years. The lake also has not fully recovered from a spike of fine particles that flowed into its waters after the extremely wet year of 2017.

Annual Report Assesses the State of Lake Tahoe

Andy Fell — August 12, 2021 - 8:45am

UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center releases annual Tahoe: State of the Lake Report

2020 Lake Tahoe Clarity Report

Katherine E Kerlin — July 08, 2021 - 8:00am

Lake Tahoe鈥檚 water clarity measurements, which are indicators of the health of the watershed, averaged 62.9 feet through 2020, the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center and the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency announced today.

Helping Out Lakes in Hot Water

Katherine E Kerlin — June 09, 2021 - 1:55pm

When hot weather hits, we long for cool waters. The warm sand, sparkling lakes, that first run off the pier and into the splash of summer. This is classic, nostalgia-soaked stuff.

But the world鈥檚 lakes are getting warmer and losing oxygen, which threatens biodiversity, water quality and habitat for freshwater species, according to two studies published this month.