The Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 awarded the Nevada Tahoe Conservation District (NTCD) a $125,000 Project Grant under the Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Training Grants and Cooperative Agreements - Section 104(b)(3) of the Clean Water Act program (CFDA 66.436). The grant will support NTCD's development of a community-based watershed strategy and outreach efforts in the Marla Bay area of Lake Tahoe to improve water quality and help achieve the Total Maximum...
The Tahoe Resource Conservation District will receive $10,017,490 through December 2028 under a Cooperative Agreement from the Bureau of Land Management Nevada Region's Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act program to deliver a coordinated Lake Tahoe Basin Fire Adapted Communities project. The Tahoe RCD will partner with local fire protection districts to provide up to 25,000 defensible space inspections and 15,000 residential chipping services on private properties, corresponding to fuel...
The North Tahoe Fire Protection District will receive $2.7 million under a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Bureau of Land Management Nevada Region on December 23, 2022. The funding supports hazardous fuels reduction on 300-700 acres of high priority wildland urban interface defense zones in North Tahoe and Meeks Bay Fire Protection Districts as identified in the Lake Tahoe Basin Community Wildfire Protection Plan. Treatments will improve forest health and reduce catastrophic wildfire...
The Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District will receive $532,470 through a Cooperative Agreement awarded on December 27, 2022 by the Bureau of Land Management Nevada Region under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act program (CFDA 15.235). The funding will support a 90-115 acre fuels reduction project along Highway 50 in the Lake Tahoe Basin from 2023 to 2028. Treatments will include thinning and removal of fuels in two areas prone to heavy traffic and near homes to modify potential...
This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance Program (CFDA 15.228) provides $779,497.87 in funding to the Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District (TMFPD) and the Carson City Fire Department (CCFD) to address the threat of wildfires in communities in Nevada. The key products and services to be delivered through this grant funding include: 1) Promoting public education and awareness of wildfire safety, 2)...
This $370,380 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species (CFDA 15.608) program will support the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California in increasing their engagement and role in environmental management and restoration efforts within the Lake Tahoe watershed. The project aims to advance the Washoe Tribe's participation in setting priorities and implementing long-term restoration activities in the...
This $715,326.42 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Bureau of Land Management's Aquatic Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244) will fund the restoration of instream and riparian habitats across 25 miles of stream in four sub-watersheds of the Quinn River Management Unit in Nevada. The project aims to increase the resiliency of the Lahontan cutthroat trout, an ESA-listed species, to climate change, mining, and other stressors, as well as reconnect the trout to larger habitat fragments....
This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (DOI Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8) under the Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species program (CFDA 15.608) will provide $2,716,744.00 to the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) to develop two permanent watercraft inspection stations in the Lake Tahoe region. One station will be located near the east shore in Nevada and the other near the south shore in California. The funding will support the...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 awarded a $125,000 Project Grant to the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency under the Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Training Grants and Cooperative Agreements - Section 104(b)(3) of the Clean Water Act program. The grant will support the development of a community-based watershed strategy for the Tahoe Keys neighborhood in South Lake Tahoe, California from December 1, 2022 through June 30, 2027. Key products and services include a...
Through this $370,380 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species (CFDA 15.608) program, the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California will increase their engagement in setting priorities and participating in restoration efforts within the Lake Tahoe watershed. The project aims to advance the tribe's role in the environmental management of the watershed, building on existing agreements that provide...