Conference & Workshops
This page highlights conferences, workshops, and other science convenings supported by the Council. These events bring together researchers, managers, and practitioners to share findings, explore emerging issues, and strengthen the connection between science and decision-making in the Tahoe Basin.
Reports and Products
Lake Tahoe Clarity and Water Quality
Zooplankton Ecology of Lake Tahoe: Composition, Migration, and Influence on Plankton Particle Sizes Final Report | January 2025
Characteristics, Composition, and Relative Sources of Very Fine Particles Affecting Water Clarity in Lake Tahoe (Aquatic Particles Project) | December 2024
Lake Tahoe Pelagic Monitoring Program Review | July 2024
Microplastics Memorandum | October 2024
Statistical analyses of historic clarity measurements and select variables | October 2024
Impacts of Smoke-Ash from the 2021 Wildfires to the Ecology of Lake Tahoe | November 2022
Lake Tahoe Clarity Analysis and Modeling Phase I: Biogeochemical and Ecological Modeling | August 2022
Seasonal and Long-Term Clarity Trend Assessment of Lake Tahoe, California–Nevada | July 2022
Lake Tahoe Clarity and Associated Conditions | June 2022
Lake Tahoe Clarity Analysis and Modeling: Empirical Dynamic Modeling | June 2022
Datasets (Excel files, cvs format)
Tahoe limnological data and drivers
Summary Science Report on Lake Tahoe Clarity and Associated Conditions | August 2021
Report on the Status of the Lake Clarity Model | December 2020
Lake Tahoe Nearshore
Nearshore Science Final Review | January 2025
Invasive Species
Lake Tahoe Watershed
Tahoe Environmental Observatory Network – Draft Final Report | July 2025
Distribution and Apparent Decline of Aspen in the Broader Lake Tahoe Area | October 2024
Aspen Maps for the Broader Lake Tahoe Area (produced using machine learning and Landsat spectral reflectance)
Fuel treatment effectiveness in the Caldor Fire (2021) perimeter, Lake Tahoe, California | March 2024
Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Thresholds
Monitoring Outdoor Recreational Quality and Public Access | June 2024
Part 1: State of Literature & Best Practices
Part 2: Program Recommendations
Escaping the Heat: Climate Change and Visitation to the Lake Tahoe Basin | July 2022
Water Quality Threshold Standards – Applying the System Structure | June 2020
Vehicle Miles Traveled Review | March 2019
Stream Environmental Zone Standard Review | September 2018
Recreation Associated Impacts in the Lake Tahoe Basin | May 2018
Guidance on Technical Clean Up of Existing Threshold Standards | April 2018
Natural Resource Evaluation Systems: Assessment of Best Practices | October 2017
Comments on the 2016 TRPA Threshold Evaluation Process | February 2017
Follow up Comments | March 2017
Science Planning
Integrated Science to Action: Planning for Change | October 2024
Upland Ecosystem Science to Action Plan: Integrated Research to Inform Greater Resilience in the Lake Tahoe Basin Uplands | October 2020
Appendix | July 2020
Upland Ecosystem Science to Action Brief
Science to Action Planning, Project Briefing and Science Vision for Lake Tahoe | August 2019