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Reports and Products

 

Tahoe Environmental Observatory Network – Draft Final Report | July 2025

Executive Summary
Appendices

Nearshore Science Final Review | January 2025

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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​​

 

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, 1984 to 2023)

Microplastics Memorandum |  October 2024

Statistical analyses of historic clarity measurements and select variables | October 2024

(1) Naranjo, USGS 

(2) Smits, UC Davis

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Integrated Science to Action: Planning for Change (updated) | October 2024

Tahoe Science Advisory Council review of Lake Tahoe monitoring | July 2024

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Monitoring Outdoor Recreational Quality and Public Access | June 2024

State of the Literature & Best Practices (Part 1)

Recommendations (Part 2) 

Fuel treatment effectiveness in the Caldor Fire (2021) perimeter, Lake Tahoe, California | March 2024

Preliminary recommendations for Rapid response to the discovery of New Zealand Mudsnail in Lake Tahoe | October 2023​

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 

Escaping the Heat: Climate Change and Visitation to the Lake Tahoe Basin | July 2022

Seasonal and Long-Term Clarity Trend Assessment of Lake Tahoe, California–Nevada | July 2022

Summary Science Report on Lake Tahoe Clarity and Associated Conditions | June 2022

Lake Tahoe Clarity Analysis and Modeling: Empirical Dynamic Modeling | June 2022

Upland Ecosystem Science to Action Brief 2020-2021

Data Synthesis and Analysis

Summary Science Report on Lake Tahoe Clarity and Associated Conditions |  August 2021

Executive Briefing on Lake Tahoe Clarity and Associated Conditions | June 2021

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Report on the Status of the Lake Clarity Model | December 2020

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Lake Tahoe Seasonal and Long-Term Clarity Trend Analysis | October 2020

Upland Ecosystem Science to Action Plan: Integrated Research to Inform Greater Resilience in the Lake Tahoe Basin Uplands | October 2020

Appendix for Upland Ecosystem Science to Action Plan | July 2020


Science to Action Planning, Project Briefing and Science Vision for Lake Tahoe | August 2019

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