Project Update: Negro Canyon

by Kathy Whitlow, Operations Manager Located within the Gregory Creek watershed just west of Truckee, Negro Canyon has been impacted by waves of human use, from grazing to construction of Interstate 80 to logging to wildfires to off-highway vehicle use.… Read more

River-Friendly Landscaping In Action

by Kathy Whitlow, Operations Manager When homeowners Dot and Paul Ingels moved to Donner Lake, they knew they wanted to protect the house’s foundation from already-evident erosion and create a more usable space in their backyard. They just weren’t quite… Read more

Middle Martis Wetlands Restoration Design – RFP

by Kathy Whitlow, Operations Manager The Truckee River Watershed Council seeks to hire a consultant to complete a restoration design plan for the Middle Martis Creek Wetlands Restoration Project. Prior to the construction of Brockway road (now Highway 267) in… Read more

Elizabethtown Meadow Restoration – RFP

by Kathy Whitlow, Operations Manager We want to let you know about an open RFP from our partner, Truckee Donner Land Trust (Land Trust): The Truckee Donner Land Trust (Land Trust) seeks to hire a consultant to complete a restoration… Read more

River-Friendly Landscaping Rebates of up to $ 1000 Available

by Andy Otto, Director of Restoration Programs Spring is here and River-Friendly Landscaping site evaluations have started! The program is completely voluntary. River-Friendly Landscaping improves water quality by assisting homeowners in voluntarily reducing or preventing soil erosion. The program covers… Read more

Thank you for a great Snapshot Day!

by Andy Otto, Program Director 2013 marks the 13th year of Snapshot Day in the Lake Tahoe watershed. On May 11th, hundreds of volunteers came out to join us across the Tahoe Basin and Truckee River watershed for a morning… Read more

Adopt a Stream & Snapshot Day

by Andy Otto, Director of Restoration Programs Spring is in the air and Adopt a Stream water quality monitoring season is just around the corner… Here are the monitoring dates for this year: May 11, 2013 – Snapshot Day* June… Read more