Residents and visitors invited to “heal the land” at 26th annual Tahoe Forest Stewardship Days

LAKE TAHOE, Nev./Calif. – Each year since 1997, the League to Save Lake Tahoe has rallied hundreds of volunteers to revitalize forests, meadows, marshes, and streams damaged by natural disasters, development from decades past, and agriculture. This fall’s Tahoe Forest Stewardship Days event on Sept. 16 will focus on restoring an area impacted by the disastrous 2021 Caldor Fire, along with a popular beach on the Lake’s south shore.

The public is invited to get their hands dirty, sweat a little, and leave feeling fulfilled that they helped Keep Tahoe Blue. Volunteers of all ages and skill levels are welcome. There will be dozens of local and visiting volunteers of all ages and skill levels, along with team members from the League to Save Lake Tahoe, Nevada Tahoe Conservation District, and USDA Forest Service - Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit at the project areas.

Five hands-on volunteer projects will occur simultaneously at two sites:

Saxon Creek, Meyers
Seed dispersal to revegetate burned areas
Willow staking and streambank reinforcement to prevent erosion
Beaver dam analog construction to restore the stream’s natural flow

Baldwin Beach, South Lake Tahoe
Litter removal to erase a summer’s worth of recreation
Conifer removal to prevent tree roots from drying out sensitive marshland

The restoration projects will be from 9 a.m. - noon, followed by a hosted lunch, celebration, and raffle for participants from noon - 1 p.m.

Now in the events’ 26th year, Tahoe Forest Stewardship Days have empowered thousands of volunteers to restore important but fragile ecosystems across the Lake Tahoe Basin. These hands-on, in-the-field efforts protect natural beauty, revitalize wildlife habitat, and restore the environment’s natural function as a pollution-removing filter, protecting the Lake’s water quality and clarity. In short, healing the land protects all you treasure about Tahoe.

To register, visit keeptahoeblue.org/events to RSVP and see the event details.