Today’s Tahoe Fun Fact is a reminder to please stay home right now. Social distancing plays a key role in stopping the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The more we stay at home and away from others, the more likely we are to not receive or pass the virus. Mountain communities like ours have limited medical capacity, so it’s critical we do our part to slow transmission/flatten the curve. Thankfully, the mountains and Lake will still be here when this passes. And with your continued support, Tahoe Fund will continue to work to ensure their long term preservation.

In just the last 4 days, we have received 120 Inches of snow. While it’s a bittersweet arrival of “Miracle March,” this late season snow will reduce the threat of drought for our trees and fill the Lake back up

The current lake level for Tahoe is 6,227.29 feet, this is down more than 9 inches from this date last year. This drop in water level is equivalent to 31.92 billion gallons of water, or around 108 times the total amount of water used by California-Tahoe Ski Resorts for snowmaking.

There are currently 14 prescribed fires burning in the Tahoe Basin. The Tahoe Forest Fuels Team has been working hard to clear the slash piles that are currently overwhelming the basin. Prescribed fires are set by forest managers during less flammable conditions and kept within control lines to create fires of low intensity in areas that would be high intensity zones during wildfires. Tahoe Living with Fire houses and updates a map with locations of planned prescribed fires around the lake so that everyone can stay informed.