Lake Tahoe License Plate Program Reports and Studies

Reports without links can be provided by the Water Quality Coordinator at the contact info found to the right of this section.

Fuels Reduction

• Lake Tahoe Upland Fuels Research Project: Lake Tahoe State Park Sites Murphy, D.D., Manley, P.N., Stanton, A.E., Pavlik, B.M. & Timmer, M.D. (2011)

• Lake Tahoe Upland Fuels Research Project: 2006-2007 Murphy, D.D., Manley, P.N., Stanton, A.E., & Pavlik, B.M. (2008)

Recreation

• 2024 Tahoe Rim Trail User Management Recommendations Tahoe Rim Trail Association (2024)    

Invasive Species

• 2018 Lake Tahoe Nearshore Aquatic Plant Status Report Marine Taxonomic Services (2019)

• Noxious and Invasive Weed Final Report for Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park and Van Sickle Bi-State Park Great Basin Institute-International Conservation Volunteer Exchange

• Natural and Human Linmitations to Asian Clam Distribution and Recolonization--Factors that Impact the Management and Control in Lake Tahoe Marion E. Wittmann, Sudeep Chandra, S. Geoffrey Schladow, John E. Reuter

• Differentiation of Invasive Weeds vs. Desirable Vegetation Donaldson, S., & University of Nevada Cooperative Extension (2005)

• Warm-Water Non-Native Fishes in Lake Tahoe Chandra, S., Ngai, K.L.C., Kamerath, M., & Allen, B. (2009)

• Lake Tahoe Asian Clam Pilot Project 2009 Wittmann, M.E., Allen, B., Chandra, S., Reuter, J.E., Schladow, S.G., & Webb, K. (2011)

• Invasive Weed Assessment of Nevada State Parks in the East Lake Tahoe Basin Great Basin Institute, Dean, K., Morsbach, A. (2012)

Stormwater Best Management Practices

• Tahoe Stormwater Treatment BMPs in a Changing Climate Buxton, A., Feldman, J., Heyvaert, A., Leisenring, M., Orr, A. (2023) 

• Stormwater Tools Phase 3 Improvements Project Final Report Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (2020)

• Evaluation of Pinyon-Juniper Biochar as a Media Amendment for Stormwater Treatment Heyvaert, A.C., McCrum, M.J., Schmidt, C. (2017)

• Modified Philip-Dunne Infiltrometer Testing Nevada Tahoe Conservation District (2012)

• Evaluating an Approach for Cost-Benefit Analysis of Project Alternatives Heyvaert, A.C., Mihevc, T., Thomas, T., Miller, W., & Reuter, J., (2009)

• Cave Rock Revegetation Monitoring Program - Improving Sediment Source Control Projects in the Lake Tahoe Basin Hogan, Michael, (2005)

• Cultured Ecology Generation 2: Demonstrating Nutrient and Fine Particle Removal in Tahoe Basin Stormwater Heyvaert, A.C., Patterson, S., Brown, S., Reuter, J.E., & Strasenburgh, C., (2010)

• Evaluation and Enhancement of the Effectiveness of Sediment Trapping and Retention Devices Installed on the Nevada Side of Lake Tahoe Dennett, K.E., Ridenoure, B.D., (2007)

• Stormwater Feasibility Study Nevada Tahoe Conservation District, (2008)

• Stormwater System Operation and Maintenance Handbook Nevada Tahoe Conservation District, (2009)

• TRPA Guidance for Incorporating the PLRM and Private Property BMPs into the ECAM Process Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, (2010)

Vegetation Management

• Understanding Rates and Drivers of Conifer Encroachment in Aspen Stands Throughout the Lake Tahoe Basin During the Past 35 Years Dilts, T., Refsland, T., Greenberg, J. & Hall Cushman, J. (2021)

• Declining white satin moth activity on the east side of Lake Tahoe varies across forest structure, leaf chemistry, and moisture gradients Nelson, K & Bisbing, S. (2021)

• Invasive Weed Assessment of Nevada State Parks in the East Lake Tahoe Basin Dean, K., Morsbach, A.

• Implementation of the Conservation Strategy for Tahoe Yellow Cress - Pilot Project to Support Reintroduction Experiments Pavlik, B.M. & Stanton, A.E., (2004)

Water Quality

• A Clean Up the Lake Report: Results of the 2020 Lake Tahoe SCUBA-Enabled Litter Cleanup Dives Harrold, Z., West, C., Easler, S., Urrita, H. (2021)

• Making the smart watershed-to-lake connection: using high-frequency sensors and process-based aquatic ecosystem models to predict nearshore greening in Lake Tahoe Blaszczak, J., Loria, K., Krause, J., Lowman, H., Chandra, S. (2024)

• A Sustainable Method for the Rapid Assessment of the Extent and Causes of Metaphyton in Lake Tahoe Tahoe Environmental Research Center (2020)

• Remote Sensing and Cloud Computing to Support Lake Tahoe Nearshore Monitoring Pearson, C., Huntington, J. (2019)

• Pilot Study: Monitoring Summer Metaphyton Growth along the South and Southeast shore of Lake Tahoe. Schladow, G., Hackley, S., Senft, K., Allen, B., & Rettig, R. (2018).

• Pilot Implementation of the Lake Tahoe Nearshore Monitoring Framework for Clarity Metrics Heyvaert, A., Fitzgerald, B., Morton, C., McGwire, K., Susfalk, R., (2016)

• Nearshore Water Quality Monitoring Buoy at Lake Tahoe Fitzgerald, B., Mihevc, T., Susfalk, R. (2012)

• NICHES: Nearshore Indicators for Clarity, Habitat and Ecological Sustainability. Development of nearshore fish indicators for Lake Tahoe Ka Lai Ngai, C., Sudeep, C.., Sullivan, J., Umek, J., Chaon, B., Zander, P., Rudolph, H., Tucker, A., Williamson, C., Oris, J., & Gevertz, A., (2010)

• Lower Rosewood Creek Restoration Project:  Suspended Sediment Loads and Particle Size, 2002-2007 Susfalk, R.B. & Fitzgerald, B., (2009)

• Lake Tahoe and Truckee Watershed Annual Snapshot Day, 2005 Citizen Monitoring Working Group & Lake Tahoe Environmental Education Coalition, (2005)

• Lake Tahoe and Truckee Watershed Annual Snapshot Day, 2006 Citizen Monitoring Working Group & Lake Tahoe Environmental Education Coalition, (2006)

• Lake Tahoe and Truckee Watershed Annual Snapshot Day, 2009 Citizen Monitoring Working Group & Lake Tahoe Environmental Education Coalition, (2009)

• Lake Tahoe and Truckee Watershed Annual Snapshot Day, 2010 Citizen Monitoring Working Group & Lake Tahoe Environmental Education Coalition, (2006)

Wildlife and Fisheries

• A Comparison of Stream Physical Habitat Measurements With Benthic Macroinvertebrate Occurrence from North Canyon Creek, Nevada (July-October, 2000) Lee, J. & Romsos, J.S., (2003)

• An Inventory of Baseline Monitoring of the Bird Fauna of the Carson Range, with Emphasis on the Lake Tahoe Basin Nevada State and Adjacent Lands Richardson, T.W., (2010)

• Assessment of Goshawk Territories within the Lake Tahoe Basin. March 2004 - September 2005 Young, R.J. & Morrison, M.L., (2007)

• Avian Nest-site Selection and Nesting Success in Sierra Nevada Aspen, 2003-2006 Richardson, T.W., (2006)

• Avian Species Richness, Abundance, and Nesting Success in Aspen Habitats of the Truckee River Watershed, 2004-2004 Richardson, T.W., (2004)

• An Inventory and Baseline Monitoring of the Butterfly Fauna of the Carson Range, with Emphasis on the Lake Tahoe Basin Nevada State and Adjacent Lands Richardson, T.W. & Murphy, D.D., (2007)

• Status and Change of Amphibian and Reptile Populations and Habitat Conditions in Lentic Ecosystems in the Lake Tahoe Basin Manley, P.N. & Lind, A.J., (2005)

• The Role of Urban Forests in Conserving and Restoring Biological Diversity in the Lake Tahoe Basin Manley, P.N., Murphy, D.D., Schlesinger, M.D., Campbell, L.A., Merideth, S., Sanford, M., Heckmann, K. & Parks, S., (2007)

• The Role of Urban Forests in Conserving and Restoring Biological Diversity in the Lake Tahoe Basin: Synopsis of Research Results Manley, P.N. & Murphy, D.D., (2007)