Project
04.02.01.0029 - Tahoe Blue Crews
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Overview

Basics

Basics
The Tahoe Blue Crew program helps volunteers adopt an area impacted by litter anywhere in the Tahoe-Truckee region. This project trains participants to conduct litter cleanups, and arms volunteers with proper supplies and methods for collecting and submitting data that is crucial to informing the League’s advocacy and other litter solutions. A Tahoe Blue Crew can be a single individual, family, group who commit to conducting at least three cleanups at their adopted site each year. For those whose free time is scarce, they can still get involved as a #TahoeBlueGooder, and remove litter they find and report it using the Citizen Science Tahoe app.

Implementation
2019
2019
2026
Laura Patten (Laura@keeptahoeblue.org)
02/06/2023
01/16/2025
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Location Information Location Notes
Named Area: Basin-wide
Area Type: Region

Organizations

Organizations
League to Save Lake Tahoe (League) Laura Patten - League to Save Lake Tahoe (League)

EIP Details

EIP Basics

EIP Basics
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04 - Science, Stewardship, and Accountability
04.02 - Stewardship Program
Engage Communities in Environmental Stewardship
04.02.01.0029 - Tahoe Blue Crews

This project is on the EIP 5-year list.

Performance Measures

Expected Performance Measures

Expected Performance Measures
Educational and Interpretive Programs Produced [Primary EIP Program: Stewardship], [Program Objective: Education and Interpretation], [Program Status: Delivered] 5 number
People Served [Primary Service Type: Program Participation] 864 number
Disturbed Areas Restored, Enhanced, or Created [Disturbed Area Treatment Type: Enhanced], [Ownership: California State Parks] 1881 acres

Reported Performance Measures

Reported Performance Measures
Educational and Interpretive Programs Produced
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Total Units
Primary EIP Program Program Objective Program Status
Stewardship Education and Interpretation Delivered 11 25 10 3 5 4 58 number
Total 11 25 10 3 5 4 58 number
People Served
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Total Units
Primary Service Type
Program Participation 27 123 87 33 72 67 409 number
Total 27 123 87 33 72 67 409 number
Disturbed Areas Restored, Enhanced, or Created
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Total Units
Disturbed Area Treatment Type Ownership
Enhanced Other 1,267 10,775 4,679 4,729 9,109 6,027 36,586 acres
Total 1,267 10,775 4,679 4,729 9,109 6,027 36,586 acres

Funding

Expected Funding

Expected Funding
$150,000
Total
League to Save Lake Tahoe (League) $150,000 $150,000 $0
Grand Total $150,000 $150,000 $0

Reported Expenditures

Reported Expenditures
Total 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
League to Save Lake Tahoe $23,700 $4,700 $5,500 $4,000 $3,500 $6,000 $0
Grand Total $23,700 $4,700 $5,500 $4,000 $3,500 $6,000 $0

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Watersheds

No watersheds set for this project.

Threshold Categories

  • Tahoe Blue Crews conducts litter clean ups throughout recreational areas in Lake Tahoe & Truckee
  • Tahoe Blue Crews conducts litter clean ups throughout recreational areas in Lake Tahoe & Truckee
  • Reducing plastic & animal waste on beaches reduces pollutants & microplastics entering the lake.

Local and Regional Plans

No Local and Regional Plans set for this project.

Related Projects

No Related Projects set for this project.

Notes

Notes
01/15/2025 11:32 AM Deirdre Francks Notes on performance measures and expenditures:
"Educational and interpretive programs produced" captures the number of Tahoe Blue Crew training events in a given year.
"People served" captures the number of new volunteers trained.
"Disturbed areas restored, enhanced, or created" captures the total area cleaned by Tahoe Blue Crews.
League expenditures capture the direct costs of the Tahoe Blue Crew program, not including staff salaries.