League to Save Lake Tahoe

 Organization

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Laurel W. Ames Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC1344
Abstract

Laurel Ames is a long-time resident of South Lake Tahoe who has worked with various agencies dedicated to the use and conservation of Lake Tahoe including The League to Save Lake Tahoe, the California Water Quality Control Board, Sierra Club, and the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. The collection contains materials created and collected by Ames while working with organizations in the Lake Tahoe basin whose primary goal was to protect Lake Tahoe from overdevelopment and urbanization.

Dates: 1971-2016
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Laurel W. Ames Papers

Foresta Institute for Ocean and Mountain Studies Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2001-01
Abstract Foresta Institute for Ocean and Mountains Studies was founded in 1960 in Washoe Valley, Nevada by Richard and Maya Miller. The Millers and their associates believed there was a need for a non-governmental, non-profit research organization in the community of western Nevada/eastern California that would encourage, sponsor, and initiate scientific research, resource surveys and other natural history studies. Foresta was a pioneer in environmental education with its flagship programs being the...
Dates: 1849-2007; Majority of material found within 1945 - 1980
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Foresta Institute for Ocean and Mountain Studies Records

Walter E. MacKenzie Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC1060
Abstract Walter Edward MacKenzie (1929-2018) was active in marketing and advertising for various companies in the Reno, Nevada and Lake Tahoe regions. The collection consists of records of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) and related agencies and advisory bodies, including minutes, agendas, correspondence, reports, studies, ordinances, subject files, and printed material concerning Lake Tahoe. Other records include those from his time with the Sierra Pacific Power Company, the State of...
Dates: 1898-2018
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Walter E. MacKenzie Papers

History of the Tahoe Regional Planning Commission

 Collection
Identifier: 99-22
Abstract

Report by Raymond M. Smith includes information about regional planning efforts in the Lake Tahoe, California and Nevada, basin beginning in the 1950s and histories and goals of various Tahoe organizations and agencies. Smith was formerly a planning director of Washoe County, Nevada (1970).

Dates: 1970
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / History of the Tahoe Regional Planning Commission

Additional filters:

Subject
Land use -- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) 2
Regional planning -- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) 2
Air -- Pollution -- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) 1
Business correspondence 1
Camps -- Nevada 1
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Casinos -- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) 1
Conference materials 1
Conservationists -- West (U.S.) 1
Devils Hole (Nev.) 1
Devils Hole pupfish 1
Ecology -- Nevada 1
Endangered species -- Nevada 1
Environmental education -- Nevada 1
Environmental protection -- Research -- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) 1
Environmental protection -- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) 1
Fishes -- Antarctic Ocean 1
Ichthyosauria -- Nevada 1
Incline Village (Nev.) -- History 1
International Education Year, 1970 1
Land subdivision -- Environmental aspects -- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) 1
Little Valley (Washoe County, Nev.) 1
Marine fishes -- Antarctic Ocean 1
Programs (Publications) 1
Recreation -- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) 1
Sewage -- Environmental aspects -- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) 1
Tahoe Regional Planning Area 1
Vicuña 1
Washoe Pines Ranch (Nev.) 1
Washoe Valley (Nev.) -- Case studies -- Environmental aspects 1
Water -- Pollution -- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) 1
Water use -- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) 1
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