Community Organizations
These community organizations are within and around the Lake Tahoe Basin.
Earthjustice
Earthjustice works through the courts on behalf of citizen groups, scientists, and other parties to ensure government agencies and private interests follow the law. On Capitol Hill, Earthjustice works to protect and strengthen federal environmental laws and preserve special places, like the Arctic.
Friends of Squaw Valley
Friends of Squaw Valley’s mission is to advocate for environmental sustainability, economic viability, and development that is aesthetically compatible with our community’s character.
Mountain Area Preservation Foundation
The Mountain Area Preservation Foundation's mission is to preserve the Truckee region’s community character and the natural environment for present and future generations.
League to Save Lake Tahoe
The League to Save Lake Tahoe is a solutions-oriented team of Tahoe advocates who use innovation, boots on-the-ground action and a unique, holistic approach to solve the environmental challenges threatening the Lake we love.
North Tahoe Preservation Alliance
The Mission of the NTPA is to preserve the natural beauty and rustic character of the North Shore of Lake Tahoe and to perpetuate our easygoing lifestyle within this wild environment without promoting overdeveloped urbanization of existing commercial areas. The NTPA was formed after citizens became involved with several proposed and TRPA-endorsed (or approved) projects that did not fit the scale, character, or community interests of the North Shore, and it became clear a non profit corporation in Nevada was required for continued citizen’s involvement.
Protect Granite Chief
A citizen's page for people who want to protect Granite Chief Wilderness Area and preserve it for future generations from a proposed Gondola and other development that would cut into the designated Wilderness Area and along the Five Lakes Boundary.
Save Tahoe Forests
This citizen's website provides information for community members concerned with the proposed Martis Valley West Parcel Specific Plan and Brockway Campground projects, which aim to build new development on Tahoe's undeveloped ridgeline in North Lake Tahoe.
Sierra Forest Legacy
Formed in 1996, as the Sierra Nevada Forest Protection Campaign, the Campaign's partners, including The Wilderness Society, Sierra Club, Friends of the River, and the Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center, had been working independently on Sierra Nevada issues since the 1980s. The Campaign was formed with the primary goal of protecting and restoring Sierra Nevada national forests and to coordinate and focus the efforts of its member groups and maximize their effectiveness. In 2007, the Campaign changed its name to Sierra Forest Legacy to better reflect its expanded mission and vision of protecting Sierra Nevada forests and communities.
Sierra Nevada Alliance
Since 1993, the Sierra Nevada Alliance has been protecting and restoring Sierra lands, water, wildlife and communities. Our mission is to protect and restore the natural resources of the Sierra Nevada for future generations while promoting sustainable communities.
Sierra Watch
Sierra Watch organizes a shared commitment to the Sierra into effective conservation campaigns. Sierra Watch is built to ensure that big, lasting decisions are made for the right reasons, with the best information, and with the timeless values of the Sierra at heart.
Tahoe Area Sierra Club
The Sierra Club is a nationwide non-profit conservation organization formed in 1892, with a mission to explore, enjoy, and protect the wild places of the Earth, to practice and promote responsible uses of the Earth’s ecosystems and resources, to educate and enlist humanity in the protection and restoration of the quality of the natural and human environment, and to use all lawful means to carry out those objectives. The Tahoe Area Sierra Club is a member of both the Motherlode Chapter and Toiyabe Chapter of the Sierra Club, and focuses on protection of the Lake Tahoe Basin.