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Scuba divers pull more than 1,500 pounds of trash from northern Nevada waters

One scuba diving organization is working to reverse that trend and keep Northern Nevada’s waters clean.
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DIVING FOR TRASH IN LAKE TAHOE

A group of SCUBA professionals is working to reduce the amount of trash in Lake Tahoe.
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SKY VISION DIVES WITH CLEAN UP THE LAKE AT DONNER LAKE

Watch News 4-Fox 11’s Sky Vision Drone Team dive with Clean Up the Lake at Donner Lake with executive director Colin West.
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FILMMAKER, DIVER TEAM UP TO CLEAN UP MICROPLASTIC IN LAKE TAHOE

In an effort to keep Lake Tahoe blue, a filmmaker and professional diver have teamed up to clean up microplastics that were detected in the lake.
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TAHOE’S UNDERWATER TRASHMEN: SCUBA DIVERS CLEAN UP 8,000 POUNDS OF TRASH

Visitors left behind footprints in the form of trash, but fortunately, Tahoe has its own unique underwater trashman with a team of scuba diving volunteers.
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LARGEST UNDERWATER CLEANUP OF LAKE TAHOE TO BEGIN IN ’20

The world’s largest landfill floats as a garbage patch in the Pacific Ocean. But even beyond our Earth’s oceans, lakes, like crystal-blue Lake Tahoe, are also on the decline because of plastic trash.
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TAHOE’S UGLY SECRET AND A PLAN TO CLEAN IT UP

Tahoe’s beauty and its cold, clear waters draw visitors to its increasingly crowded and urbanized shoreline and out onto the lake itself. Unfortunately visitors have been leaving more than just footprints.
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MORE THAN 8,000 POUNDS OF TRASH REMOVED FROM LAKE TAHOE AND DONNER LAKE

The Clean Up The Lake dive teams completed a circumnavigated SCUBA clean up of Donner Lake, covering every inch of the 8 mile shoreline at depths of 0-25 feet removing all the smaller trash they could find.
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NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION COLLECTS NEARLY 2,000 POUNDS OF TRASH AT DONNER LAKE

“It’s like a trash can. There are 12 beer cans within arm’s reach, a little grove of plastic cups and hats that are sitting there, probably like 75 tennis balls we pulled out.”
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HERE’S THE MOST INTERESTING THING THESE DIVERS PULLED FROM LAKE TAHOE’S FLOOR

If you’ve ever wondered how much trash is at the bottom of Lake Tahoe, Colin West has the answer, at least part of it.
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CLEAN UP THE LAKE REMOVES 8,183 POUNDS OF TRASH FROM LAKE TAHOE AND DONNER LAKE

Founder and executive director of Clean Up The Lake, Colin West, joins us on NSN Daily to discuss their 72 mile scuba clean up.
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SKY VISION DIVES WITH CLEAN UP THE LAKE AT DONNER LAKE

Watch News 4-Fox 11’s Sky Vision Drone Team dive with Clean Up the Lake at Donner Lake with executive director Colin West.
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DIVERS BEGIN CLEAN UP AROUND 72 MILES OF LAKE TAHOE’S SHORELINE

‘Clean Up the Lake’ has recruited teams of scuba divers to dive below area waters to collect trash that harm these ecosystems.
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10 million tons of plastic waste ends up in Earth’s oceans every year. But some of America’s best-known lakes are in dire need of a cleanup, too. We talked to a diver on a mission to take the trash out of Lake Tahoe.
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NONPROFIT PULLS 8,000-PLUS POUNDS OF TRASH FROM LAKE TAHOE, DONNER LAKE

Clean Up the Lake removed plastic bottles, tires and other pieces of decades-old waste from the Northern California alpine lakes as part of a mission that’s just getting started

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MASSIVE UNDERWATER CLEANUP AT LAKE TAHOE

Lake Tahoe is about to undergo what may be the biggest underwater cleanup in its history.
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TAHOE FUND ANNOUNCES $100,000 MATCH FROM TAHOE BLUE VODKA TO CLEAN UP THE LAKE

Lake Tahoe, long known for its famed clarity and brilliant blue waters has a dirty secret.
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VAIL RESORTS DONATES $25,000 TO CLEAN LAKE TAHOE, MATCHED BY TAHOE BLUE VODKA

Lake Tahoe has long been known for its clarity, but it has been hiding a dirty secret beneath the surface.
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TAHOE BLUE VODKA PROVIDES $100,000 FUNDRAISING MATCH TO CLEAN UP THE LAKE

Every dollar contributed to the project fund will be matched up to $100,000.
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CLEANING UP LAKE TAHOE

The Tahoe Fund is getting some major money to help clean up all the trash around Lake Tahoe.
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LOCAL BUSINESSES HELPING NONPROFIT KEEP LAKE TAHOE CLEAN

Tahoe Blue Vodka will match $100,000 with the Tahoe Fund for the nonprofit Clean Up the Lake.
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VAIL RESORTS DONATES $25,000 TO CLEAN LAKE TAHOE, MATCHED BY TAHOE BLUE VODKA

Lake Tahoe has long been known for its clarity, but it has been hiding a dirty secret beneath the surface.
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TY STEELE NEWS

Lake Tahoe is beautiful, but it has a dirty secret deep below the surface of the pristine blue water.
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EFFORT TO CLEAN UP LAKE TAHOE GETS MORE FUNDING

The group Clean Up the Lake is working on a 72-mile clean-up of the lake with scuba divers.
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TAHOE BLUE VODKA DONATES $100K, TAHOE FUND LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO SUPPORT CLEAN UP THE LAKE

Clean Up The Lake, a non-profit organization, removed 8,183 pounds of trash from Donner Lake and Lake Tahoe
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NEWSPAPER PUBLICATIONS

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Lake Tahoe is filled with trash. I went diving with the crew whose mission is to clean it up

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Scuba team launches six-month effort that has already turned up fishing rods, tires and cans

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This unprecedented Lake Tahoe project aims to clean its 72-mile rim

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Scuba divers begin 6-month effort to rid Lake Tahoe of trash

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Businesses, residents support Tahoe underwater cleanup, meet $100,000 match

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Tahoe Fund donors meet Tahoe Blue Vodka’s match

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STORIES THAT IMPACTED TRUCKEE-TAHOE IN 2020

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TAHOE FUND ANNOUNCES $100,000 MATCH FROM TAHOE BLUE VODKA TO CLEAN UP THE LAKE

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TAHOE FUND ANNOUNCES MATCH FROM TAHOE BLUE VODKA TO CLEAN UP THE LAKE

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NONPROFIT PULLS 8000-PLUS POUNDS OF TRASH FROM LAKE TAHOE, DONNER LAKE

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DIVERS TO ATTEMPT UNPRECEDENTED LAKE TAHOE CLEAN-UP

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8,183 POUNDS OF TRASH REMOVED FROM LAKE TAHOE AND DONNER LAKE

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VOLUNTEER DIVERS REMOVE HUNDREDS OF POUNDS OF TRASH FROM DONNER LAKE

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CLEAN UP THE LAKE PULLS MORE THAN 8,200 POUNDS OF TRASH FROM TAHOE, DONNER

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POWER OF THE PEOPLE: HOW TRUCKEE TAHOE LOCALS ARE TAKING TO BEACHES TO CLEAN UP LITTER LEFT BY VISITORS

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DIVERS TO ATTEMPT UNPRECEDENTED LAKE TAHOE CLEAN-UP

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TRASH TALK

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NONPROFIT GROUP THOUSANDS OF POUNDS OF TRASH FROM TAHOE, DONNER

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DIVERS TO ATTEMPT UNPRECEDENTED LAKE TAHOE CLEAN-UP

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SCUBA DIVERS PLAN UNPRECEDENTED TAHOE CLEAN-UP

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CLEAN UP THE LAKE REMOVES 8,183 POUNDS OF TRASH FROM LAKE TAHOE AND DONNER LAKE

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AP EXCHANGE: SCUBA DIVERS PLAN UNPRECEDENTED TAHOE CLEAN-UP

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FROM SUNKEN SHIPS TO UNDERWEAR, HERE’S WHAT SCUBA DIVERS FIND BENEATH LAKE TAHOE

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LAKE TAHOE TOURISTS WHO ‘AREN’T SHOWING THE SAME RESPECT’ CREATING PROLIFIC TRASH ISSUES

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WHAT SCUBA DIVERS FIND BENEATH LAKE TAHOE

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CAMPAIGN TO CLEAN BENEATH SURFACE OF TAHOE GAINS STEAM

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TAHOE FUND RECEIVES DONATION FROM VAIL RESORTS TO CLEAN UP THE LAKE

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TAHOE FUND ANNOUNCES MATCH FROM TAHOE BLUE VODKA TO CLEAN UP THE LAKE

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LAKE TAHOE TRASH REMOVAL AIDED BY SCUBA TEAM

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DIGITAL PUBLICATIONS

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Tahoe Fund donors meet the Tahoe Blue Vodka challenge – $200,000 raised to clean Lake Tahoe

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Big splash about trash

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Researchers studying impact of microplastics

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TAHOE FUND ANNOUNCES $100,000 MATCH FROM TAHOE BLUE VODKA TO CLEAN UP THE LAKE

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TAHOE FUND ANNOUNCES $100,000 MATCH FROM TAHOE BLUE VODKA TO CLEAN UP THE LAKE

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DIVERS BEGIN CLEAN UP AROUND 72 MILES OF LAKE TAHOE’S SHORELINE

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MEET: COLIN WEST, CLEANING UP THE CAYES

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CLEAN UP THE LAKE REMOVES 8,183 POUNDS OF TRASH FROM LAKE TAHOE AND DONNER LAKE

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CLEAN UP THE LAKE

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CLEAN UP THE LAKE REMOVES 8,183 LBS OF TRASH

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UNPRECEDENTED 72 MILE UNDERWATER CLEANUP OF LAKE TAHOE

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FILMMAKER, DIVER TEAM UP TO CLEAN UP MICROPLASTIC IN LAKE TAHOE

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WHAT SCUBA DIVERS FIND BENEATH LAKE TAHOE

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2 LAKE TAHOE, CA RESIDENTS TO SWIM THE 72-MILE SHORELINE PICKING UP GARBAGE

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8,200-POUNDS OF TRASH PULLED FROM LAKE TAHOE

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OVER 8,100 POUNDS OF TRASH REMOVED FROM DONNER AND TAHOE BY CLEAN UP THE LAKE DIVE TEAMS

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40 UNDER 40: COLIN WEST, CLEAN UP THE LAKE

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DIVERS SNAG DONNER LAKE TRASH MONSTER

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VOLUNTEER SCUBA DIVERS JOIN WITH NON-PROFITS TO CLEAN TRASH FROM 72 MILES OF LAKE TAHOE

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TEAM OF SCUBA DIVERS BEGIN UNDERWATER CLEANUP EFFORTS AT DONNER LAKE

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‘CLEAN UP THE LAKE’ REMOVES OVER 8,000 LBS OF TRASH FROM LAKE TAHOE, DONNER LAKE

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DIVE TEAMS REMOVE 8,183 POUNDS OF TRASH FROM TAHOE AND DONNER LAKES

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VAIL RESORTS DONATES $25,000 TO CLEAN LAKE TAHOE, MATCHED BY TAHOE BLUE VODKA

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VAIL RESORTS DONATES $25,000 TO THE TAHOE FUND TO HELP CLEAN UP THE LAKE

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TAHOE FUND ANNOUNCES $100,000 MATCH FROM TAHOE BLUE VODKA TO CLEAN UP THE LAKE

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VAIL RESORTS CONTRIBUTES $25,000 TO CLEAN UP THE LAKE CAMPAIGN

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VAIL RESORTS DONATES TO LAKE TAHOE CLEAN UP

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TAHOE FUND ANNOUNCES $100,000 MATCH FROM TAHOE BLUE VODKA TO CLEAN UP THE LAKE

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TAHOE FUND ANNOUNCES $100,000 MATCH FROM TAHOE BLUE VODKA TO CLEAN UP THE LAKE

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THE TAHOE FUND RECEIVES $25,000 DONATION FROM VAIL RESORTS TO CLEAN UP THE LAKE

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RADIO BROADCASTS

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NON-PROFIT BEGINS CLEANUP OF DONNER LAKE

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LARGEST UNDERWATER CLEANUP OF LAKE TAHOE TO BEGIN IN ’20!

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NON-PROFIT EMBARKING ON 72 MILE CLEANUP OF LAKE TAHOE

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270+ articles on launch day of 72 mile clean up and counting

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