Projects

At Clean Up the Lake 501(c)3, we lead both terrestrial and underwater cleanup efforts, collecting critical data to support scientific research and policy development while also running surveillance for aquatic invasive species and reporting observations on algal-blooms for future monitoring. Comprehensive assessments of completed projects are available below, offering detailed insights into our ongoing environmental impact and often providing recommendations for next steps for submerged litter management and aquatic invasive species management.

Donner Lake Monitoring

Donner Lake, CA

Project Year:2022 Truckee Region

Project Goals

FULL RECIRCUMNAVIGATION OF DONNER LAKE

Clean Up The Lake crews will again remove submerged litter around Donner Lake as our second complete circumnavigation across the 0 to 25 foot zones. Our crews will of course analyze the data we have from this clean up and what was completed in 2020.

NEAR SHORE & DEEPER DIVES

Outside of the 0-25 foot zones we will re-circumnavigate, our divers will also be selecting different deeper transects at hot spot locations at depths of +/-75 feet and +/-45 feet to determine litter accumulation rates at deeper zones within Donner Lake.

INVASIVE SPECIES + ALGAL BLOOM SURVEY

Our team will also be using pre existing data collection protocols to document any invasive species or algal bloom presence seen in approximately 6 mile circumference of Donner Lake.