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Virginia Lakes Cleanup
Project Year: 2024
Pilot research in Virginia Lakes assesses submerged litter, invasive species, and habitat health—laying the groundwork for long-term ecosystem monitoring.
72 Mile Cleanup²
Project Year: 2025
Clean Up The Lake’s 72 Mile² deep clean project of Lake Tahoe will tackle 35-55 ft depths of Lake Tahoe using advanced technology such as Diver Propulsion Vehicles and Nitrox Gas.
Lake Tahoe Deep Clean Pilot
Project Year: 2025
Our organization and its volunteer dive team will be going deeper in Lake Tahoe to clean up litter found during deep dive surveys performed in 2022-2023.
Mammoth Lakes Cleanup
Project Year: 2025
With 3,000 lbs of litter removed from Lake George & Lake Mary, cleanup in Mammoth Lakes Basin continues through 2026, targeting Twin Lakes & other nearby areas.
Aquatic Invasive Species Program
Project Year: 2025
Our organization and its volunteer dive team has been doing AIS surveys over the last two and a half years and in 2025 we have plans to contribute to AIS management in a new and exciting way.
Global Alliance Program
Project Years:Annual
Clean Up The Lake is developing a global partnership program to empower communities to launch freshwater cleanup efforts with training, resources, and support worldwide.
Make A Difference Creative
Project Years:Annual
Make A Difference Creative creates impactful environmental content that helps protect our environment both above and below the surface. Stay tuned for a feature documentary & a new web series releasing in 2025.
Heavy Lift Litter Removal
Project Year: 2025
Clean Up The Lake plans to remove 722 heavy lift litter items from Lake Tahoe's lakebed, with planning set for 2025 and cleanup launching in 2026.
Convict Lake Cleanup
Project Year: 2025
Our organization found significant signs of submerged litter in various parts of the lake that warranted a full scale circumnavigated cleanup of the lake.
Donner Lake Litter Prevention
Project Years:2023, 2024, 2025
Our team has spent years improving Donner Lake’s environment, progressing through four phases, and now in Phase 5, focusing on litter prevention, education, and awareness efforts
LEAP Program
Project Years:Annual
LEAP educates over 2,074 students on submerged litter and invasive species, with tailored lesson plans for all ages, thanks to partners like Pay It Forward Project.
Tahoe Boating Safety Campaign
Project Year: 2024
Clean Up The Lake's Make A Difference Media program is creating a comedy-series of boating safety videos for Lake Tahoe in partnership with TRPA, releasing in spring 2025.
Tahoe Keepers Training & Video
Project Year: 2024
Clean Up The Lake partnered with the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency to enhance Tahoe Keepers training with new in-person and digital content for concessionaire outreach.
Echo Lakes Pilot Research
Project Year: 2024
Overall findings appeared to be positive with lower levels of submerged litter and no noticeable signs of aquatic invasive species on the paths surveyed.
Donner Lake Deep Clean
Project Year: 2024
Deeper dives in Donner Lake found significant litter at 35-55 ft. Using nitrox gas & DPVs, divers will cover more ground safely and efficiently in future cleanups.
Lake Tahoe Litter Summit
Project Years:Annual
In 2024, Clean Up The Lake hosted the 2nd Annual Lake Tahoe Litter Summit, uniting 50+ leaders to tackle litter issues, form new committees, and drive solutions.
Lake Tahoe Buoyfield & Marina Cleanup
Project Year: 2024
The Lake Tahoe Buoyfield & Marina Cleanup targets concentrated litter areas missed during the 72-mile SCUBA cleanup, addressing buoyfields and marinas in need.
Lake Mary Cleanup
Project Year: 2024
SCUBA cleanup and invasive species survey project at Lake Mary from July 7-20, 2024, to protect water quality and habitats from litter and aquatic invasive species threats.
Marlette Lake Pilot Research
Project Year: 2024
Volunteers joined divers, snorkelers, and kayakers to explore pollution under the lake's surface, focusing on this important water source for Carson City.
Mille Lacs Pilot Research Project
Project Year: 2024
In 2022, Clean Up The Lake began collaborating with Mille Lacs' Keep It Clean Initiative, securing funding for a 2024 pilot study on submerged litter and invasive species.
CA Pilot Research
Project Year: 2024
In 2024, we ran a pilot research program at Boca Reservoir and Stampede Reservoir to expand operations across the Sierra Nevada and address recreation impacts.
Convict Lake Pilot Research
Project Year: 2023
We ran a pilot research program to assess if this lake Its in need of a circumnavigated litter clean up and further invasive species surveys and monitoring.
June Lake Cleanup
Project Year: 2023
After a 2022 circumnavigated cleanup of June Lake, dive teams identified three major litter hotspots and returned in 2023 for targeted remediation efforts.
Lake George Cleanup
Project Year: 2023
Dive teams conducted full-scale cleanups and AIS surveys, addressing fishing debris, pollution, and invasive species. Additionally, a continued AIS and algae bloom survey will be conducted.
Fallen Leaf Lake Cleanup
Project Year: 2023
We continued cleaning the lake’s remaining circumference while performing AIS and algal bloom surveys, and used UNEP's Marine Litter Categorization system adjusted for freshwater to analyze data.
Lake Tahoe Monitoring
Project Year: 2023
We explored submerged litter at depths of 45-70 feet in Lake Tahoe, cleaned 10 hot spots along the California shoreline, and analyzed litter trends over time with our environmental scientist team.
Mammoth Lakes Pilot Research
Project Year: 2022
The Mammoth Lakes Basin pilot research program assessed litter and invasive species in multiple lakes to help guide future cleanup efforts.
Fallen Leaf Lake Cleanup
Project Year: 2022
Cleanup began in Summer 2022, removing litter and collecting data through environmental surveys, including GPS and photographic documentation of litter, invasive species, and algal blooms.
Donner Lake Monitoring
Project Year: 2022
Our 2nd circumnavigation of Donner Lake, focused on the 0-25 foot zone, and assess data from the 2020 cleanup. Divers explored deeper transects at 45-75 feet to study litter accumulation.
Lake Tahoe Monitoring – NV
Project Year: 2022
We explored submerged litter at deeper depths in Lake Tahoe (45-75 feet) and removed litter from 20 identified hot spots from the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe that were marked during the 72-mile cleanup.
72 Mile Clean Up
Project Years:2021, 2022
The 72-mile cleanup, made possible by partners and donors, along with 136 dedicated volunteers, removed 25,281 lbs of submerged litter from Lake Tahoe.
Donner Lake
Project Year: 2020
We completed a full shoreline cleanup, removing over 5,151 lbs of debris. We also installed signs on 37 public piers to encourage visitors to pack out what they pack in.
Lake Tahoe Pilot Research
Project Year: 2020
In 2020, the Nevada Division of State Lands funded our cleanups at six locations along Lake Tahoe's NV shoreline and helped refine our litter collection, data procedures, and safety protocols.
