After Tahoe’s celebrated July 4th festivities, our beaches and surrounding areas can become covered with trash, endangering wildlife and the Lake’s clarity. Each year on July 5th, Tahoe residents and visitors turn out for the largest cleanup of the year to remove litter from Lake Tahoe’s shores. You can help Keep Tahoe Blue by volunteering at one of six beach cleanup sites around the Lake!

Celebrate our tenth anniversary with us! Each site will have an awesome site feature on ways to Keep Tahoe Blue and volunteers will receive an exclusive anniversary commemorative souvenir (while supplies last)!

Registration: Sign up or log in to your Volunteer Account. Respond to one of the meeting locations linked below to register. You will receive a confirmation email from no-reply@galaxydigital.com. Final details will be sent the week of the event. Walk-ins are also welcome on July 5th! If you do not pre-register, you will need to complete a volunteer waiver onsite during event check-in.

Locations: Choose a meeting location below. Click the site link to register for that location. We will be cleaning the surrounding area.

• Kiva Beach
  • Partners: Heavenly Lake Tahoe , USFS-Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
  • Site feature: Check out this machine which features an innovative way to clean, drain and dry your non-motorized watercraft to ensure your vessel is aquatic invasive plant-free! Learn more about how to identify aquatic invasive plants present in Tahoe and report if you see them through Eyes on the Lake.
• Kings Beach
  • Partners: Northstar California Resort, Eco Clean Solutions, California State Parks
  • Site feature: Come meet Bebot – the beach cleaning robot that captures those pesky litter items under the sand.
• Nevada Beach
  • Partners: Mananalu, Bally’s Lake Tahoe, Vista Recreation, USFS-Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
  • Site feature: New limited edition Keep Tahoe Blue merchandise to get you ready for summer launches here! Get your credit card ready to spend some money to support our programs.
• Lakeview Commons
  • Partners: Kirkwood Mountain Resort, The City of South Lake Tahoe
  • Site feature: Launching a large exhibit that will be sure to make you think differently about our impact.
• Commons Beach
  • Partners: Tahoe City Downtown Association, Tahoe City Public Utility District
  • Site feature: Meet TCDA Tahoe Blue crew and other Tahoe Blue Crews. If you would like to learn more about the program and sign up to join these crews in Tahoe City and beyond, we hope to see you there!
• Zephyr Cove
  • Partners: Stio Mountain Studio, Zephyr Cove Resort, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, Clean up the Lake, USFS-Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
  • Site feature: Clean up the Lake will be diving off the shore to ensure that litter underwater gets removed! Learn more about how to identify aquatic invasive plants present in Tahoe and report if you see them through Eyes on the Lake.

Be sure to bring:

• Hat, sunglasses, comfortable clothing, and shoes
• Cleanup gloves and grabbers (if you have them)
• Sunscreen
• Full reusable water bottle
• Any snacks you would like

We provide:

• Cleanup materials (gloves, bags, etc.)
• Refreshments
• Cool giveaways – exclusive anniversary item and more!

Further details:

Final details will be sent the week prior to the event date to registered volunteers.

Volunteers under 13 will need to have a guardian sign the waiver and the volunteer must bring the signed waiver to the event. The guardian may also attend the event and can sign off for the minor at the event.