The annual State of the Lake presentation by Geoff Schladow is Aug. 14.

The report includes changes in Lake Tahoe’s water quality and ecology over the past year, as well as the examination of the long term trends that have been taking place at Tahoe. Schladow’s presentation will cover new clarity data, present developments occurring in the near shore regions of the lake, and review how Lake Tahoe is being affected by the current drought.

Schladow is the founding director of Tahoe Environmental Research Center.

The free talk is at 6pm, with a no-host bar starting at 5:30pm at TERC, 291 Country Club Drive in Incline Village

A $5 donation is suggested.