The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency in coordination with the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension and Nevada Tahoe Conservation District are offering workshops for Lake Tahoe contractors, best management practices installers, and do-it-yourselfers to learn how to design and install BMPs for homes and small businesses.

Workshop topics will include how to use TRPA’s online resources, TRPA’s electronic approval process for small BMP retrofit designs, and commercial and multi-family residential BMP permits and maintenance. Due to limited grant funding, this is the last year the BMP workshops will be offered, and they are the last chance for businesses to qualify for the BMP Installation Service Providers List by having at least one supervisor per business attend.

A basic contractors BMP workshop is scheduled for April 24 from 8am-4:50pm at the Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences on the campus of Sierra Nevada College in Incline Village. Registration is $25 before April 8 and $45 after. The walk-in price is $55.

A half-day refresher BMP workshop is scheduled for April 29 from 8am-noon  at the TRPA offices in Stateline. To attend, you must have successfully completed the basic workshop or a refresher workshop within the past two years. Registration is $18 before April 8 and $35 after. The walk-in price is $45.