Tahoe Fund and the Tahoe Water Suppliers Association are working together to raise more than $26,000 to help purchase 175 bottom barrier mats that will be used to kill aquatic invasive weeds in Lake Tahoe. 

The current inventory of bottom barriers is 1.6 acres short of the maximum 5 acres of coverage permitted by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency.

Every dollar the Tahoe Fund raises will be matched by the Tahoe Water Suppliers Association. 

Aquatic invasive plants negatively impact the water quality around the shoreline of Lake Tahoe. The Tahoe Resource Conservation District has been able to remove aquatic invasive weeds with the use of bottom barriers and diver-assisted hand pulling.

Donations in support of this and other environmental improvement projects around the lake can be made online.