All times PST.
Program subject to change.
Field trips fees are separate from conference registration.
Conference registration is not required to attend a field trip.
All field trips are contingent upon weather/snow.
Updated 08 August 2024
Lahontan National Fish Hatchery
9:00 am – 1:30 pm | $80 | Register today!
Lake Tahoe Environmental Exploration: TMDL and Aquatic Ecosystems Management
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm | $75 | Register today!
Lake Tahoe Photography Tour
5:30 am – 2:30 pm | $100 | Register today!
9:00 am – 1:30 pm | $80
LCT-Tahoe-LNFH.jpg, USFWS, Public Domain, https://www.fws.gov/media/lct-tahoe-lnfhjpg
Join us on a field trip to Gardnerville, NV to visit the Lahontan National Fish Hatchery. This hatchery is unique in that it holds the brood stock for the Lahontan Cutthroat Trout. This trout, the official state fish of Nevada, is the living relative of the trout that evolved in ancient Lake Lahontan that covered much of this region of Nevada during the Pleistocene. This is the largest inland Cutthroat Trout in the world. The hatchery provides trout to stock Pyramid Lake, Walker Lake (endorheic remnants of Lake Lahontan) and Lake Tahoe. The hatchery also works with Tribal fisheries programs to supply regional tribes with fish for cultural and recreational uses. The field trip will stop at the Zephyr Cove Recreation Area on the return trip to Lake Tahoe for a leisurely lunch in this lakeside recreation area.
Tentative schedule:
- 9:00 am: depart Tahoe Blue Event Center
- 9:45 am: arrive at Lahontan National Fish Hatchery
- 10:00 am-11:30am: tour Lahontan National Fish Hatchery
- 11:30 am: depart Lahontan National Fish Hatchery
- 12:15 pm: arrive at Zephyr Cove Day Use Area for lunch (box lunch provided)
- 1:00 pm: depart Zephyr Cove Day Use Area
- 1:30 pm: arrive back at Tahoe Blue Event Center
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm | $75
Tahoe Star on Lake Tahoe
Join us for an engaging 2-hour boat charter on the pristine waters of Lake Tahoe! Our knowledgeable presenters, experts from state and regional agencies, will discuss the history of the Tahoe TMDL crediting system, Aquatic Invasive Species and Nearshore management in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with Lake Tahoe’s natural beauty while gaining valuable insights into environmental stewardship. Reserve your spot today!
Lunch is on your own, but there are many lunch spots at/near the marina. (No boxed lunches will be provided.)
5:30 am – 2:30 pm | $100
Register today!
Lake Tahoe at D. L. Bliss State Park, California, USA // Credit: Kazuho Okui
Join NALMS resident photographer, Todd Tietjen, as he takes participants around beautiful Lake Tahoe, with multiple stops. This trip will be a full day, round trip, full loop of the lake stopping at public locations, including Emerald Bay and Sand Harbor Park. Other potential stops are listed below. As this field trip will occur primarily outdoors, this trip is weather/snow dependent. Wear footwear conducive to light hiking and comfortable clothing. Lunch will take place in Tahoe City and will be on your own (box lunch not provided). Transportation provided.
Tentative schedule (times are approximate):
- 5:30 am: depart Tahoe Blue Event Center
- 6:30 am: photograph sunrise over Emerald Bay, the most photographed location on Lake Tahoe
- Light hike to Eagle Falls, approximately 1/2 mile round trip (1 hour)
- Visit D.L. Bliss State Park (CA) for shoreline and lighthouse photography, approximately 1 mile round trip (1 hour)
- Visit Ed Z’berg Sugar Pine Point State Park to photograph sugar pines, historic structures, shoreline, and “railroad tracks” into the lake (1 hour)
- Travel to Tahoe City / Commons Beach (North Shore) to photograph lake shore, marina, beach, and town. Lunch on your own. (2 hours)
- Travel to an overlook on the Mount Rose Highway, one of the few locations that offers a view from a higher elevation of most of Lake Tahoe (15 minutes)
- Short walk to Logan Shoals Vista, 0.4 mile walk to viewpoint on eastern shore (tentative, 0.5 hours)
- Visit the Sand Harbor Beach State Park, the second most photographed location on Lake Tahoe (1 hour)