Signs announce arrival to Lake Tahoe Watershed

Drivers now know they are in the Lake Tahoe Watershed. Photo/Provided

Gateway signs along three Nevada highways leading into the Lake Tahoe Basin have been installed to bring awareness to the watershed.

“The signs are meant to help remind the millions of people who visit Lake Tahoe each year that they are entering a special place and have a duty to help protect its famously clear waters and environment,” a Tahoe Regional Planning Agency spokesperson said in a press release.

The signs are near Daggett Summit on Kingsbury Grade, Spooner Summit on Highway 50 and on the Mount Rose Highway. The signs read, “Entering the Lake Tahoe Watershed — Help Protect It!”

Money from the signs came from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection as well as funding from the Lake Tahoe license plate program. At the start $12,000 was budgeted for each sign.

“The cost of the three gateway signs was actually about $35,000 each,” Tom Lotshaw, spokesman for TPRA, told Lake Tahoe News.

The goal is to find funding to put signs on the California side, too.