Control Methods Test (CMT) Project
The CMT will inform future decisions for the long-term plan and help TKPOA push for an ecologically sound, economically viable, permittable solution to the aquatic invasive weeds.
The CMT is a Collaborative Multi-Stakeholder Process. The collaboration team is composed of representatives from Lahontan Water Board, TKPOA, TRPA, Tahoe Water Suppliers Association, and The League to Save Lake Tahoe. See tahoekeysweeds.org for the collaborative website. Take a virtual tour of the Keys here.
The three main goals of the CMT is find an ecologically sound, economically viable, and permittable solution to the aquatic invasive weeds issue.
Timeline of Weed Density in the Keys
Scroll through to see the 2021 to 2023 timeline
CMT YEAR 3: 2024
Please see various CMT Year 3 resources below.
Please see various CMT Year 2 resources below.
CMT YEAR 2: 2023
Control Methods Test (CMT) Year 2 Sites Map
CMT Year 1: 2022
Please see CMT Year 1 Sites
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CMT FAQs!
No additional herbicide application or boating restrictions for years 2 and 3.
Please click button below to see all the commonly asked questions.
Tahoe Keys Lagoons Aquatic Weed Control Methods Test: Annual Report - Year 1
TKPOA and its partners successfully completed the first year (2022) of the three-year Control Methods Test (CMT) project in the Tahoe Keys West Lagoon and Lake Tallac. As part of the requirements in the permits (issued by the LahontanRegional Water Quality Control Board and the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency) an extensive detailed report of the 2022 CMT treatment and monitoring results was submitted to the Water Board on March 15, 2023 and can be read below.
CMT Weekly E-Blasts
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