Truckee Regional Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Program (TRAISPP)
The Truckee watershed stakeholders saw the need to initiate the development of a regional approach to stop the spread of aquatic invasive species such as the zebra mussel and Eurasian watermilfoil. Stopping the spread of AIS is being accomplished through a collaborative process. The stakeholders include recreational users, local governments, agencies such as the US Forest service, and environmental groups such as The Nature Conservancy.
A grant from the Truckee River Fund is providing funding for an environmental scientist, professionally trained watercraft inspectors, and decontamination supplies. As a result, voluntary inspections occur from May through October at Boca, Prosser, and Stampede Reservoirs, and at the Donner Lake public launch ramps.
Recent project accomplishments include: initiated a comprehensive education and outreach program, performed baseline monitoring for invasives in the reservoirs and Donner Lake, drafted a collaborative document, the Memorandum of Understanding, which helps to clarify stakeholder responsibilities, developed a draft Strategic Plan, and identified long term funding strategies.
The Truckee River fund has granted the TRAISPP, through our sponsor, the Tahoe Resource Conservation District, another year of funding through December of 2012. We will continue to develop and expand the invasive species prevention program through education and outreach, and by addressing the concerns of all the stakeholders in the Truckee watershed.
2010 TRAISPP Annual Report:
- Report
- Appendix A and B: Stakeholders and MOU
- Appendix C: TRAISPP Pass and Pledge
- Appendix D: Inventory of AIS and Water Quality: Dr. Chandra
- Appendix E: 2010 Data Forms
- Full Report with signatures (large file)
- Download AIS Matrix Statistical Analysis
- List of Stakeholders
- Inventory of aquatic invasive species and water quality in lakes in the Lower Truckee River Region: 2010
- Quagga Mussel Risk Assessment - An experimental test of quagga mussel survival and reproductive status using Lake Tahoe water with a prediction of invasion into Western water bodies
- Potential Distribution of Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) and Quagga Mussels (Dreissena bugensis) in California
- Zebra Mussel’s Calcium Threshold and Implications for its Potential Distribution in North America
- A calcium based invasion risk assessment for zebra and quagga mussels (Dreissena spp)
Contact Information:
Mike Mamola
Program Coordinator, Environmental Scientist
Truckee Regional AIS Prevention Program
Tahoe Resource Conservation District
Office: 530.587.4911
Cell: 530.721.0638
Fax: 530.543.1660
mmamola@tahoercd.org
