RELEASE: Keep Tahoe Blue and Sierra Watch Announce Landmark Agreement On Palisades Tahoe Development
Contacts: Chris Joseph, League to Save Lake Tahoe 530.541.5388 ext.206; Tom Mooers, Sierra Watch (530) 265-2849 ext. 200 July 8, 2025 KEEP TAHOE BLUE AND SIERRA WATCH ANNOUNCE LANDMARK AGREEMENT ON PALISADES TAHOE DEVELOPMENT Historic agreement between Tahoe conservation groups and resort owner reduces size, scale, and impacts of contentious Olympic Valley project Olympic Valley, […]
Release: Palisades Tahoe Developer Seeks Exception to State Fire Safe Regulations Last-minute edition to entitlement package seeks to skirt public safety rules
Contact: Tom Mooers (530) 265-2849 x200 November 16, 2024 PALISADES TAHOE DEVELOPER SEEKS EXCEPTION TO STATE FIRE SAFE REGULATIONS – LAST-MINUTE EDITION TO ENTITLEMENT PACKAGE SEEKS TO SKIRT PUBLIC SAFETY RULES Olympic Valley, Calif. – In an eleventh-hour addition, would-be developers Alterra Mountain Company have included a request for an exception to the minimum state […]
SnowBrains: The Battle Over The Future of Palisades Tahoe
Zach Armstrong | September 24, 2024 The Battle Over The Future of Palisades Tahoe
Release: Olympic Valley Council Votes to Reject Palisades Tahoe Development
Contact: Tom Mooers (530) 265-2849 x200 August 19, 2024 OLYMPIC VALLEY COUNCIL VOTES TO REJECT PALISADES TAHOE DEVELOPMENT “The Community is overwhelmingly against the current plan.” Olympic Valley, Calif. – At a packed public meeting Saturday, the Olympic Valley Municipal Advisory Council voted to recommend that Placer County deny approval of Alterra Mountain Company’s proposed […]
Release: Doubling Down on Development: Placer County Releases Final Impact Report on Massive Palisades Tahoe Proposal
Contact: Tom Mooers (530) 265-2849 x200 August 9, 2024 Doubling Down on Development: Placer County Releases Final Impact Report on Massive Palisades Tahoe Proposal Olympic Valley, Calif. – Placer County released the final environmental review document for Alterra’s proposed development in Tahoe’s Olympic Valley today. The document doubles down on the resort and real estate behemoth’s […]
Release: Decision Time for Tahoe: Placer County Set to Consider Massive Palisades Tahoe Development
Contact: Tom Mooers (530) 265-2849 x200 July 3, 2024 DECISION TIME FOR TAHOE: PLACER COUNTY SET TO CONSIDER MASSIVE PALISADES TAHOE DEVELOPMENT Olympic Valley, Calif. – The fate of massive development proposed for Tahoe is back in the public square this summer. Placer County planning officials announced that they will soon release the Final Environmental […]
Not Enough Water For A Waterpark
Contact: Tom Mooers (530) 265-2849 x200 October 25, 2023 NOT ENOUGH WATER FOR A WATERPARK There are a lot of reasons why Alterra Mountain Company’s proposed development in Olympic Valley would be bad news for Tahoe. It would add too many cars to our existing traffic mess, pollute Lake Tahoe, make our workforce housing crisis […]
SF Chronicle: Famed Tahoe skiing psychiatrist and author Robb Gaffney dies at 52
Famed Tahoe skiing psychiatrist and author Robb Gaffney dies at 52 Last week we gathered in the heart of Olympic Valley to celebrate the life of Robb Gaffney. Whether on the mountain or in a meeting of the Sierra Watch Board of Directors, as a doctor, and as a dad, Robb was a real-life hero […]
