07/13/2026
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The U.S. Forest Service intends to spray glyphosate and other toxic herbicides across 156,000 acres of the Lake Tahoe basin. Tell the White House & Congress to stop the spraying. SIGN THE PETITION: tinyurl.com/StopGlyphosateForests
Katherine Levy recently moved back to live out her retirement along the lake’s north shore only to discover the government plan to spray glyphosate and 4 other toxic herbicides within national forest property that abuts the community’s cherished lake. “I was horrified to find out what has been going on,” Levy said. Levy is among a number of Lake Tahoe-area residents and officials who are fighting to block or alter the U.S. Forest Service project, which is aimed at restoration of areas damaged by the 2021 Caldor fire.
“It is a major concern for all of us,” said Cody Bass, mayor of South Lake Tahoe. “I had no clue that glyphosate was still being used in the forest. It was kind of a shock to me that we know what we know about it and still use it on public lands.”
“People come here from around the world because of its purity and natural beauty,” said Hannah Teter, who lives in the South Lake Tahoe area, close to the area affected by the Caldor fire, and works at a local wakesurfing charter company. “The idea of spraying thousands of gallons of herbicides across the Tahoe basin in an effort to dictate which species regrow after a natural wildfire is deeply troubling,” Teter said.
Contact your federal lawmakers and demand that they stop the spray! tinyurl.com/StopGlyphosateForests
