Sun Bear Realty & Management

Providing housing options for those who coming to Tahoe for a weekend or who want to stay indefinitely, Sun Bear is a full service property management company that works with customers in finding real estate, a vacation rental, or get into a long-term lease in Incline Village/Crystal Bay. Sun Bear also provides snow removal, yard cleanup, and housekeeping services of its properties to keep them clean, safe, and secure. Responsive, professional, and willing to accommodate, Sun Bear is also actively involved in community organizations and is always promoting responsible tourism through its civic duty with the Travel North Tahoe Nevada, the Fourth of July Sky Show (drone display), and the IVCBA. Find them at www.sunbearrealty.com

The Incline Village General Improvement District (IVGID) is responsible for managing our trash, sewage, and several recreational venues including the two golf courses, a recreation center, tennis center, three private beaches, and Diamond Peak Ski Resort. Therefore, IVGID is committed to keeping our water, wildlife, forests, and towns of Incline Village/Crystal Bay clean and free of trash and litter. IVGID’s Waste Not division is constantly providing education and outreach on its recycling and conservation programs, bear awareness, drinking Tahoe tap water, and sustainability measures.

Along with its Public Works services and trash mitigation, a few years ago Diamond Peak was the first ski resort in Lake Tahoe to become STOKE (Sustainable Tourism & Outdoors Evaluation Kit) certified for striving to achieve best practices in snowmaking, community development, and waste diversion. The designation earned them a place in Outside Magazine’s 10 Most Eco-Friendly Ski Resorts in America.

Everyone agrees that keeping Lake Tahoe healthy and clear is its key to long term survival, and Sustain Tahoe formed more than a decade ago with its mission to develop, facilitate, and promote the area’s unique ecological assets through adopted geotourism principles for sustainable travel. Some of the ways that Sustain Tahoe does this is through its Earth Walk program encouraging people to venture into the forest and become immersed in the silence of nature. One of its official Earth Walk trails is in Third Creek next to the Travel North Tahoe Nevada IV/CB Welcome

Center; buy an Earth Walk journal and guidebook inside or download a copy from www.sustaintahoe.org. As Sustain Tahoe states on its website, “an hour in nature can significantly reduce your stress levels that foster many illnesses”.

Speaking of the newly rebranded welcome center on 969 Tahoe Boulevard, it has started making a focused effort on fostering sustainable and responsible experiences in the Incline Village/Crystal Bay area. Its values include leading innovative, sustainable tourism practices; advocating for solutions to workforce development, retention, and housing; and creating the best visitor experience that causes the least impact to the environment.

In return, one of the ways that community members and visitors can take care of Tahoe is by taking the Traveler Responsibility Pledge. The Pledge includes six key points that strengthen environmental stewardship efforts and how to implement/ share them. The points touch on: being a steward of Lake Tahoe by taking public transportation, supporting local businesses; respecting the environment by “leaving no trace” on the trails and packing out what you pack in; staying up to date on travel advisories and emergency warnings; how to keep wildlife wild; how to prevent wildfires; and traveling with mindfulness and awareness (parking in designated areas, keeping noise down, etc.). Visit www.travelnorthtahoenevada.com to request a travel planner or to learn more about Travel North Tahoe Nevada’s mission, vision, and values.