By Kathryn Reed KINGS BEACH – Is it a campground or is it a resort? Is it enhancing or hurting existing recreation? Is it a precursor for future development on the ridge? Is it precedent setting? Will it add to already heavy traffic on the North Shore? These are just a few of the many […]
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By Carl Lackey As autumn begins, the appetite of the Sierra Nevada black bear takes a dramatic swing upward. Motivated by signals from nature known as zeitgebers, the bears spectacularly increase their daily caloric intake from 3,000 calories per day to upward of 25,000 calories per day. This physiological wonder is known as hyperphagia. Nature’s […]
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By Alex Williams, New York Times Hear the word “millennial,” and plenty of images spring to mind. There’s Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, in his hoodie, earning his first billion by the age of 23. There’s Miley Cyrus, preening for the cameras in a flesh-baring act that recalls a Snapchat sexting session. They’re brash, they’re narcissistic, they’re […]
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Friends of the South Lake Tahoe Library on Oct. 24 are hosting William Lindemann, local author of contemporary and historical fiction. During the past 25 years he has researched, written and developed exhibits for art, history, and technology museums and state parks. In addition, he wrote and produced an award-winning historical short film, “Auto Tour of Lake […]
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Employees from Zephyr Cove Resort, Spooner Summit Recreation and Lake Tahoe Cruises are partnering with the Sugar Pine Foundation to replant trees at Spooner Summit. Sugar pine trees, the world’s largest species of pine with the longest cones, are dying from white pine blister rust, a nonnative invasive fungus. Originally they accounted or 25 percent […]
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By Diana Lambert and Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee Despite longtime efforts to reduce the achievement gap between rich and poor students in California, the divide grew much wider under the state’s new testing system, according to a Sacramento Bee review of state data released this month. About 21 percent of economically disadvantaged students in California […]
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Sierra Business Council has been chosen as a recipient of a Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation grant in the amount of $7,500. The money will be used to support the planning process for educational Lake Tahoe Water Trail wayfinding signage to help paddlers have a safe and fun adventure, and to protect natural resources. The grant […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal Imagine the vertical world of rock climbing combined with the power and sound of off-road racing. Now you understand rock crawling. The small-but-compelling niche of off-road motorsports involves driving heavily modified 4x4s up and over boulders that would be difficult to climb on foot, let alone with a couple thousand […]
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By Jeff DeLong, Reno Gazette-Journal A black bear drowned Monday after it was tranquilized by wildlife officials and then ran into a pond in Dayton and slipped beneath the water, according to the Nevada Department of Wildlife. The bear, an 8-year-old, 300-pound male, was reported to be wandering through the Dayton Valley Golf Club Monday […]
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By Francie Diep, Pacific Standard In the right forests, one important way to prevent large fires is to let small ones burn. That’s the conclusion of recent research into wildfires, which has found that small, controlled fires remove dry brush that would serve as fuel to mega-fires if allowed to build up. In addition, moderate fires […]
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