By Phil Taylor, E&E Publishing Greater sage grouse numbers in the West have grown by nearly two-thirds since 2013, marking what could be a significant rebound to the bird’s previous several years of decline, according to scientists in Western states. Western state biologists said they spotted 80,284 male sage grouse across the West in 2015, […]
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Two researchers from the UNR are poised to play a key role in a project that has the potential to unlock massive resources of power generated from geothermal sources. Professors Jim Faulds and Wendy Calvin, among the world’s leaders in the understanding of geothermal systems, are providing their expertise to the project funded by the […]
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The California Fish and Game Commission voted 3-2 this week to ban bobcat trapping statewide. Commission President Jack Baylis and Commissioners Anthony Williams and Eric Sklar voted in favor of a statewide ban. Commission Vice President Jim Kellogg and Commissioner Jacqueline Hostler-Carmesin voted against it. The decision completely bans bobcat trapping in California, with the […]
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· The Lake Tahoe Craft Beer Festival is Aug. 8 at MontBleu in Stateline. More info is online. · Jimmy LaFave & the Night Tribe will be at the Boathouse Theatre on the South Shore on Aug. 12 at 7:30pm. For more info, go online. · Soroptimist International of South Lake Tahoe’s annual wine shindig […]
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By Chris Megerian, Los Angeles Times In his quest to force tougher action on climate change, Gov. Jerry Brown has traveled to China, Mexico, Canada, even the Vatican. But he was much closer to home on Thursday, just a couple dozen miles from the ranch his family has owned for generations. Standing in front of […]
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Author Mojie Crigler will read from “Get Me Through Tomorrow: A Sister’s Memoir of Brain Injury and Revival” at Bona Fide HQ in Meyers on Aug. 13. In intimate and unflinching prose, Crigler chronicles her brother’s medical saga while drawing on memories of their unusual childhood. “Get Me Through Tomorrow” is much more than the […]
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The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has collected evidence that suggests at least one wolf has traveled into Siskiyou County. Based on compelling information received earlier this year from Californians reporting they saw a large, dark-colored canid, CDFW deployed a number of remote trail cameras within southeastern Siskiyou County. At one location, in early […]
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Truckee police officers spent the better part of Thursday night looking for a man accused of domestic violence. Corbin Nunnally, 30, left the Gateway shopping center on Donner Pass Road when police arrived about 5pm Aug. 6. Officers were told a woman was in distress. Nunnally is wanted for his possible involvement in several felonies […]
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By Kathryn Reed No one thing can be blamed for the proliferation of catastrophic fires, but there are some things that could be done to help combat them. “So much is driven by politics. As a scientist, I’m not sure I have much control, Hugh Safford said. Safford, a regional ecologist with the U.S. Forest Service, gave […]
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By Debra Carpenter, Huffington Post “Come on, it’s time to go! I’m burning up out here!” I sat at the neighborhood park, ablaze with the summer heat and more than a little irritated that my daughter was taking so long to finish her “last” go around on the jungle gym. She continued to play, blissfully […]
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