By Scott Sonner, AP Rare woodpecker chicks in burned forest stands at Lake Tahoe won’t survive if the U.S. Forest Service proceeds with a contentious post-fire logging project, according to conservationists pressing the agency to postpone cutting around the trees until after the nesting season in August. The John Muir Project is asking for the […]
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Advance tickets are available for Lake Tahoe Community College’s production of “Rocky Horror Picture Show”. Tickets are $15 general admission, and $12 for children, students and those older than 60. For further information, call (530) 541.4660, ext. 207. Performances are: June 8 8pm June 9 8pm June 10 2pm June 14 8pm June 15 11pm […]
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By Peter Fimrite, San Francisco Chronicel A proposed ban on using hounds to tree bears and bobcats has provoked yet another tussle between hunters and conservationists, who have already squared off this year over wolves and mountain lions. The proposed law, which passed the state Senate last week, would prohibit using dog packs to chase […]
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By Henry Brean, Las Vegas Review-Journal The enemy is invisible to the naked eye and exists in numbers hard to comprehend — hundreds of trillions of them at every depth and in every cove. In the five years since they were first discovered in Lake Mead, the population of invasive quagga mussels has grown tenfold. […]
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By Barbara Barte Osborn, Sacramento Bee A window of opportunity is starting to close for the public to comment on the environmental effects of a controversial plan to pave a 9.5-mile recreational trail through the scenic Martis Valley. North Fork Associates, an Auburn consulting firm, completed a massive draft environmental impact report on the Martis […]
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May is 31 tidbits about Lake Tahoe News month. LTN tidbit No. 31: This is it, the final Tidbit of the series. The rest will remain up for a while under the LTN Tidbits category at the top of the page. We hope you have learned a bit about Lake Tahoe News – Tahoe’s only […]
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By Sandy Evans Hall In 1996, North Lake Tahoe residents voted to increase the existing transient occupancy tax from 8 percent to 10 percent, which is paid by overnight visitors to the area. North Lake Tahoe residents do not pay this tax. This 2 percent tax increase, which was renewed by voters in 2002, has […]
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By Jim Shahin, Washington Post For some time now, commercial barbecue sauce has been progressing from its Dark Ages, when slow-smoked meats were tortured with bland, sweet, corporate slathers, to a more enlightened era of complex boutique sauces flavored with everything from habaneros to peaches. The homemade sauces in our second annual Smoke Signals barbecue […]
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Amy Berry has been hired to be CEO of the Tahoe Fund. The mission of Tahoe Fund is to restore and enhance the natural environment of the Lake Tahoe Basin by building broad support for projects and programs that increase the enjoyment of the region for current and future generations. The focus is on conservation, […]
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By Hal Cole It’s been two weeks since I last visited Margie. She has been ill for many months and this last visit was particularly impactful. I am very aware that every time we say a casual “goodbye” to family and friends it very well could be “farewell”. It was very obvious to both of […]
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