The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is putting on a field trip Aug. 2 for people to see the work that is being done the Upper Truckee River.

The project will replace the existing stream channel with a new one that is more stable and is connected to the adjacent floodplain, which will provide a better aquatic habitat, support a healthier meadow ecosystem, and reduce the amount of fine sediment that reaches Lake Tahoe.

Meet on Onnontioga Street, just south of the Omaha Street intersection at 5:30pm. Onnontioga Street is located off of Washoan Boulevard on Pioneer Trail.

Sturdy shoes are recommended.

No RSVP is required.

Staff will be on hand to answer questions and provide information about the project.

Project information may also be found on the LTBMU website.

South Lake Tahoe Community Services Department is extending the deadline for the “Parks Make Life Better” photo contest until Aug. 10.

Photo submissions are to include yourself, family or friends enjoying a recreation activity in South Lake Tahoe such as Bijou Park, Regan Beach, Lakeview Commons, STAR Camp, youth or adult sport program or favorite recreation center class.

For more information, go online or call (530) 542.6056.

• On Aug. 6-7 Caltrans will be conducting roadwork from Monitor Junction on Highway 89 to Woodfords Junction on Highway 88, which means there will be delays.

• Here is this week’s Sierra roadwork schedule from Caltrans.

• Loryn Kasten is leading the communications team at Northstar ski resort.

• Sacramento Business Journal has named Lake Tahoe’s Rhonda McFarlane as the 2013 Large Public Agency Chief Financial Officer of the Year. She is CFO at the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District.

The 39th annual Truckee Antiques Show is Aug. 2-4 from 10am-5pm the first two days and until 4pm that Sunday.

The event is at Truckee High School, 11725 Donner Pass Road.

The cost is $5, with proceeds going to the high school booster club.

For more info, call (530) 241.4063.

Emerald Bay Resort, circa 1950s

Emerald Bay today offers a Boat Camp on its north shoreline which is accessed publicly only by boat, or on foot via the Rubicon Trail. A pier and several mooring buoys are visible in this current color photo, plus there are campsites on land. Part of an “official vehicles only” access road is visible diagonally at right, which today is gated where it meets Highway 89. There is no public entrance.

Today’s boat-in campground.

Dave Wakeman, who has lived at South Tahoe since 1947, remembers this earlier Emerald Bay Camp & Resort of the 1950s and a smaller neighboring resort (possibly the Lakeview Lodge) which also existed on the north side of Emerald Bay. (Black and white photo.) The “official vehicles only” road mentioned above was the main public access driveway to these resorts.

The state of California purchased Emerald Bay (below Highway 89) from Lora Knight in 1952 while allowing the resorts to continue operating on lease until 1959. Wakeman recalls a pier and a restaurant where his family had dined lakeside at the resort, and he says that today’s state-operated boat camp campsites are where Emerald Bay Resort used to rent housekeeping cabins. Wakeman notes that a large log and other shoreline remnants of the past remain around the pier today.

I recall viewing a seaplane docked at Emerald Bay in the 1950s.

The Lake Tahoe Historical Society Museum (Highway 50 facing Sno-Flake Drive In) has a huge collection of historical photos, including Emerald Bay Resort. The museum is free.

Photo credits: Old photo is from Pomona Public Library Collection of Frashers Fotos; today’s color photo from me, and the sign from Lake Tahoe News.

— Bill Kingman

• The El Dorado County Air Quality Management District is expanding office hours beginning Aug. 12 to Mondays-Thursdays from 7:30am to 5:30pm and Fridays 8am to 5pm. And the office will open during lunch.

• Sierra Cosmetic Laser in downtown Truckee has hired aesthetic nurse Abigail Rockey-Scott.

• Lake Tahoe author Todd Borg’s next writers’ workshop is Nov. 16-18 at the Sacramento Fine Arts Center. All the details are online.

• Volunteers are needed for the Aug. 24 Lake in the Sky Air at Lake Tahoe Airport. A volunteer open house/training will be Aug. 15 from 4:30-7pm at the airport.

• There will be a free self-directed IRA seminar July 31 at 9:30am at Edgewood Tahoe. Register online.

The 6th annual Conservation Landscaping Tour is Aug. 11 from 1-5pm.

This year’s tour will feature turf conversions and water-wise landscapes in the Tahoe Keys. There will be conservation presentations and information, light refreshments, and live music.

Tickets are available event day from 1-3. Cost is $10, with children free.

Meet at the Tahoe Keys owners pavilion at 356 Ala Wai Blvd., South Lake Tahoe.

Tahoe Derby Dames will be having a fundraiser this Friday at the American Legion.

The July 26 event starts at 8pm at the American Legion in South Lake Tahoe. Cost is $5.

Food, drinks and raffle will be available. Three bands will be playing.

The Dames are a competitive roller derby team in South Lake Tahoe.

The Nevada Highway Patrol will be stepping up enforcement efforts on Highway 50 effective now through Aug. 12.

These efforts will be focused on stopping and citing motorists who exceed the posted speed limit; in addition to the speed enforcement campaign, troopers will be looking closely at other traffic violations such as reckless or aggressive driving, driving under the influence, following too closely, talking or texting on a hand-held cell phone, and lane change violations. Anyone violating these offenses will be receiving a citation as part of a “zero tolerance” approach to reduce accidents in the area.

Funding for this enforcement campaign is from a joint grant through The Office of Traffic Safety.

• Barton Health CEO John Williams is expected to be back on the job next week after sustaining injuries from being thrown from a horse while on a pack trip in Yosemite.

• Soroptimist International South Lake Tahoe’s annual wine tasting is Nov. 15.

• Erosion Control magazine recognized Northstar ski resort for its erosion control and revegetation program.

• Lisa Gallup has been hired as director of catering and wedding sales at the Landing Resort & Spa in South Lake Tahoe.

• South Lake Tahoe Recreation Facilities Joint Powers Authority will meet July 26 at 9am at the Lake Tahoe Airport.