By Kathryn Reed A woodpecker may change the way the U.S. Forest Service and others approach thinning projects and forest restoration work in California. This is because on Dec. 15 the state Fish and Game Commission on a 3-1 vote said the black-backed woodpecker is a candidate for protection under the state’s Endangered Species Act. […]
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By Kathryn Reed For those dreaming of a white Christmas, they had to leave the lake behind. But only for a short time and even then Lake Tahoe could still be in full view. “The lack of natural snow has not put any damper on our fun,” Joe Hilliard of Corpus Christi, Texas, said. Three […]
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By Kathryn Reed CAMP RICHARDSON – Tahoe’s past, present and possible future unfold along the shore of Lake Tahoe and Fallen Leaf Lake on an easy five-mile trek that never gets old. Meandering through the estates of the Tallac Site on the South Shore, the buildings of yester-year dot the landscape. If only they could […]
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By Kathryn Reed Conflicted between wanting to go slow enough to embrace the beauty and fast enough to ward off the biting cold – such are the hazards of hiking in Lake Tahoe in December. Hiking in the basin this time of year feels so foreign. But with no snow at lake level to snowshoe […]
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By Kathryn Reed In 11 days, the first snow survey of the season will be conducted by the state Department of Water Resources. National Weather Service forecasters say the next two weeks will be dry and that the snowpack is 15 percent of normal. In a normal month, South Lake Tahoe receives 1.84 inches of […]
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By Kathryn Reed TRUCKEE – No snow at a ski resort can be a good thing – at least when your business is construction. With winter delayed in the Sierra, it meant the team of builders from SMC Contractors could complete the Zephyr Lodge at Northstar in five months. No days off also allowed the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Snowboarding over a car may not be an original trick, but how many 5-year-olds can say they’ve done it? Bailey Duran for one. First Tracks Productions in South Lake Tahoe immortalized the event on film. This video and two others by the local company caught the attention of Ski Channel. The three […]
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By Kathryn Reed Putting children first. Ensuring their needs are met. Taking a pledge to do so. Helping shape policy. Those are the goals of Small World, an organization launched Dec. 1 in South Lake Tahoe. But it’s not just about Tahoe – it’s about children throughout the country, throughout the world. And it’s not […]
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By Susan Wood If there were any doubt Lake Tahoe tourism through the generations is as much about the synergy between its beauty and recreation as its leisure activities and nightlife, consider this: even the bands who play here want to take part in its splendor. Hence, New Zealand’s Sola Rosa band leader Andrew Spraggon […]
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By Kathryn Reed Private operators of the South Lake Tahoe Ice Rink may be frozen out of being able to make a profit any time soon. With the need to have all agreements finalized in January so the bonds could be converted from non-taxable to taxable by March 1, questions unresolved, and the season of […]
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