The California Tahoe Conservancy and the U.S. Forest Service may continue prescribed fire operations next week if conditions are favorable. Operations may take place near South Lake Tahoe, Tahoe Paradise and Meyers. To view a map with project locations and details, go online. Before prescribed fire operations are conducted, agencies post road signs around areas […]
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The National Weather Service in Reno has issued a flash flood watch for the Lake Tahoe Basin, Truckee, Carson City, Minden and the foothills west of Reno from 4am-10pm Saturday. An atmospheric river will bring a burst of heavy precipitation across the region. Snow levels will be at about 8,000 feet. Forecasters say the Truckee […]
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By Janie McCauley, AP At the family home in South Lake Tahoe, Carol Haase sent her husband out to the shed to search for just the right pieces of wood. The creative mother of five had begun planning yet another important project in a long list of them for her kids. Son Jerod Haase, in […]
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By Brad Rassler, Outside Outdoor recreation is an economic colossus: its reach is massive, its wealth enormous, and its influence continues to grow as more boots hit the ground. You can see it in Joshua Tree’s crowded campgrounds or in Mount Tam’s trailhead parking lots; in the Appalachian Trail’s thru-hiking numbers or in REI’s record sales. […]
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By Brian K. Sullivan, Bloomberg A La Nina that threatens to push cold temperatures across the northern U.S. and extend drought conditions in the south will probably remain in the Pacific deep into the winter, fading away by spring, according to U.S. forecasters. The weather phenomenon — defined by a cooling of the equatorial Pacific Ocean’s […]
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The Nevada Division of State Parks administers grant funds from the Federal Highway Administration’s Recreational Trails Program (RTP). Approximately $1.2 million in funding is available for the 2017 fiscal year. Applications are due by Feb. 3 and are available online. The program funds motorized and non-motorized recreational trail projects for federal, state, and local governments, […]
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South Lake Tahoe has issued the following safety tips and information regarding snow removal safety: City snow plows are deployed when an average of 3 inches of snow have accumulated on the ground citywide. Snowplows have the right of way on streets and vehicles left unattended in the streets are subject to citation and/or tow. The […]
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The California Department of Fish and Wildlife on Tuesday released a conservation plan for gray wolves in the state. The plan was created over the last two years with input form a varied group of stakeholders. “Wolves returning to the state was inevitable, we always knew that,” CDFW Director Charlton Bonham said in a statement. “Over […]
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By Brad Stulberg, Outside Although it may seem counterintuitive, you don’t get faster, bigger, or stronger during a workout. The main function of hard physical training is to break your body down so it can grow back stronger. Fitness gains come later, during recovery, and recent research is revealing that simply being sedentary post-workout isn’t […]
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Tommy Caldwell, rock climber of international fame, will present his show “A Year of Firsts: An Enchainment of Patagonia’s Fitzroy Massif, Yosemite’s Dawn Wall and an Infant Son” on Jan. 5 at Squaw Valley’s Olympic Village Lodge. This is the third installment of Alpenglow Sports’ 11th annual Winter Film Series. Throughout 2014 and into early […]
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