By Kathryn Reed While no records are expected to be broken in the next week, it’s going to get even colder in the Tahoe-Truckee area in the coming days. Wednesday morning is expected to be the coldest, according to the National Weather Service in Reno. Most lows will be in the teens, though Truckee may […]
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By Kathryn Reed President Obama last week signed the National Forest System Trails Stewardship Act. “The act places increased focus on the need for maintenance of the more than 158,000 miles of trails managed by the Forest Service. Specific details of how various requirements of the act will be implemented will be determined as the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Improvements to the ecosystem near Taylor Creek as well as the physical structures is expected to begin in May. The work will be done in phases across multiple years, and all work is dependent on funding. Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Forest Supervisor Jeff Marsolais signed off on the decision last month. […]
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By Paul Nelson, KTVN-TV Anyone living in the Sierra knows there are precautions to take in order to keep bears away from their homes, cars and garbage dumpsters. Now that the temperature is colder and the snow has started falling, it’s time for bears to take their long, winter nap. “Bears should be either denning […]
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By USSA LAKE LOUISE, Canada – The American women stacked three in the top 15 on the second day of downhill in Lake Louise, led by Laurenne Ross (Bend, Ore.) in seventh place. Friday’s top American Stacey Cook (Mammoth Lakes) was 11th and Mikaela Shiffrin (Eagle-Vail, Colo.), in only her second Audi FIS Ski World Cup […]
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The Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District, California Tahoe Conservancy and the U.S. Forest Service will continue prescribed fire operations next week as conditions allow. Operations may take place in multiple locations around Lake Tahoe including Glenbrook, Cave Rock, Round Hill, Lower Kingsbury Grade, South Lake Tahoe, Tahoe Paradise and Meyers. To view a map with […]
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By USSA VAL D’ISERE, France – Steven Nyman (Sundance, Utah) led the American’s in the first downhill of the season in 15th Saturday at the Audi FIS Ski World Cup. Norway’s Kjetil Jansrud won for the second-straight day after taking Friday’s super G victory. Peter Fill of Italy was second. Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway, […]
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The annual seasonal closure of dirt roads in the Eldorado National Forest took effect this week. Rainfall, soil moisture, road and trail conditions, and weather forecasts are factors that trigger a seasonal closure earlier than Jan. 1. The roads will remain closed until at least April 1. The seasonal closure is designed to protect roadbeds […]
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By USSA VAL D’ISERE, France – Travis Ganong (Squaw Valley) and Ryan Cochran-Siegle (Starksboro, Vt.) brushed aside the disappointment of losing home field advantage by leading the U.S. to seventh- and 15th-place, respectively, in today’s Audi FIS Ski World Cup super G. Norway took the top two spots on the podium with Kjetil Jansrud winning […]
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Tahoe Grizzlies Pee Wee A hockey team won the 2016 Silver Stick Regional Tournament last weekend at San Jose’s Sharks Ice. The team was undefeated (5-0) for the tournament. This is the team’s second consecutive regional Silver Stick Tournament championship. The Grizzlies downed the San Francisco Sabercats 3-2 in the championship game, getting the winning […]
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