For the first time in several decades, the Eldorado National Forest will sell Christmas tree cutting permits. Permits for pine, fir or cedar trees up to 6 inches in diameter at the base will be available beginning Nov. 14. Christmas tree permits will be issued with tree tags for $10 each, with a limit of two […]
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Two gray wolves are living in western Lassen County. Gray wolves were eliminated from California more than 100 years ago, until the return of OR7 in 2011. This summer, photographs, tracks and eyewitness sightings suggested the presence of two canids frequently traveling together. After a wolf-like canid was photographed by trail cameras in Lassen County […]
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Additional funding for the next 2.2 mile-phase of the Dollar Creek Trail was approved by the Placer County Board of Supervisors. The county now has $297,000 committed to the $3 million project. The bulk of the funding is coming from the state and feds. The additional money was needed because the bids came in higher than expected. When […]
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By Paul McHugh, Sacramento Bee Had your skis or board freshly tuned? Good. Layered clothes, helmet and sunscreen all packed? Check. Car ready with new wipers, antifreeze fluid, tire chains in the trunk? Great. But let’s consider the most important piece of gear. Is your body truly in shape for winter recreation? As they used […]
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By Wayne Parry, AP ATLANTIC CITY — A poll finds nearly half of Americans approve of legalized sports betting, reasoning that so many people are already doing it. The Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll released last week finds 48 percent support changing federal law to make sports betting legal throughout the country; 39 percent are […]
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Weather and conditions permitting, the Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District and the U.S. Forest Service may continue prescribed fire operations beginning Nov. 6. Operation locations include areas off Logan Creek Drive and on Kingsbury Grade, and on urban lots near Heavenly Mountain Resort and off North Upper Truckee Road on the South Shore. Operations will continue […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – What if motorized boats were no longer allowed on Lake Tahoe? That’s what one table at a workshop proposed. That idea was one of many discussed Thursday night when the public got together to work on the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s shore zone plan. Piers and buoys have long been controversial […]
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By Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA Today Wildlife populations around the world have declined nearly 60 percent since the 1970s, with elephants, wolves and salamanders among the creatures affected, a new environmental report warns. The numbers of mammals, birds, and fish fell by 58 percent between 1970 and 2012 while freshwater species declined by 81 percent during the […]
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This winter the Tahoe Resource Conservation District plans to tackle a new infestation of Eurasian milfoil at the Tahoe Vista boat launch. This year TRCD treated 4.5 acres at Lakeside Marina and Beach, Crystal Shores marinas, Fleur du Lac’s outer harbor and in the Truckee River. Treatment of Eurasian watermilfoil is important for water quality because the […]
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The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will begin selling Christmas tree permits Nov. 7. Permits cost $10 each (cash or check preferred on South Shore, cash or check only on North Shore and in Tahoe City), with a limit of two permits per family. Permits must be purchased in person, are not transferable […]
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