The Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team will continue prescribed fire operations for the next several weeks, weather and conditions permitting. California State Parks will conduct prescribed fire operations in Sugar Pine Point State Park, between General Creek Campground and Tahoma beginning on May 8. The U.S. Forest Service will conduct operations this week on Highway […]
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Tahoe Star Tours will resume its summer stargazing schedule at the Dark Skies Cosmoarium at Northstar June 14-Sept. 1, Thursday through Saturday evenings. A cosmic concert and meteor shower viewing event is also scheduled on Aug. 12. Every Tahoe Star Tours event includes a laser tour of the night sky and the opportunity to view […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP RENO — U.S. land managers are proposing offering $1,000 to anyone willing to adopt wild horses gathered from public lands to alleviate a backlog of mustangs in government corals and shrink what they say are badly overpopulated herds across the West. Overwhelmed by what it characterizes as a $1 billion […]
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Updated May 3: Environmental documents have been released for the controversial gondola that would link Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows ski resorts. The draft environmental impact statement/draft environmental impact report was prepared by the U.S. Forest Service and Placer County in accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act and the California Environmental […]
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The Broken Arrow Skyrace, presented by Salomon, returns to Squaw Valley on June 15-17. The three-day event consists of four distances for elite and recreational participants. Designed in the vein of the classic European Skyraces, the Broken Arrow Skyrace represents a unique style of mountain running, characterized by off-trail scrambling on steep terrain with massive […]
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By Ryan Canaday, KTVN-TV Making a recovery underwater is a daunting task that often requires out of state expertise. That’s going to change now that the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is geared up to do it all on their own with a brand new remote operated vehicle. Keith Cormican, a man who’s behind some […]
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The Tahoe Rim Trail Association is putting on two events for National Trails Day on June 2. On the South Shore volunteers are needed to work at Van Sickle Bi-state Park to clean up the trail connection from the park to the TRT. People will be asked to remove garbage and graffiti. Some of the […]
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The California Tahoe Conservancy is offering free firewood permits now through the end of the year. The permits are available on the conservancy’s website. Also on the website is a map of potential firewood collection locations. Permits allow for collection of two cords of wood for personal use only. On April 30 is a one […]
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Comments are being taken until May 27 on the draft environmental assessment for proposed management of 1,083 acres of U.S. Forest Service land off the Mt. Rose Highway above Incline Village. The goal is to restore the Incline Meadow wetland and surrounding habitat, improve water quality, and improve dispersed recreation opportunities. The project is designed […]
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Roadside stations for inspections and decontamination of motorized boats and watercraft are to open in Tahoe-Truckee. Locations, hours of operation, and opening dates are as follows: Opening May 1: 8:30am-5:30pm, sevent days a week Meyers: at the junction of Highway 50 and Highway 89 Spooner Summit: at the junction of Highway 50 and Highway 28 […]
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