By Todd Wilkinson, National Geographic Maybe it’s a baby robin that falls out of a nest in the backyard, or perhaps twin deer fawns left orphaned after their mother gets struck by a car or eaten by wolves, or perchance a bald eagle, behaving strangely, staggering on the ground and unable to fly. When wild […]
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By Amy Beth Hanson, AP As the National Park Service kicks off a centennial summer expected to draw record crowds, the agency is seriously considering caps on how many people pass through some of the country’s most iconic landscapes and historical sites each day. Park managers have begun looking at whether, when and how best […]
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Californians can help protect urban and wildland trees this summer by buying firewood local to where they will be using it and not moving it from one place to another, according to officials. “Time and time again we see invasive species spread long distances as a result of firewood movement. This is something we can […]
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By Kathryn Reed CARSON CITY – Rugged, desolate, colorful, stark, verdant, snow capped. Clear Creek Trail has it all. Sagebrush is everywhere at the start, then it starts to peter out as the trail keeps going west into the mountains. The pines bring welcome shade. But they are never as thick and tall as hiking […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal The top of Mt. Everest is a bad place for a celebration. Just ask Cory Richards. He spent his three minutes on the summit battling to stay warm, coherent and energized for the trip down. Richards, an elite climber, knew most high altitude mountaineering tragedies happen after reaching the summit. The […]
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By Sandra Chereb, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — A final plan to conserve and restore sagebrush habit critical to a distinct population of sage grouse found along the Nevada-California line was announced Friday by the Bureau of Land Management. “This plan strikes a balance among public land uses and users and offers a workable […]
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By Fresno Bee Clovis West High boys basketball coach Tom Orlich, who won three Central Section championships and more than 300 games in 14 seasons, is retiring from his district job and will join the staff of new Stanford coach Jerod Haase. Orlich’s retirement as a teacher and coach was announced in a Clovis Unified […]
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By Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle If item No. 1 on your summer to-do list is to witness the booming waterfalls of Yosemite National Park, you’re in for a treat. Water levels appear to have rebounded from four years of drought and we’re now in a window of peak waterfall conditions. U.S. Geological Survey numbers indicate water […]
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UCCE Master Gardeners of Lake Tahoe’s annual Jamboree and Plant Sale is June 11. Master gardeners will be on hand to answer questions about gardening at Tahoe. Whether it is growing vegetables, learning which plants attracts butterflies and bees, finding out how to keep a garden growing with less water, or learning about various phenology studies […]
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Lake Tahoe bicycling advocate has created a navigational aid designed to make it easier for people in the basin to locate a hike or bike ride that best matches their interest and skill level. It’s called Tahoe’s Ultimate Bicycling Guide. The guide covers five regions: California Alps, South Shore, North Shore, Carson Valley and Truckee. For each region there are […]
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