The Tahoe Resource Conservation District is taking the proven approach of killing Eurasian watermilfoil in Emerald Bay to a pilot project on the Truckee River to control the aquatic invasive plant. The week has been in Lake Tahoe since the late 1980s and likely entered the Truckee River following the overflow of the dam in 1997. In […]
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Resort at Squaw Creek is the site of Squaw Valley Institute’s annual Celebrity Golf Tournament. This annual fundraiser will begin at 10am Sept. 28 with a shotgun start. Golf with local celebrities such as Nate Holland, Jonny Moseley, Tamara McKinney, JT Holmes and more. Celebrities will be joining each foursome. It will be a scramble style […]
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Lake Tahoe Community College is adding a late summer course designed to improve soccer athletes’ physical conditioning to compete successfully at the intercollegiate level. Emphasis in this class will be placed on the development of physical fitness levels in strength, endurance, speed, power, agility, and reaction time. Fundamental soccer techniques and game-related strategies will also be […]
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By Kathryn Reed The dictionary definition of a forest is “a large area covered chiefly with trees and undergrowth.” It’s hard to know what to call a former forest that is covered with undergrowth and what looks like poles. This is Tahoe Mountain eight years after the Angora Fire. The trees – such as they […]
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An Alpine County creek is going to be chemically treated later this month to help establish the native Paiute cutthroat trout. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S Forest Service, and California Department of Fish and Wildlife plan to use rotenone, a fish toxicant, in 11 miles of Silver King Creek and its tributaries from […]
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By Kate Siber, High Country News All morning, I’d heard the roar of sloughs rocketing down cliffs as I skied up a mountain in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Now, standing at the summit with my six friends and our two guides, I gazed over treeless sheets of white plunging to the inky ocean. A virgin […]
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Washoe Lake State Park is partnering with the Nevada Department of Wildlife to host a kids’ carp fishing derby. Prizes will be awarded for the largest carp caught in different age categories. The event is Aug. 22 from 8am-noon. Participants are requested to bring their own tackle. A limited number of rods are available for […]
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By Kathryn Reed KINGS BEACH – Pristine isn’t a word developers of the Brockway Campground like to use when describing the 104-acre site. To the average camper pristine might be exactly the word for it. Campers aren’t going to care how many times it has been logged by Sierra Pacific Industries – the land owner, […]
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By Sarah Litz, Reno Gazette-Journal Protecting Lake Tahoe is more difficult than it looks. Tahoe’s clarity has decreased, non-native species have increased and algal blooms are threatening the beauty and productivity of the nationally known lake. However, public agencies have teamed up with scientists, marinas and lakefront homeowners on a new strategy to protect, combat […]
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With 51,000 pounds of fish harvested in a three-year pilot program to rid Lake Tahoe of invasive fish, scientists are finding a way to put the fish to good use. This season about 55 pounds of fish fillets went to St. Vincent’s food pantry, which is operated by Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada. The fish […]
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