By Jerry Hirsch, Los Angeles Times If you are going to be killed by a car while riding a bicycle, there’s a good chance you are male, older than 20 and living in California or Florida. That’s the finding of a report issued Monday by the Governors Highway Safety Association that also noted that between […]
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The North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District, Nevada Division of Forestry and the U.S. Forest Service will conduct prescribed fire operations in the Incline Village, Ponderosa Ranch, Tunnel Creek trailhead areas and on scattered urban lots around the Lake Tahoe Basin beginning Nov. 2 and continuing as conditions allow. Smoke from prescribed fire operations is […]
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Free wood cutting in the Wrights Lake Recreation Area of the Eldorado National Forest has been canceled for this weekend because of safety reasons in regards to the forecast of 11 inches of snow in higher elevation. “Consideration for the safety of the public and our staff is the reason this decision was made,” Richard […]
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By Kathryn Reed Playing in the rough has taken on a whole new meaning at Edgewood Tahoe. The Stateline golf course looks like a construction zone these days. And that’s because it is one. By December 2016 the 154-room Edgewood Lodge should be open. There will also be 40 cabin units along the eighth and […]
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The Tahoe Douglas Zephyr Firefighting Crew will be conducting pile burn operations on the Van Sickle Bi-State Park on Oct 31. The burn location will be visible from much of the Upper Kingsbury and Stateline areas. The treatment area is between the Gondola fire scar and Edgewood Creek. Twenty to 30 acres will be burned […]
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Caltrans encourages motorists to be prepared for winter driving conditions, particularly in the snowy Sierra, with the first big winter storm expected to hit Friday and continue into the weekend. Here are some winter driving tips: • Check your antifreeze level and make sure it is properly filled and formulated for winter temperatures. • Check […]
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The U.S. Forest Service is asking for public input on plans to restore the Taylor and Tallac creek ecosystems, while maintaining or improving visitor services. Located on Highway 89 on the South Shore, the Taylor-Tallac project area includes some of the most heavily visited recreation sites in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Baldwin Beach serves an estimated […]
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By Jim Robbins, New York Times BUTTE, Mont. — Once routinely trapped and shot as varmints, their dams obliterated by dynamite and bulldozers, beavers are getting new respect these days. Across the West, they are being welcomed into the landscape as a defense against the withering effects of a warmer and drier climate. Beaver dams, […]
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It may be hard to tell what the Halloween costumes are on Friday night unless a coat is part of the ensemble. This is because winter is forecast to arrive at lake level. Rain will start the afternoon of Oct. 31, with it turning to snow. By Saturday the snow level is expected to drop […]
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The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will continue prescribed fire operations in the Christmas Valley, Spooner, Heavenly, Elizabeth Lane (Hurricane Bay on the West Shore) and Sawmill Pond areas Oct. 29 and continuing as conditions allow. Each operation follows a prescribed fire burn plan, which considers temperature, humidity, wind, moisture of the […]
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