By Associated Press RENO — Scientists say there’s been a significant reduction in the amount of Nevada forest under assault from bark beetles and similar bugs, but they fear lingering drought will further weaken trees and make them more susceptible to future attacks. Nevada Division of Forestry forest health specialist Gene Phillips says aerial surveys […]
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Zephyr Cove Tennis Club will host its last tennis mixer of the season on Sept. 3. FAN-tastic Hump Day participants are encouraged to dress representing their favorite sports team, with a prize going to the best dressed. Play starts at 5:30pm. The doubles mixer is for adult players of all abilities. Cost is $10 for […]
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By Amanda MacMillan, Outdoors Without launching a full-out battle-of-the-sexes competition between you and your wife, it’s hard to say exactly who is the better athlete. But it is true that she may have some ingrained sex-based advantage over you. Specifically, it seems that members of the fairer sex are better at pacing themselves on long […]
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to chemically treat Silver King Creek in Alpine County in an attempt to restore native Paiute cutthroat trout. Retenone will be used along 11 miles of the stream from Llewellyn Falls downstream to Silver King Canyon. The lower reaches of three tributaries – Tamarack Creek, Tamarack Lake Creek […]
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The super moon has been filling the night sky. This moon, which is the closest to Earth compared to any other time of year, will be at its fullest on Sunday night. This will be the biggest and brightest full moon of the year. The moon rise is expected at 8:12pm Aug. 10. The big […]
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By Kathryn Reed GLENBROOK – While normally it’s the natural beauty that is so captivating when paddling on Lake Tahoe, last weekend was a bit of an architectural tour. What I didn’t know until last Sunday is that Lake Tahoe has dinosaurs. There are two of them calling a stretch of beach between Cave Rock […]
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By Alanna Petroff, CNNMoney Golf’s popularity is waning and the industry is getting whacked. Adidas, which owns the popular TaylorMade brand, is the latest company to warn about the decline of the sport. Sales at its golf division dropped by nearly 20 percent in the second quarter, leading the sportswear company to slash earnings forecasts […]
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The U.S. Forest Service won’t be thinning fuels near Echo Lakes anytime soon. This is because a judge this week agreed more time is needed to determine the impacts to the yellow-legged frog. The USFS has agreed not to thin trees in this area on Echo Summit until at least after Oct. 15. Consultations with […]
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By Geoff Baker, Seattle Times MCKENZIE PASS, Ore. — Seattle native Joe McConaughy smiles as he bounds into a wooded clearing and spots the familiar green truck. When you’ve speed-hiked 55 miles per day for six weeks over mountains, boulders and creeks, dodging the odd bear and rattlesnake, that dirt-covered Honda Pilot had better be […]
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Publisher’s note: Erline Christopherson, the first woman to complete a length-wise swim of Lake Tahoe, will talk about her experience Aug. 20 at 6pm at the South Lake Tahoe Library. By Erline Christopherson As a young child, I always wanted to be in the water and by age 4 I could swim. As soon as […]
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