Due to the drought and the threat of large damaging wildfires, beginning June 1 the Amador-El Dorado and Nevada-Yuba-Placer units of CalFrie will suspend dooryard burning permits. CalFire has responded to twice as many wildfires than average and it is anticipated that fire season will only continue to get worse. Anyone who burns on or […]
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In celebration of the Silver State’s Sesquicentennial, and in conjunction with National Get Outdoors Day, residents and visitors will have free access to Nevada state parks June 14. Park visitors will receive free day use admission and free fishing (no license required) at Nevada’s 23 state parks. In addition, the first 150 vehicles at each […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one in a random series of stories about gardening in Lake Tahoe. By Kathryn Reed Getting one’s hands dirty is not only a physical workout it is a mental recharger. “There is a biological link between soil and people. We have lost that because we are no longer an agrarian society,” […]
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North Tahoe Regional Park’s summer hours are 7am-8pm. Parking is $5 for non-residents and free for residents with a valid resident sticker. Annual North Tahoe PUD parks parking discount passes are available to non-residents for $100 per vehicle. They are available at the district offices during normal business hours. These expire on December 31, 2014 […]
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Tahoe Rim Trail Association on June 7 is celebrating the 22nd anniversary of National Trails Day. TRTA is kicking off the summer trail building season by pitching in to help maintain the trail heading east from Tahoe City on the 64 acres near Fanny Bridge. No experience is necessary. Groups and families are welcome. The […]
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In searching for ideal ornamental plants, sometimes people find that seemingly perfect plants refuse to stay where they are planted, and begin to invade adjacent areas. Attendees at the Don’t Plant a Pest workshop will be taught how to select suitable ornamentals that will save them trouble and expense and help protect Lake Tahoe’s natural […]
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The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will begin selling firewood permits at the South Shore office on May 19 and at the North Shore office on May 21. Permits cost $20 per cord, with a two-cord minimum and a limit of 10 cords per household. Permits have specific conditions and complete information […]
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The U.S. Forest Service this week started thinning trees for fuels reduction and forest health near South Tahoe High School and the Sand Pit OHV area in South Lake Tahoe. The Forest Service has closed the areas in units 19 and 117 from 7am-6pm daily through Oct. 14 for public safety due to heavy equipment […]
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By Jeff Barnard, AP MEDFORD, Ore. -— Oregon’s famous wandering gray wolf, dubbed OR-7, may have found the mate he has trekked thousands of miles looking for, wildlife authorities said Monday. It’s likely the pair spawned pups, and if confirmed, the rare predators would be the first breeding pair of wolves in the Oregon’s Cascade […]
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If it seems like the Sierra are getting taller, it’s because they are. Depletion of groundwater is causing the Sierra Nevada mountains to rise, according to a study published in the journal Nature on May 14. “We first wrote two years ago about the rapid rise of the Sierra, with its 14,000-foot peaks in the […]
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