By Tom Kelly, U.S. Ski and Snowboard On a night when it really counted, Brita Sigourney (Carmel) came through with a Toyota U.S. Grand Prix win in the Visa freeski halfpipe at Mammoth Mountain and a ticket to PyeongChang. California crowd favorite Kyle Smaine (South Lake Tahoe), the 2015 World Champion, finally nailed his run […]
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By Emily Benson, High Country News When a rainstorm slammed California’s Russian River watershed in December 2012, water rushed into Lake Mendocino, a reservoir north of San Francisco. The cause? An atmospheric river, a ribbon of moisture-laden air that can ferry water thousands of miles across the sky. When the tempest hit, the state was […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal Nevada’s Pershing County could become home to the first new wilderness designations of the Trump era. A bill that cleared the House of Representatives by voice vote on Wednesday would designate seven new wilderness areas covering more than 136,000 acres in the northern Nevada county. It still needs Senate approval […]
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By Janet R. Phillips, Reno Gazette-Journal Two more miles to go and the Tahoe Pyramid Bikeway through the steep, rugged Truckee Canyon west of Reno will be complete, hopefully this year. Planning and construction bidding documents are now being prepared for the two most difficult miles to complete – the area where Interstate 80 makes […]
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The Eldorado National Forest will be submitting applications for Off Highway Vehicle (OHV) Cooperative Funds for the 2017-18 grant cycle. The gorest is developing preliminary applications to the Off Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation (OHMVR) Division which includes a strong emphasis on trail maintenance and repair, law enforcement across the four Ranger Districts, printing and distribution […]
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By U.S. Ski and Snowboard After a storied 18-year career, Olympic champion Julia Mancuso of Squaw Valley hung up her tiara and took a victory lap on Jan. 19 in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy – which happens to be the first track she podiumed on in January 2006. Mancuso will move on to the next chapter […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal What’s the difference between one snow drought and the next? More than most people realize. And those differences have implications for everything from skiing conditions to water supply in the western United States. That’s according to a paper by two Nevada researchers in the journal Earth Interactions. The researchers took […]
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The Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team, which includes local, state and federal agencies, will continue prescribed fire operations this week in multiple locations around Lake Tahoe, weather permitting. Smoke may be present. A map with project locations and details is available online. To receive prescribed fire notifications, send an email to pa_ltbmu@fs.fed.us. When weather and […]
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By Nicole Raz, Las Vegas Review-Journal At least 18 states are poised to introduce bills this year to regulate sports betting, according to a new report. Of those, the report by Eilers & Krejcik Gaming suggests 12 have a good chance of enacting legislation. “I believe if the U.S. Supreme Court makes a decision that […]
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By Foster Klug, AP PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — The cold is back for the Winter Games. After two straight balmy Olympics where some might have wondered if it was even winter, let alone the world’s pre-eminent freeze-dependent sporting event, athletes and visitors alike will finally experience a serious chill in their bones during the games […]
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