Nevada Department of Wildlife officials this weekend released two nuisance bears back into the wild. Employees from Wind River Bear Institute of Florence, Mont., helped NDOW, including on of the agency’s Karelian bear dogs. An 8-year-old female bear captured in Zephyr Cove on Saturday was released Sunday morning in the mountains above her capture site. […]
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By Janet Fullwood, San Jose Mercury News Skiers and snowboarders are perpetual optimists who like to believe the coming season will bring more powder than ever before. While that’s up to Mother Nature, one hard, cold fact is for sure: Peak-season rates at prominent resorts now top $100 a day at the ticket window. Snow-sports […]
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By Kathryn Reed Round Hill Pines Beach will have new operators for the first time since 1968. While Frank and Susan Forvilly wanted to keep operating the Nevada beach, the U.S. Forest Service said no. Instead, it was revealed Nov. 15 that Bob and Tammy Hassett will take over the operations starting with the 2014 […]
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On Thursday, one bear was put down and another caught with the goal to release it on Friday. Nevada Department of Wildlife officials said because of the extent of the injuries to the Incline Village bear it had to be euthanized. The animal could not use its back legs, which may have been the result […]
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By Louis Sahagun, Los Angeles Times Horticulturists recently announced that they had successfully cloned a genetic replica of an ailing 130-year-old giant sequoia planted by conservationist John Muir in the 1880s on his ranch in Martinez. And many more are apparently on the way, they say. If all goes according to plan, the first clone […]
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The Christmas Bird Count in South Lake Tahoe is Dec. 14. Each year tens of thousands of volunteers throughout the country count birds for a day. Meet at Alpina Coffee Cafe on Emerald Bay Road at 8am. More info is online.
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By Kathryn Reed TRUCKEE – If ski resorts don’t become year-round playgrounds, they are going to be out of business. In large part, this is because climate change is bringing less snow to the slopes. This was the message delivered Nov. 12 by Bob Roberts, president of the California Ski Industry Association. The Truckee-Donner Chamber […]
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The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will begin selling Christmas tree permits Nov. 18. Permits cost $10 each (cash or check only) with a limit of two permits per family. Permit holders may choose from a variety of pine, fir or cedar in designated cutting areas. This year, the LTBMU will issue […]
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U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews will begin prescribed fire operations on South and West shores Nov. 12. Weather and conditions permitting, operations will take place near Glenridge Parkway at Meeks Bay and near Taylor Creek on Highway 89 across from the sno-park. The Meeks Bay unit total is 42 acres and crews may burn […]
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee As California concludes a second drought year and water managers hope eagerly to avoid a third, utilities across the state are poised for that first mass of pillowy gray clouds to drift ashore from the Pacific Ocean. When it arrives, if conditions are right, they’ll be ready with cloud-seeding tools […]
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