The Tahoe National Forest has reopened many recreational facilities typically open at this time of year and is reinstating timber and stewardship contracts that had been suspended during the federal government shutdown. People interested in learning whether a specific site is open should contact a local Forest Service office. Concerning timber and stewardship contracts, resumption […]
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Two bears have died recently in Lake Tahoe, others have been caught and released, and many are roaming neighborhoods. A female cub was hit and killed by a car near Zephyr Cove and a 2-year-old female was found in a stream. Nevada Department of Wildlife officials said residents in the area of the stream had […]
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U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews will begin prescribed fire operations in several locations around the Lake Tahoe Basin on Oct. 23. Weather and conditions permitting, operations will take place on the South Shore near Pioneer Trail and Al Tahoe Boulevard, Blackwood Canyon on the West Shore, Spooner Summit on the East Shore, and Bunker […]
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The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will host a field trip Oct. 25 to observe progress on the Upper Truckee River restoration project. Participants should meet on Onnontioga Street, just south of the Omaha Street intersection at 5pm. Onnontioga Street is located off of Washoan Boulevard on Pioneer Trail. Sturdy shoes are […]
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Sugar Bowl and Squaw Valley-Alpine Meadows are relying on Facebook votes to move to the finals of Powder magazine’s Ski Town Throwdown. Each resort will have 24 hours to garner more votes than its competition. First up, Sugar Bowl Resort will compete against Mount Baker, Wash., on Oct. 24. Next up, Squaw Valley-Alpine Meadows will […]
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Prescribed burning in the Eldorado National Forest will resume as soon as air quality and vegetation conditions are right, possibly this week. Residents of Pollock Pines and travelers along Highway 50 will see smoke rising from a 250-acre prescribed burn planned on Peavine Ridge about a mile north of Pollock Pines and west of the […]
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The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is working to open many facilities and restore public services that had been suspended during the government shutdown. Most Forest Service facilities in the Lake Tahoe Basin normally close by the end of October. Sites that normally close in mid-October, such Pope, Baldwin and Nevada beaches […]
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U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews will conduct prescribed fire operations near the intersection of Pioneer Trail and Al Tahoe Boulevard in South Lake Tahoe beginning Oct. 18. Crews expect to burn approximately 1 acre per day, weather and conditions permitting. Operations are expected to last through next week. Smoke will be visible. The Forest […]
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By Kathryn Reed SPOONER SUMMIT – If you think Spooner Summit is busy now, you really would not have liked traveling this route more than a century ago. A dirt road and a railroad line were in this area in the late 1800s. This was a critical link between Placerville and Virginia City during the […]
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By Tony Barboza, Los Angeles Times National parks from the Sierra Nevada to the Great Smoky Mountains are increasingly being fertilized by unwanted nutrients drifting through the air from agricultural operations, putting some of the country’s most treasured natural landscapes at risk of ecological damage, a study has found. Thirty-eight of 45 national parks examined […]
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