A five-year project to improve the Fallen Leaf Lake area could begin next spring. Approval for the U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit upgrades came last week. The project includes improving the Fallen Leaf Lake trail system, while reducing congestion and user conflict. Some of the user created trails will be eliminated. Upgrades […]
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With the thermometer in the 30s this morning, it’s going to be a chilly Lake Tahoe Ironman. By 7:30am Sunday the first swimmers were out of the water. For their bike and run in the Tahoe-Truckee area the athletes will get to see snow on the higher peaks in the Lake Tahoe Basin. A quick […]
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By Kathryn Reed TAHOE CITY – Piece-by-piece agencies in the basin are putting together a comprehensive bike trail system with the goal of eventually being able to ride a bike around Lake Tahoe on something other than a state highway. At this month’s California Tahoe Conservancy meeting the board awarded $500,000 to the Tahoe City […]
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The Lake Tahoe Marathon needs a few more volunteers to help pass out T-shirts and race numbers on Sept. 27 and Sept. 28 at the expo located inside the Lake Tahoe Resort Hotel in South Lake Tahoe. Interested volunteers may call Les Wright at (530) 559.2261 or show up at the volunteer meeting on Sept. […]
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Off-roaders can rev up their engines. An agreement reached by conservation groups, off-roaders and the counties of El Dorado, Alpine and Amador settles litigation going back to the 1990s by resolving the status of contentious trails in Eldorado National Forest. Under the agreement, some trails and dirt roads will reopen, others would remain closed and […]
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By Gwen Ernst-Ulrich In spite of last weekend’s weather that caused 10 small lightning-ignited fires across all four Tahoe National Forest ranger districts, the majority of the 76 reported fires on the TNF since the beginning of 2013 have been either human-caused or of undetermined origin, prompting officials to urge everyone to use extra caution […]
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Have an epic story to tell about your most memorable golf shot? It could be worth a $1,500 golf trip. “Hooked On Golf,” the seminal radio show on KNBR 680 in San Francisco and the Divine 9, Northern Nevada golf co-op of courses and lodging properties, are looking for best golf shot tales ever told, […]
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The annual community cleanup day is Sept. 21 from 9am–noon. In three hours, volunteers from all across South Tahoe will be out in force, cleaning up litter and debris from local beaches, rivers, and meadows. The event is part of a larger effort, the Great Sierra River Cleanup, where volunteers will clean waterways in the […]
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By Melissa Pandika, Los Angeles Times As climate change heats our oceans, you’d expect temperature-sensitive marine species to flee poleward to cooler waters. So why have some headed to warmer regions toward the equator? Scientists have solved the puzzle. For the most part, these animals are relocating to cooler waters. But since the effects of […]
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Snow is in the forecast. Yes, really. Not much is expected to fall on Saturday and what does is likely to stay above 7,500 feet, according to the National Weather Service in Reno. A low-pressure system will be moving into the Lake Tahoe Basin on Sept. 21 that will bring wind, rain and snow. The […]
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