By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review Journal STATELINE — Representatives of Nevada’s diverse collection of cities and counties don’t always find common ground, but the federal government’s control of so much of the state’s public lands struck a nerve at a summit here Friday. Officials representing rural counties, small cities and the biggest jurisdictions took […]
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By Barbara Barte Osborn, Sacramento Bee The nonprofit Sierra State Parks Foundation has received a $1 million grant from an anonymous donor. The donor, whose gift came through the San Francisco Foundation, identified specific projects to be funded, all on Lake Tahoe’s West Shore. They include sod roof restoration at Vikingsholm, Hellman-Ehrman estate restoration, D.L. […]
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The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit and the Tahoe Heritage Foundation will host the Fall Fish Festival on Oct. 5-6 at Taylor Creek. Formerly the Kokanee Salmon Festival, the Fall Fish Festival will focus on the variety of fish species that live in Lake Tahoe and its rivers. In addition to the […]
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The 18th annual Truckee River Day is Oct. 20. Volunteers have their choice of half- or full-day restoration projects with different levels of difficulty. There will be 12 to 15 projects including trail relocation in Johnson Canyon, native plantings to help restore areas in the Coldstream Canyon floodplain, moving barriers in Martis Lake to eradicate […]
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Truckee has received a $1.5 million grant for the Highway 89 Mousehole Pedestrian and Bicycle Improvement Project. Mousehole project was one of 52 transportation projects in 37 states selected to receive a total of approximately $474 million in TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) funding. The Mousehole project is apedestrian-bicycle railroad undercrossing that will connect […]
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By Bill Lindelof, Sacramento Bee A conservation group has purchased more than 1,000 acres of Cosumnes River canyon land from a Sacramento developer, protecting the rural property from development. The American River Conservancy completed the purchase of 1,059 acres of land from Angelo K. Tsakopoulos for $4.8 million on Aug. 29. The purchase of the […]
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As the chairlifts at Kirkwood Mountain Resort came to a halt this past spring, the Snow Park Technologies snowcats were powering up. For 20 days, an SPT crew of seven logged 1,200 hours building the slopestyle course of Bobby Brown’s dreams. Three years ago the Denver-based professional skier was asking friends, “What’s next for slopestyle […]
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By Kathryn Reed HOMEWOOD – Straight up. That’s one way to define what a black diamond hiking trail is. Ski resort hiking is nothing like being in the forest or a state or national park. The routes don’t follow the contour of the mountain. Switchbacks are unheard of. Instead, many of the trails are straight […]
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By Shan Li, Los Angeles Times Greta Goplen stood in position with a cane at the ready, like a ninja warding off invisible foes. As an instructor yelled out directions to the class — “left, left, jab, jab, nose! right, right, jab, jab, nose!” — the 59-year-old raised her walking stick and nimbly thrust it […]
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Mountain bikers are about to descend upon Squaw Valley for the return of the Tahoe Fat Tire Festival. Formerly one of the largest mountain bike events on the West Coast, the festival is being brought back Sept. 13-15 by the Tahoe Area Mountain Biking Association in an effort to promote recreational trails in the Tahoe […]
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