By Kevin Oliver, KCRA-TV It’s shocking research on invasive species, literally. Researchers and scientists spent this past week on Lake Tahoe zapping fish with electricity as they try to survey the number of non-native fish and stop their spread. The researchers used modified vessels called E-boats, equipped with electrified probes that stun anything that swims […]
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By Barbara Barte Osborn, Sacramento Bee Truckee’s Mountain Area Preservation organization is inviting the public to join its members on three guided hikes this summer — June 15, July 12 and Aug. 11. The three- to five-hour hikes will explore some of the areas the group has helped preserve in the Truckee area. The hikes […]
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June is getting off to one of its hottest starts in a long while and Washoe County Regional Animal Services is using the rising temperatures to raise awareness that leaving a pet in an enclosed vehicle, even for a short time, can be a deadly mistake. Temperatures inside a closed automobile can easily rise to […]
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By Bill Lindelof, Sacramento Bee A CHP helicopter crew made quick work in finding a lost grandmother in the woods of Placer County on Tuesday. Dorothy Klishevich and her two grandsons, ages 12 and 13 years old, went hiking Tuesday in Lake Valley, about 20 miles west of Truckee. She parked her picku at the […]
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By Peter Schmuck, Baltimore Sun Baltimore’s homegrown all-time Olympic hero was willing to serve his golf apprenticeship in front of a cable television audience as part of the Golf Channel series “The Haney Project.” Now, Michael Phelps is ready to take his new avocation to another level. Phelps has signed on to play in front […]
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Whether you’re an experienced road cyclist or new to the sport, get your cycling season started off right with professional USA Cycling coach Ellen Sherrill on June 5 from 5:30-7:30pm. Road Cycling 101 & 102 courses are designed to strengthen one’s overall cycling ability and knowledge. Road Cycling 102 covers more complex group ride dynamics, […]
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The Truckee-Tahoe Chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association will be hosting three Young Eagles events this summer. Their monthly pancake breakfast in conjunction with Young Eagles Flights is June 8 at Truckee-Tahoe Airport between 7:30-10an. Children ages 8-17 who attend with their parents have the opportunity to fly free Saturday morning. Additional dates for Young […]
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The U.S. Forest Service wants to know what the public thinks of Mount Rose Ski Area’s plans to expand. The project area is located on Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and private land. The Forest Service is proposing to authorize a special use permit boundary adjustment for 112 acres on NFS lands to create the Atoma lift […]
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By Dave Garshelis, Outdoor Fatal black bear attacks on people are extremely rare. There are 700,000 to 900,000 black bears living in North America, and in recent years, they’ve killed an average of two people a year. And despite popular perception, most black bears that kill people aren’t mothers protecting their cubs, but adult males […]
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By Kathryn Reed “I don’t golf, but I have golfed” is how I describe my experience with that little white ball and those odd looking clubs. It had been at least a dozen years since I swung a club other than at putt, putt golf. Nik and Kevin play two or three times a week […]
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