Last December the Truckee Donner Land Trust acquired the 3,000-acre Royal Gorge property on Donner Summit as well as 351 acres in Negro Canyon above Donner Lake. All of Royal Gorge’s meadows, peaks, natural resources, and Nordic ski area are protected forever and will be open to the public for recreation. As part of a […]
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Most campgrounds and recreation sites within the Tahoe National Forest will be open for Memorial Day. Most trails are open with only patches of snow on north facing slopes. Hikers will still find some snow patches in the high country, especially on north facing slopes or in shaded areas, however much of the forest is […]
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Homewood Mountain Resort earned the National Ski Areas Association’s Golden Eagle Award for environmental stewardship. The West Shore ski resort was competing in the Small Ski Area category, which consists of resorts with less than 200,000 annual skier visits . This is association’s highest environmental honor. The award comes at the same time the resort […]
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The 8th annual Tahoe Bike Challenge is June 1 (Tahoe Bike Day) through June 14. This annual two-week event challenges everyone to ride their bike to work, school, play and for daily errands in an effort to reduce the region’s carbon footprint. For every mile ridden on a bicycle (a Green Mile) 1.9 pounds of […]
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With the summer season approaching, agencies are asking residents and visitors to practice proper food storage and trash disposal when living in or visiting bear country. There are an estimated 10,000 to 15,000 American black bears living in the Sierra Nevada. Spring is the time when bears emerge from their winter dens in search of […]
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By Julie Cart, Los Angeles Times Some say that you can’t put a price on precious natural resources. As of this week, you can. The public and private tab for conserving the nation’s fish, wildlife and natural resources is close to $40 billion a year, according to a study released this week. The analysis, commissioned […]
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High Sierra ASA, the recreational softball league for girls and boys ages 5-16, kicked off Saturday. The season usually runs May through June, with teams being notified and practices starting in April. We were late in getting things organized this year as Marilyn Breisacher, Dani Brewer and myself took it upon ourselves to “resurrect” the […]
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The Pine Nut Cracker Race on May 18 will help support the Corral Trail fund. Alta Alpina Cycling Club will be donating the proceeds from the mountain bike race for the Tahoe trail to become a flow trail. Distances of the Pine Nut race vary from 11 to 29 miles. Register online. Pearl Izumi and […]
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By Larry Bohannan, Desert Sun There is plenty of important news in the latest 52-page report on the economic impact of golf in California. According to the report, commissioned by Golf 20/20 for the California Alliance for Golf, the game has a $13.1 billion overall impact, direct and indirect, on the state. That includes numbers […]
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By Martin Griffith, AP On his historic 1843-44 expedition across the West, John Fremont named some prominent features in what became Nevada, including Pyramid Lake and the Humboldt and Walker rivers. Now the explorer known as the Pathfinder could have his first geographic feature in the state named after him. The Historical Society of Dayton […]
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