By Barbara Barte Osborn, Sacramento Bee A meeting for public review of a final environmental impact report for a proposed paved, multiuse trail through Martis Valley is scheduled Wednesday in Truckee. The board of the Northstar Community Services District, lead agency for the project, will consider certification of the report at the meeting, scheduled for […]
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By Kathryn Reed SPOONER SUMMIT – Autumn has such a distinct scent. You know it when you smell it. All along the trail to Marlette Lake on Saturday I kept taking deep breaths. While it is really death that is in the air, the power of it gives me energy. Perhaps it’s the power of […]
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By Mary Catherine O’Connor, Outside Pointing to the sacredness of the San Francisco Peaks north of Flagstaff, Ariz., a coalition of Native American tribes has been fighting the development and expansion of Arizona Snowbowl ski resort since 1979. It remains defiant, reports the New York Times, despite having suffered a key legal defeat this winter. […]
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Tahoe Rim Trail Association will put the finishing touches on a new section of trail within the Rim to Reno Trail System on Oct. 20. This new section of trail was started in 2011 and allows hikers accessing the Tahoe Rim Trail at Relay Peak from the Mt. Rose Summit trailhead off Highway 431 to […]
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Help the Sugar Pine Foundation plant fungus-resistant sugar pine seedlings at two community planting days. The first planting is Oct. 21 from 1-3pm. Meet at Rideout Community Center (740 Timberland Lane Tahoe City) to carpool to the planting site at Ward Creek. The next planting is Nov 3 from 10am-noon. Meet at Jewell Drive, off […]
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By Hudson Sangree, Sacramento Bee Just above the tract homes of Empire Ranch, on a Folsom hillside covered in boulders and brown grass, Bruce Ramirez plies his trade: keeping the suburbs safe from rattlesnakes. Greenbelts and golf courses are particularly hazardous, he said. In the past week or so, he and his brother Len have […]
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By Tom Knudson, Sacramento Bee Standing amid a scattering of stumps last week, an official from the U.S. Forest Service acknowledged the agency made mistakes by logging too many pine trees, including majestic old-growth giants, in an effort to help another Tahoe species: the quaking aspen. But he rejected calls from local residents that the […]
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By Doug Harrison, CBC Sports Billie Jean King downed Bobby Riggs in tennis’ Battle of the Sexes in 1973, golf’s Michelle Wie played Luke Donald at the 2008 Reno-Tahoe Open and the following year Danica Patrick stepped behind the wheel against men at the Indy 500. So, how about American downhill specialist Lindsey Vonn, last […]
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By Kathryn Reed FALLEN LEAF LAKE – Sunlight shines into campsites like never before. Piles of logs are scattered about the South Shore. Burn piles are dotting the landscape. Open space where trees once stood are visible from Camp Richardson to Fallen Leaf Lake. All of this is the result of the multi-million dollar, multi-year, […]
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It’s the peak time to see the Kokanee salmon spawning at Taylor Creek on the South Shore of Lake Tahoe. The fish will continue migrating upstream from Lake Tahoe to spawn and then eventually die. Early morning is a good time to see bears feasting. Near the bridge on Highway 89 is the place to […]
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