By Tom Knudson, Sacramento Bee To Sherry Guzzi, the beaver dam on Taylor Creek was more than a watery jungle of sticks and branches. In that snarl of debris, she saw hope for a species long regarded as non-native in the Sierra but which new research claims has occupied the range for centuries and is […]
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Money is impacting the snowsports world. The second event where snowboarders earn points to qualify for the Sochi Winter Olympics in February 2014 has been canceled. Organizers in Stockholm have canceled the Nov. 17 Snowboard World Cup “due to economical reasons.” An event scheduled for London later this month was nixed last month because of […]
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The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit annual closure of recreational facilities around the Lake Tahoe Basin has begun. Campgrounds and day-use areas traditionally close around mid-October. Forest roads typically close around mid-November. The Taylor Creek Visitor Center will remain open through October. Recreation sites in the basin are managed and operated by […]
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The largest Asian clam control project at Lake Tahoe begins Oct. 15 at the mouth of Emerald Bay with the treatment of up to 5 acres. The goal is to treat a small, isolated population of Asian clams before they spread to an unmanageable level. Clams live on a shallow, gravel sill that partially separates […]
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By Kathleen Masterson, Capitol Public Radio Here at the 4,000-acre Blodgett Forest Research Station in the Sierra Nevada foothills, researchers have ongoing projects testing different techniques like clear-cutting and selective harvesting and prescriptive burns. And soon they might also look at what kinds of forest management produce more clean water. Forest manager Rob York shows […]
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For 12 years TransWorld Snowboarding has been ranking the best overall resorts, parks and pipes in North America. This year the magazine ranked Sierra-at-Tahoe among the Top 10 Overall Resorts, Terrain Parks and received the editor’s pick for Best Value. Sierra has been recognized six of the past 10 years in TransWorld Snowboarding and for […]
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By John Powers, Boston Globe To bid or not to bid? And if so, for the summer of 2024 or winter of 2026? That’s the task for the U.S. Olympic Committee’s working group, which will make a report to the board in December. The last two American bids for Games, for 2012 and 2016, were […]
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Sugar Bowl Resort on Oct. 1 signed an agreement to operate Royal Gorge Cross Country Resort this winter. The Truckee Donner Land Trust, the Trust for Public Land and the Northern Sierra Partnership put down a $500,000 non-refundable deposit on the property on Oct. 1, and plan to complete the $11.25 million purchase on Dec. […]
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By Edward Ortiz, Sacramento Bee Operators of private fish ponds and lakes around the state say a recent court ruling could saddle them with devastating costs and potentially force some out of business. The Sept. 19 ruling by Sacramento Superior Court Judge Lloyd Connelly allows the state’s Department of Fish and Game to proceed with […]
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By Elisabeth Rosenthal, New York Times One spectacular Sunday in Paris last month, I decided to skip museums and shopping to partake of something even more captivating for an environment reporter: Vélib, arguably the most successful bike-sharing program in the world. In their short lives, Europe’s bike-sharing systems have delivered myriad benefits, notably reducing traffic […]
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