By Leslie Kaufman, New York Times BOSTON — Sitting on an artificial mangrove island in the middle of the ray and shark “touch tank,” Lindsay Jordan, a staff member at the New England Aquarium, explained the rays’ eating habits as children and their parents trailed fingers through the water. “Does anyone know how we touch […]
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By Barbara Barte Osborn, Sacramento Bee Tahoe National Forest officials are advising visitors to act quickly if they want to secure a campsite for the Labor Day holiday. “This is one of the big weekends of the summer, and campgrounds, picnic sites and trail systems are expected to be busy,” forest spokeswoman Ann Westling said […]
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By David Gilkey, NPR The droughts that have parched big regions of the country are killing forests. In the arid Southwest, the body count is especially high. Besides trying to keep wildfires from burning up these desiccated forests, there’s not much anyone can do. In fact, scientists are only now figuring out how drought affects […]
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The 32nd annual Kirkwood 5K/10K Adventure Trail Run is Sept. 1 with a one mile and a half mile fun run for kids at 9am. The 5K and 10K will start after the fun run. The races are presented by the Tahoe Mountain Milers Running Club and the Kirkwood Volunteer Fire Department. Race registration forms […]
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By Sal Ruibal, Bike In 1998, I wrote a front-page cover story for USA Today that posed the question: “Is this man the world’s greatest athlete?” That man was mountain bike-snowboard-motocross-punk rocker Shaun Palmer of South Lake Tahoe, and that story shocked the sports world. The traditional sports establishment wet their seersucker trousers in anger: […]
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By Martin Griffith, AP A mountain lion that was caught after trying to enter a Reno casino is back in the wild. The 2-year-old male cougar was released into the Carson Range above Lake Tahoe’s East Shore on Saturday morning, said Chris Healy, spokesman for the Nevada Department of Wildlife. “He was fully ready to […]
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Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care will be releasing the first golden eagle of the season Aug. 26 at Carson Pass. Everyone is invited to see what exactly the third “R” of wildlife rehabilitation is all about. Every bird and animal that is received by LTWC has one goal — release. Meet at LTWC (1485 Cherry Hills […]
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By Kathryn Reed Sawmill bike path may never be completed. “They make some offers and some threats, but I’m not interested in them,” Cass Amacker told Lake Tahoe News. “They don’t want to pay me nothing for buildable property.” Amacker for years has owned a 20-acre parcel off Sawmill Road. Part of his property is […]
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By KTVU-TV SAN JOSE — A marmot that found himself far from his natural mountain habitat in a residential San Jose neighborhood Tuesday has been captured and wildlife workers intend to return him to the Sierra Nevada range. Wild animal expert Rebecca Dmytryk said the marmot was finally captured in San Jose’s Willow Glen neighborhood […]
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By Laura Vozzella, Washington Post LYNCHBURG, Va. — It looks like God’s country from high atop the hill they call Liberty Mountain, with sunbeams slicing through puffy clouds overhead and the school that Jerry Falwell built nestled at its foot. But the hill itself seems to be more of a deal with the devil. Because […]
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