By Sunset A lush, vibrant landsape is every gardeners aim. But what if you live in the middle of wildfire country? Great news: Your gardening goals don’t have to change in high-risk fire areas, just the means by which you plan to reach them. Before this landscape was reimagined, a thick blanket of worn-out junipers […]
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By Jennifer Shaw, Contra Costa Times Keris Dahlkamp has quite the conversation starter these days — his latest goal of joining the 22 athletes on record for successfully swimming the length of Lake Tahoe. While Dahlkamp has Iron Man triathlons under his belt, news of this estimated 15-hour aquatic feat, which will start about 2am […]
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By Kathryn Reed Hiking is one thing, but staying overnight in the woods is a whole other experience. What to bring? How heavy should the pack be? Bring water or filter it? Sleeping pad or the ground? Tent or stars? Real food or that packaged stuff? Bear can or wing it? Permit or just go? […]
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California State Parks and West Shore Sports team up for this unique full moon kayak at Ed Z’berg-Sugar Pine Point State Park on Aug. 2. Experience the magic of Lake Tahoe at dusk while learning about the area’s unique history. The atmosphere is peaceful and calming, yet spectacular. No experience is necessary and this activity […]
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Join the Tahoe Rim Trail Association for 2012’s first Backcountry Trails Camp on Aug. 10-12. Backcountry camps are a Tahoe Rim Trail Association tradition and your contribution to build and maintain the Tahoe Rim Trail builds on the work of 25 years of backcountry camp volunteers. Camp will be near Barker Pass on the west […]
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By Cheryl Millham Things are really hopping at Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care. To bring you up to date, I would like to list all of our current occupants, which you can expect to see if you visit us for our annual Open House on Aug. 5th (10am to 4pm). What a wonderful event we expect […]
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By Joe Palca, NPR The cool weather in London is good news for the Olympic athletes because their bodies won’t need to put as much energy into cooling off. But most of us aren’t lucky enough to be headed to London, and we could use some help keeping cool. When you get hot you sweat […]
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Ball fields group sitting on half a million bucks By Kathryn Reed Cyclists in South Lake Tahoe will soon have a less bumpy ride across two bridges. The old Douglas fir planks on the structures spanning Trout Creek and Upper Truckee River will be replaced with a material similar to what is on the 15th […]
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Mountain lions eating deer — that’s how the food chain works. It’s something that goes on every day in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Because a mountain lion killed a mule deer close to the stables of Zephyr Cove’s stables this week, the Nevada Department of Wildlife set a trap. But nothing was caught. “It has […]
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The Incline Village and Crystal Bay Community Trail Plan Committee and IVGID Parks and Recreation are hosting a workshop to help plan the future of the trails in Incline. The goal is to gather community ideas and feedback on the draft plan map. The plan will address the needs for trails to be interconnected and […]
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