Nevada’s Division of State Parks is granting free fishing access to its state parks on June 9. State parks with fishing opportunities include: • Washoe Lake • Sand Harbor and the Lake Tahoe Backcountry (Spooner and Hobart) • Dayton • Rye Patch • Lahontan • Fort Churchill • South Fork • Wild Horse • Cave […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal Joe Ricci was worrying by January. Now he knows he’s in trouble. With drought conditions worsening day by day and the Carson River dropping steadily, the Dayton-area rancher expects he may be out of water in a couple of weeks or so. He’s still hoping to harvest one good crop […]
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By Gabe Gutierrez, NBC News ESTES PARK, Colo. — At Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, rangers are seeing more than green this spring. They’re also noticing a little more gray. The average visitor to national parks is getting older. Cyclist John O’Malley, 61, of Summit County, Colo., has enjoyed the trails for almost half […]
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U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews are burning today near the corner of Al Tahoe Boulevard and Pioneer Trail in South Lake Tahoe. Residents and visitors can expect to see smoke from this prescribed fire project area on June 6. Forest Service staff will post road signs around areas affected by prescribed fire, and update […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal Lake Tahoe likely reached its maximum level for the year Tuesday and will now start a steady drop in further evidence of a dry year. Nudged up incrementally by Monday’s rain and snow showers, Tahoe reached a level of 6,227.66 feet above sea level Tuesday. That’s probably as high as […]
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Coach Gil Llewellyn and some of his top staff of world-renowned Advantage Basketball Camps is returning to the Kahle Community Center in Stateline. Summer ball handling and shooting camp is June 25-28, Monday-Thursday, 9am to 4pm. Camp is available in two- and four-day sessions. Tuition is $145 to $225. The camp is open to boys […]
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By Andrea Gallo, Sacramento Bee Less than a day after a baby rattlesnake struck him, Bowser – a mixed Labrador and heeler puppy – pranced to his car, waited for his swelling to go down and relished tummy rubs from his owner, Nick Delgado. Bowser is one of the luckier animals bitten by rattlesnakes in […]
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Driving by Sierra-at-Tahoe on Monday at dusk it looked like there was enough snow to ski on. A bitter cold storm blew through Northern California and Northern Nevada on June 4, dumping measurable snow on Echo Summit, which at times necessitated Caltrans to post chain control requirements. The commute Monday night over Spooner Summit into […]
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The Truckee River Watershed Council’s Weed Warriors will be leading two weed walks and three weed pulls. The walks are June 30 and Aug. 11, and the pulls are June 20, June 23 and July 14. The Weed Warriors are hoping to bring awareness to the public about invasive weeds in the area and the […]
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Sawmill Pond continues to be stocked with fish and will be full for the June 9 annual Kids Fishing Derby. Look for some big cutthroat trout to be on the lines. This pond on the edge of South Lake Tahoe at Sawmill Road and Lake Tahoe Boulevard is only for kids 14 and younger. No […]
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