By Linda Fine Conaboy MEYERS — Search and rescue volunteers know when they sign up for the job no two days will be the same, a generalization they discovered to be tragically true on Saturday during what was supposed to be a routine training exercise. The SAR training cadre, consisting of Marcel Rowley, Terry Carroll, […]
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The 7th annual Tahoe Bike Challenge, which promotes bicycling as an alternative transportation choice over the automobile, is June 4-15. This is not a competition, but rather an invitation to join hundreds of Tahoe bicyclists in riding your bike to work, school or play. The challenge can be personal or a team effort. For 2012, […]
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Lake Tahoe Community College and Barton’s Tahoe Center for Orthopedics have teamed up to offer the area’s only team sports performance summer camps for ages 8-14. Seth Martin, physical education specialist with Lake Tahoe Unified School District, will lead other top coaches and Barton’s training staff in the four- and eight-week camps. They will focus […]
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South Tahoe High School senior Jason Reum plants a yarrow seedling in the Angora Fire area on May 29 as part of a cooperative project that includes the U.S. Forest Service, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension and South Tahoe High School. The project aims to restore native plants to the burn area while teaching students […]
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By Leona Allen My father was the consummate naturalist and environmentalist. He paid attention to his surroundings, and worked hard to ensure that the native flora and fauna had a place to exist. He strove to educate others on the importance of the smallest plant and the largest mountain. He recycled before it was “cool” […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP U.S. Forest Service officials have agreed to move post-Angora Fire logging operations farther away from nests with rare, black-backed woodpecker chicks at the request of conservationists who’ve been fighting the overall project for years. But John Muir Project members — who have documented one nest in the path of the logging […]
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By Cheryl Millham Living in Lake Tahoe gives us the opportunity to witness the changing bird habitats and to take part in helping the Steller’s Jays, the most dominant songbird in the Sierra. A gentleman called, totally confused, so I am going to share his story with you. He and his wife keep their garage […]
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A few record high temperatures were set June 1 in the Tahoe area. South Lake Tahoe reached 81 degrees – two degrees higher than the record set in 1992. Reno’s 97 was three degrees higher than the 2007 record. Mammoth surpassed the 2002 record of 77 by three degrees. Markleeville tied the 2001 record of […]
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Western Nevada College Specialty Crop Institute offers a Lavender Production, Sales & Marketing Workshop on June 18, 9am-4pm at the Carson City campus. It will include a lavender farm tour. Cost is $45. Lunch is included. Seating is limited, and registration is required. The workshop will begin at Campie’s Lavender Patch in Stagecoach where students […]
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As part of this year’s “Alta Alpina Challenge – Riding the Wild Sierra” cycling event, the Alta Alpina Cycling Club is organizing non-competitive ride for people of all ages on June 30. Designed to accommodate cyclists of all abilities, the course will allow riders to experience the scenic beauty of the Sierra foothills along the […]
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