A coalition of local and visiting Lake Tahoe paddlers, business owners and Tahoe basin environmental groups are helping to stop the spread of aquatic invasive species by becoming Tahoe Keepers. Tahoe Keepers are paddlers who inspect and decontaminate their boats and gear every time they haul out and move between new waterbodies. Nonnative species, such […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal Pursuing a vision to make a buck while helping to improve Lake Tahoe’s clarity, a Nevada man hopes to begin harvesting crayfish from the lake’s waters within this month. With all but one key permit expected to be in hand this week, Fred Jackson and Tahoe Lobster Co. Inc. are […]
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While no temperature records were broken Thursday in the region, that could change today. The National Weather Service in Reno is calling for a high of 80 in South Lake Tahoe. The record for June 1 was set in 1992 at 79 degrees. Reno on Friday is expected reach 95 (2007 record of 94), Carson […]
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By Claire Veyriras, California News Service WASHINGTON — Visitors to California’s national parks may notice more trash on the trails, longer lines at service booths and fewer rangers this summer as the pinch of the federal government’s budget problems grows increasingly difficult to overlook. Unlike the state’s park system, which is scheduled to close 54 […]
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By Peter Fimrite, San Francisco Chronicel A proposed ban on using hounds to tree bears and bobcats has provoked yet another tussle between hunters and conservationists, who have already squared off this year over wolves and mountain lions. The proposed law, which passed the state Senate last week, would prohibit using dog packs to chase […]
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By Henry Brean, Las Vegas Review-Journal The enemy is invisible to the naked eye and exists in numbers hard to comprehend — hundreds of trillions of them at every depth and in every cove. In the five years since they were first discovered in Lake Mead, the population of invasive quagga mussels has grown tenfold. […]
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By Barbara Barte Osborn, Sacramento Bee A window of opportunity is starting to close for the public to comment on the environmental effects of a controversial plan to pave a 9.5-mile recreational trail through the scenic Martis Valley. North Fork Associates, an Auburn consulting firm, completed a massive draft environmental impact report on the Martis […]
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More than 40 people competed in the standup paddleboard race Wednesday night at El Dorado Beach. Some were hunched over as they paddled hard to the marker and back to the shore. Lake Tahoe was calm and the air warm as they competed. The May 30 race was close, with Julianne Brackett placing first and […]
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By Bill Lindelof, Sacramento Bee Nine-year-old Jordan Freer succeeded in her swim from Alcatraz to San Francisco on Memorial Day. The third-grader from Lotus in El Dorado County is one of the youngest people to make the swim. Her father, Tom, who swam with his daughter, said all went well. “Tough conditions but they were […]
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By Sallie Dean Shatz, New York Times SALT LAKE CITY — The Wasatch Range, towering over an arid, urban sprawl of a million people, provides two important assets that are increasingly at odds — a vital supply of water for residents and pristine snow for a ski industry that rakes in $1.2 billion a year. […]
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