By Kristi Jouett Does the cold weather stop you in your tracks? Maybe not if you are a winter sports enthusiast, but what if you aren’t? Maintaining your fitness goals can be challenging when you’re shoveling snow to get out of your driveway – or even to get into your car. But remember: shoveling snow […]
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Apenglow Sports in Tahoe City is putting on a community avalanche beacon seminar and practice session at the Tahoe City Winter Sports Park Sports on Dec. 13 at 6pm. This event will help attendees better understand avalanche beacon function and the recent technological advancements of these vital backcountry tools. The evening is free to attend […]
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Tahoe Institute for Natural Science will be putting on a Christmas bird count on Dec. 17 from 8am-5pm. This annual count is widely regarded as the largest and oldest citizen science project in the world. Each year, from Dec. 14-Jan. 5 tens of thousands of volunteers head out into the winter to count birds for […]
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By Jill Sanford, Moonshine Ink As the snow settles from our most recent storm, the Tahoe/Truckee backcountry community is buzzing with anticipation for those remote, untouched lines and the fresh tracks they dream of all summer long. Each winter more people opt to earn their fresh turns by hiking the local mountains rather than […]
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Recent rains and cooler temperatures across the region have lowered the threat of wildfires allowing CalFire’s Amador–El Dorado Unit to transition out of peak fire season effective today in Amador, El Dorado, Sacramento and Alpine counties. CalFire will continue to maintain staffing to meet any potential threat, as well as maintaining the ability to strategically […]
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By Guy McCarthy, Union Democrat Three bears have been killed by vehicles in Yosemite National Park in the past three weeks, and park staff are urging motorists to obey posted speed limits. More than 400 vehicle-bear collisions have occurred in Yosemite since 1995, according to park staff and the website KeepBearsWild.org. Vehicle-bear collisions are now […]
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By Ben Coxworth, New Atlas The sooner that you know an invasive species is present in your local environment, the better the chances that you can control it before it becomes unmanageable. It was with this in mind that researchers from the University of Illinois recently detected the presence of a species of invasive freshwater […]
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By Kathryn Reed Two years after an Alpine County creek was chemically treated, native Paiute cutthroat trout have returned to those waters. That was the whole purpose of treating Silver King Creek and its tributaries from Llewellyn Falls downstream to Silver King Canyon. The lower reaches of Tamarack Creek, Tamarack Lake Creek and Coyote Valley […]
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By Natalie Obiko Pearson, Bloomberg News A tiny Canadian ski resort forged by Scandinavian miners chasing an 1890s gold rush has become the unlikely recipient of a record equity crowdfunding raise, tapping into powder hounds’ quest to fend off a wave of consolidation led by Vail Resorts. Investors are lining up to buy a piece […]
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Douglas County completed construction of the Martin Slough Trailhead on Buckeye Road east of Heybourne Road this fall. The trailhead includes eight parking spots and is the first phase of an overall project to complete the Martin Slough Trail. When complete, the Martin Slough Trail will provide a 2.6 mile paved multi-use path connecting Jake’s […]
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