Publisher’s note: It is possible Brent Kuemmerle of Meyers would be the first Paralympic snowboarding coach for the United States. Two medal events in para-snowboard will be included in the Alpine Skiing program at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games. This brings to 72 the number of medal events at the Sochi 2014 Games and […]
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Cyclists from far and wide are signing up for the May 20 Motherlode Century. Staged in the foothills of the historic Gold Country, the Motherlode offers three ride options: The Gold Dust (31 miles), The Gold Nugget (67 miles) and the Motherlode (100 miles). The century bike ride benefits the American River Conservancy and Breathe […]
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A 6-square-mile area owned by the Bureau of Land Management near Gardnerville will have restrictions until Aug. 1, 2014. Vehicles and woodcutting won’t be allowed in the Ray May burn area while rehab work is preformed. Signs will be posted saying what areas are open. Two teen-age boys started the first Aug. 16 by not […]
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By Cheryl Millham The first babies of the 2012 wildlife season arrived on April 17 when Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care received five mountain cottontail bunnies, which were dug up by a dog. It is sad to say one of the bunnies did not make it. However, the other four are doing very well. If you […]
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Expect some loud howling for a couple nights. And it won’t have anything to do with Cinco de Mayo celebrations. Look up – that’s a Super Moon lighting up the sky. On May 5 at 8:34pm the moon will be 14 percent larger than normal and 30 percent brighter. NASA has a video about the […]
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By Tom Knudson, Sacramento Bee The federal government’s wildlife damage control program is based on outdated science and indiscriminate tools that kill many non-target animals, including protected species, according to a lawsuit filed Monday by WildEarth Guardians, a Colorado-based environmental group. The focus of the lawsuit is a little-known arm of the U.S. Department of […]
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Mountain bike trail work begins May 6 in South Lake Tahoe. Work will be from 9am to 4pm, although helpers do not need to stay all day. Meet at the first gate off Oneidas (which is off Pioneer Trail) to ride bikes to the trail. Work will be on the Sidewinder Trail, including rebuilding berms, […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal Problems with nuisance bears dropped dramatically in 2011, a fact attributed by a state biologist to favorable climatic conditions and the fact a record number of problem-causing bears were killed the year before. Only 130 bear complaints were received by the Nevada Department of Wildlife last year, down from 440 […]
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee It’s not every day that NASA descends on your backyard, hunting for clues to extraterrestrial life. But that is the drama unfolding this week in and around the community of Lotus, along the south fork of the American River in El Dorado County. Scientists from NASA and the Search for […]
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Even though the Amgen Tour of California is not returning to Lake Tahoe this year, some of the cyclists are. Liquigas-Cannondale, a professional Italian racing team in the UCI ProTour, will train in North Lake Tahoe May 5-11 for the Tour of California, which is May 13-20. “Many cyclists got a taste of Lake Tahoe […]
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