By Jamie Wanzek, Moonshine Ink Jasper, a bear well-known to Incline Village residents, was habitually seen ambling around the North Lake neighborhood for more than 10 years, often trailed by young cubs. In May of this year, in an attempt to scare Jasper and her three youngsters away from trash, a Washoe County deputy shot […]
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Lake Valley, North Lake Tahoe and Tahoe Douglas fire protection districts, California State Parks, California Tahoe Conservancy and the U.S. Forest Service will continue Lake Tahoe Basin prescribed fire operations over the next several weeks, weather permitting. Operations are scheduled to take place at or near D.L. Bliss State Park, Carnelian Bay, Kings Beach, Incline […]
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Tahoe Institute for Natural Science we will be hosting another birding big year in 2018. Registration opens Dec. 1. Participating birders, local and visiting, will attempt to find as many bird species as they can within the set boundaries (essentially the Lake Tahoe Basin and north to include the remainder of the California side of […]
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By Marissa Payne, Washington Post One small step for man, one giant quad cork 1800 for mankind. While Team USA’s Olympic snowboarders will only need to travel to PyeongChang, South Korea, to compete in next year’s Games, they’ll look ready to go to the moon thanks to Burton’s astronaut-inspired uniforms. Unveiled Thursday, the uniforms appear […]
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The Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit and the Eldorado National Forest will begin the sale of Christmas tree permits on Nov. 13. Permit holders may choose from a variety of pine, fir or cedar trees up to 6 inches in diameter at the base in designated cutting areas. Trees must be cut on the forest […]
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Burton Learn to Ride, Boys & Girls Club of North Lake Tahoe and Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows spent part of Wednesday teaching youngsters how to snowboard — indoors. Snowboarding instruction came via video from Olympic halfpipe snowboarding champion Kelly Clark, Burton’s Jeff Boliba and instructors from the resorts. The program, called Burton Riglet PE Snowboarding, […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal Nevada officials have terminated a privately-funded agreement that’s kept hundreds of free-range horses from western Nevada’s Virginia Range without resorting to slaughter. The agreement provided a framework for state officials to work with a nonprofit to control the horse population through capture, adoption and birth control drugs. Controlling the […]
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By Mike Householder, AP ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A rare bird has landed at the University of Michigan: a two-legged robot named Cassie that researchers hope could be the forerunner of a machine that one day will aid search-and-rescue efforts. Cassie — whose name is derived from the cassowary, a flightless bird similar to an […]
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For the 2017 holiday season, the Truckee Ranger District on the Tahoe National Forest will be selling 200 personal-use Christmas tree cutting permits. The non-refundable permits are $20 and good for one tree. There is a limit of two permits per household and individuals must be present to purchase. Permits may be used on the […]
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By Don Jenkins, Capital Press Snowpacks in California, Oregon, Idaho and Washington are expected be much smaller by mid-century if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, according to federal projections released Friday. The Fourth National Climate Assessment, completed once every four years, asserts that the mild winter of 2014-15 may have foreshadowed the future. “As […]
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