More than 175 people helped clear more than 1,750 pounds of trash from Sierra Resort on Oct. 16. Found during the annual Keep Sierra Clean Day were two snowboards, a few skis, an iPhone, a digital camera and a lift ticket from back when the resort was called Sierra Ski Ranch. Plastic bottles, cans, trail […]
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Publisher’s note: Lucy D’Mot is making it her mission to visit the 70 state parks slated for closure next year. By Lucy D’Mot, Sacramento Bee Mother Nature would take many millennia to create the likes of the huge, colorful cliffs at Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park, 11 miles north of Nevada City. These sheer bluffs […]
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By Kathryn Reed TRUCKEE – New lift, new lodge, new terrain – it’s what Vail Resorts has done to Northstar with an infusion of $30 million since it bought the North Shore resort a year ago. With a projected opening date of Nov. 18, the resort will have the Promised Land Express chairlift running, with […]
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Placer County, working in partnership with the California Tahoe Conservancy and North Tahoe Public Utility District, is hosting an informational open house regarding the proposed Dollar Creek Shared-Use Trail. Residents and others interested are encouraged to attend, receive information, and share their thoughts regarding the trail. The open house is Oct. 18 from 4-6pm at […]
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By Jill Oberly, Reno Gazette-Journal It’s a Tuesday morning, and for about 60 Sun Valley Elementary School fifth-graders, that typically means sitting in a classroom studying pictures of photosynthesis or some other scientific phenomenon in a textbook. This day, however, is different. It is the start of a four-day, three-night excursion along the eastern shore […]
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee Nonprofit conservation groups have preserved tens of thousands of acres of land in California – wild places where both hikers and animals roam. Now, some of them say the economic slump could force them to scale back. Others say lean budgets make it harder for them to scrutinize land use […]
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Turf is one of the most water intensive landscapes and requires substantial maintenance. Non-functional lawns – ones that are rarely used – waste water and represent an ongoing cost in time and resources for the home and business owner. From an environmental perspective, lawns tend to be overfertilized and overwatered. With porous Tahoe soils, this […]
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By Mike Anton, Los Angeles Times BODIE — On a day when the price of gold soared above $1,700 an ounce, Jack Shipley drove past tourists strolling through this historic Eastern Sierra mining camp and up a rutted road to where a new breed of prospectors have set their sights. The Bodie Hills hug the […]
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By Kathryn Reed A river runs through it – and that’s one of the problems as well as one of the things that make this area on the outskirts of South Lake Tahoe so beautiful. Washoe Meadows State Park and Lake Valley Recreation Area are places even residents of the South Shore can’t locate on […]
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By Laura Martin, Gannett Exercise doesn’t just lower the number on the scale: Studies now show that it can also reduce breast cancer risk. The American Cancer Society predicts that in 2011, 288,000 American women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and that 39,520 women will die of the disease. These numbers could decrease significantly […]
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