By KCRA The 2022 Winter Olympic Games are more than a decade away, yet a Sacramento group is already working on the pitch to bring the games to Lake Tahoe. The California Winter Games Committee announced a partnership between political, business and community leaders to explore ways to attract the worldwide spectacle to the Sierra […]
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By Kathryn Reed Tour de California, the multi-day bike race that starts on the South Shore next month, can officially come to Tahoe. The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency approved the permits April 28. However, the enthusiasm for the ride is dependent on who one listens to. At a meeting of Heavenly Village folks on Tuesday […]
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By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee It’s gold vs. golden trout. And gold vs. coho salmon. And gold vs. Shasta crayfish. The California Department of Fish and Game is wrestling – under court order – with a new set of rules to control suction dredge mining in the state’s rivers and streams. Officials must take into […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal Determined to stop Nevada’s first black bear hunt in its tracks, organized opponents are appealing a regulation allowing the hunt passed by the Nevada Wildlife Commission last December. Commissioners are tentatively scheduled to consider the appeal when they meet in Reno May 12. The administrative appeal filed by the nonprofit […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal Lake Tahoe regulators aim to get tough when it comes to people attempting to evade inspectors trying to protect the lake from aquatic invaders attached to boats launching into the lake. Later this month, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency will consider rules making it illegal to lie to boat inspectors […]
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The Tahoe Resource Conservation District will again manage the Truckee Area Watercraft Inspection Program for 2011. Entering its second season, Truckee area inspections and boater education on aquatic invasive species will take place at Donner Lake and Boca, Prosser, and Stampede reservoirs from April 30 through Sept. 30. Current funding for Truckee Area watercraft inspections […]
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The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, working with the California Tahoe Conservancy, is proposing to restore the Sunset Stables Reach of the Upper Truckee River. The project would replace the existing channel with one that has the width, depth and curves of a more naturally functioning river. The anticipated result would be […]
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El Dorado County has ventured into the world of video production in an ongoing effort to protect the world famous off-road Rubicon Trail. The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the new video titled, “It’s In Your Hands”. “It’s In Your Hands” educates the public on proper use and expected behavior while visiting […]
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By Tom Knudson, Sacramento Bee Outside Palm Desert, a young bobcat dies mysteriously at a nature preserve. South of Nevada City, a farmer finds an owl dead near his decoy shed. In San Rafael, a red-shouldered hawk bleeds heavily from its mouth and nose before succumbing at an animal care center. Each of those incidents […]
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The Reno River Festival returns to downtown’s Truckee River Whitewater Park for year No. 8 on May 6–8. The festival’s three days of nonstop outdoor fun includes live music and entertainment along with the return of crowd favorites such as the Friday night Kick-Off Party and concert with English Beat, 4th annual Run Amuck run […]
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