The Tahoe Windjammer’s Yacht Club is having its annual Community Sailing Clinic on July 14. This event includes classroom instruction on basic sailing and boating safety in the morning and on-the-water instruction as a guest on a member’s sailboat in the afternoon. The clinic is open to men and women of all experience levels. The […]
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By Lisa Herron Summer officially arrived this week and recreational activities are in full swing in the Tahoe basin. The Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team would like to take this opportunity to remind visitors and residents that wildfires pose a serious threat to Lake Tahoe neighborhoods and communities and we need help to prevent any […]
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Operation Dry Water is a year-round boating under the influence awareness and enforcement campaign. The mission of ODW is to reduce the number of alcohol- and drug-related accidents and fatalities through increased recreational boater awareness and by fostering a stronger and more visible deterrent to alcohol use on the water. Operation Dry Water’s heightened […]
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By Ariella Gintzler, Outside As of this month, customers can purchase North Face apparel that’s been worn, torn, washed, and restored to like-new condition through a collaboration with the Renewal Workshop. The new site, called the North Face Renewed, launched earlier this month with a limited collection of refurbished items, mostly factory rejects and damaged returns. The items, which […]
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On June 23 from 10am-noon the Sugar Pine Foundation will co-host a Tahoe yellow cress planting with the Tahoe yellow cress adaptive management working group at Baldwin Beach on the South Shore. Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will host a TYC information booth at the Native Species Festival that day from 9am-3pm at the Taylor […]
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Lake Tahoe Windjammers Yacht Club had its Southern Crossing race June 16. This race featured a southwest wind that built to 20 mph, with gusts to 30. It started just off Tahoe Keys, went to Cave Rock with an increasing breeze, across to Rubicon, a white sail reach to Edgewood, then a beat home to […]
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By Ryan Canaday, KTVN-TV Boating and Lake Tahoe go hand-in-hand, but not even sunshine and clear waters can make boaters immune to the risks that exist every time they leave the dock. “Even on a hot day you go into the water and you can get cold water shock,” said Tyler Turnipseed, Chief Game […]
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By Kathryn Reed TRUCKEE – Four-wheeling is often a mix of going faster for the adrenaline rush and slowing down to take in the scenery. This excursion was no different. One of the best parts is that guide Sean Field knows this terrain better than most because he grew up in Tahoe City exploring the […]
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By Kaitlyn Gaynor, The Conversation For their first 100 million years on planet Earth, our mammal ancestors relied on the cover of darkness to escape their dinosaur predators and competitors. Only after the meteor-induced mass extinction of dinosaurs 66 million years ago could these nocturnal mammals explore the many wondrous opportunities available in the light […]
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As part of the Wild Tahoe Weekend, the Tahoe Institute for Natural Science in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will host the 8th annual Lake Tahoe Bird Festival on June 24. Located at Taylor Creek Visitor Center, just three miles north of South Lake Tahoe on Highway 89, residents […]
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