With the busy Fourth of July holiday approaching, the U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit asks residents and visitors to help protect public safety and our environment. Keep wildfire prevention in mind during Fourth of July celebrations. Possession of fireworks of any kind, including sparklers, is illegal in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Campfires […]
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Bring your human and canine companions and join the California Tahoe Conservancy for fun and educational Doggie Day festivities at Cove East near the Tahoe Keys Marina in South Tahoe on June 30. The event begins is from 4-7pm. This is the first Doggie Day event hosted on CTC land. The event is free. Pet-friendly […]
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By Sacramento Bee The images won’t appear in any California State Parks brochure. MacKerricher State Park: Fifty elementary-school kids arrive for their annual end-of-year camping trip, only to find the drinking water contaminated. Mount Tamalpais: A trail near the visitors center greets disabled visitors and families with a 12- to 50-foot sheer drop-off – and […]
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By Kathryn Reed It’s hard not to come across several dogs when walking along Trout Creek behind Lake Tahoe Community College. It’s a favorite urban walk, as some call it, for two-legged and four-legged animals on the South Shore. Plenty of opportunities abound for access to the cold water — either for a quick swim […]
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Help is available for Lake Tahoe Basin residents to make their homes and families safer in the event of wildfire. Free home inspections, tree removal permits and 50 percent rebates – up to $1,000 – for vegetation management such as tree removal are available in most Lake Tahoe communities. A partnership of Tahoe Bbsin agencies […]
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The Tahoe Rim Trail Association is offering a Backpacking 101 class. It is led by seasoned guides and Snowcamping 101 instructors Wayne McClelland and Jordan Summers. This class will go over all the basics of backpacking from how to pack to choosing a campsite and cooking your meals. The two will guide participants to Gray […]
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By Science Daily A team of scientists from the University of Nevada, Reno, DRI, Arizona State University and University of California, Davis has returned from a two-week expedition to Guatemala’s tropical high-mountain Lake Atitlan, where they are working to find solutions to the algae blooms that have assailed the ecosystem and the drinking water source […]
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South Lake Tahoe Parks and Recreation Department offers savings for teens at the ice arena and swimming pool for grades 5-10. LTUSD ID required. The recreation center pass for the summer is $25, ice arena pass is $35 and the combo pass is $50. Visit www.recreationintahoe.com or call (530) 542.6056 for details and times.
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By Kathryn Reed The 20-year-old Al Tahoe bike trail is going to look and feel brand new by the end of summer. South Lake Tahoe Parks and Recreation Director Gary Moore said the trail from Johnson Boulevard to Pioneer Trail was almost closed because of the terrible condition it is in. He called this the […]
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El Dorado County is asking off-road enthusiasts to support its Yellow Bandana Campaign to eradicate the infamous “white flowers” on the world-famous Rubicon Trail. White (toilet paper) flowers are found where off road enthusiasts have failed to follow proper human waste disposal and sanitation procedures while on the Rubicon. Last year the Central Valley Water […]
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