The U.S. Forest Service, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit lifted the area closures put in place for public safety during the hazard tree removal project in the Angora Fire area. Large numbers of standing dead trees and damaged live trees are present inside and outside the project area. Storms and high winds can cause standing […]
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By Kathryn Reed BIG BEND — Stuck Jeep. Bucket boy. Naked boy. Tarp woman. Burney Falls. Hot springs. Fall foliage. Rain. Rainbow. Friends. Just another typical girls’ camping weekend. With our annual camping trip being pushed from September to November, we moved the sleeping to indoors at my sister’s in Redding. Roughing-it it was not. […]
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By Susan Wood CASTELLA – Views, views and more views best describes the Castle Dome Trail, a hiking route tucked behind the Castle Crags Campground. This is Day 2 of our girls camping weekend anchored indoors in Redding. Just like I remembered, this 5½ mile round-trip trail has everything going for it. The four of […]
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Now through spring 2010, the California Tahoe Conservancy will be burning slash piles in or adjacent to several Lake Tahoe communities as part of the Conservancy’s ongoing program to reduce forest fuels and improve defensible space in the Tahoe Basin. The communities include Fallen Leaf Lake, Rubicon Bay, Tahoma, and North Upper Truckee in El […]
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U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews will begin prescribed fire operations in the Meyers/Christmas Valley urban lot areas Nov. 12 as weather and staffing allows. Residents and travelers can expect to see smoke from prescribed fire project areas. Other fire protection agencies, state and local, may also be conducting prescribed fire operations during this period. […]
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Beginning Nov. 23, the U.S. Forest Service, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will offer permits for the public to select and cut holiday trees in the Tahoe Basin. Permits cost $10 each (cash or check only), and there will be a limit of two permits per family, valid through Dec. 24. Permit holders may choose […]
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By Scott Brown, Tribune-Review Ben Roethlisberger will tell his side of the story — or at least what he has been through since being accused of rape in a civil lawsuit — tonight on the ESPN magazine program E:60. The Steelers quarterback talks one-on-one with reporter Michael Smith at 7 p.m. about a subject on […]
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The United States Amateur Snowboarding Association puts on a series of grassroots snowboarding competitions all over the nation and Sierra Resort is once again be the home base for the South Shore Series. Events include a Giant Slalom, Slalom, GS, Boardercross, Superpipe, and Slopestyle. Locals Al and Donna Vano, together with the core of USASA […]
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Reno Gazette-Journal Federal, state and local officials have completed a restoration project for a creek at north Lake Tahoe they say will improve fish habitat and reduce sediment flows into the lake while enhancing recreational opportunities. One major component of the Third Creek project was removal of fish passage barriers that not only made it […]
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By Dan Hinxman, Reno Gazette-Journal The Reno-Tahoe Open has a new date and renewed enthusiasm. The American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament has new competition and is not happy about it. The RTO, which has been held in August at Montreux Golf & Country Club since its inception in 1999, has been moved by the […]
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