bears in trash
Judge hands down sentence to man who killed bear in South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Fri, 03/18/2016 - 4:41pm
"These are always tough cases," said El Dorado County Judge Suzanne Kingsbury Friday as she handed down an unexpected sentence to the 78-year-old man who killed a bear near his South Lake Tahoe home on July 10, 2015.
Gilbert Alan Wetenkamp pleaded no contest on March 11, 2016 to the misdemeanor charge of unlawfully taking of a bear.
Too Early to Tell Success of New Trash Pick Up Times in South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Fri, 03/21/2014 - 4:13pm
Since March 3rd, trash pick up times in South Lake Tahoe have been moved to two hours later in an effort to reduce wildlife problems and clean up, according to South Tahoe Refuse, protect our unique environment.
While it's too early to tell if the later times will keep bears out of local trash, both Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care and the Bear League say they feel it will make a big difference.
