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Kokanee Salmon Festival continues today
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 1:54am
Celebrate fall Lake Tahoe style, with quaking aspen, crisp air and red Kokanee salmon that spawn annually in Taylor Creek. The U.S. Forest Service hosts the annual Kokanee Salmon Festival at the Lake Tahoe Visitor Center at Taylor Creek, which continues today, Sunday, Oct. 2. Come participate in this family fun festival which has become one of the most interesting and educational events in Northern California.
Forest Service, other agencies respond to Taylor Creek spill
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 09/20/2011 - 10:13amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The U. S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit and other local agencies continue to investigate and clean-up a small spill of an unknown substance into Taylor ...
Forest Service, other agencies respond to Taylor Creek spill
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 09/19/2011 - 3:24pmBy Cheva Heck
The U. S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit and other local agencies are continuing investigation and clean-up of a small spill of an unknown substance into Taylor Creek near the Forest Service Visitor Center on Hwy. 89. The Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board obtained water samples from the area this morning. Results may be available by tomorrow and will help determine whether additional clean-up is necessary.
Tahoe Conservancy Approves Signature South Lake Projects
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 4:42pm
By Ray Lacey
The California Tahoe Conservancy today awarded funding for two of South Lake Tahoe's signature environmental and recreational projects: the Bijou Creek Watershed Project and the South Tahoe Greenway bike trail.
National Forests in California provide benefit to local economies
Submitted by admin on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 1:39pmBy John Heil, U.S. Forest Service
Outdoor recreation activities in California’s national forests contributed $2 billion dollars to local economies and helped sustain an estimated 38,000 jobs in 2010.
The U.S. Forest Service’s National Visitor Use Monitoring report released Aug. 19 shows that national forests attracted 170.8 million recreational visitors nationwide and sustained approximately 223,000 jobs in rural communities across the country.
Lightning ignites fire near Meyers station
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 12:07pmLightning has become the culprit of other fires in the Tahoe National Forest, including the Mears, French, Disney, Boca Springs and Groundhog and the ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../lightning-ignites-fir...
Flash flood warning for Tahoe region; more lightning expected ...
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 12:07pmThunderstorm activity hit the Tahoe National Forest all weekend, with more in the ... This brings the total number of fires to four — all small — for the Tahoe ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../flash-flood...
Taylor Creek Visitor Center seeks volunteers during annual salmon run
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 09/14/2011 - 10:38amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is looking for volunteers to assist Forest Service staff during the annual Kokanee salmon run in October. Prospec...
Lightning sparks fires; rain falling in Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 09/13/2011 - 2:59amThe Tahoe National Forest just before 5pm Saturday said lightning has ignited two small fires. The French Fire — at French Meadows Dam Spillway is a single ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../lightning-spark...
Help restore forest health: Saturday is Tahoe Forest Stewardship Day
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 09/10/2011 - 6:00amINCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - Join hundreds of Tahoe Basin community members to help improve forest health at the League to Save Lake Tahoe's 14th annual Tahoe Forest Stewardship Day Saturday, Sept. 10, ...
USFS looking for volunteers during kokanee run
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 09/10/2011 - 3:35amThe U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is looking for volunteers to assist during the annual kokanee salmon run in October. Prospective volunteers can submit a resume and learn more ...
Incline Village focus of Stewardship Day
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/09/2011 - 11:15amJoin hundreds of Tahoe basin community members to improve forest health at the League to Save Lake Tahoe's 14th annual Tahoe Forest Stewardship Day on Saturday from 9am-2pm in Incline Village. Thi...
Incline Village focus of Stewardship Day
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/09/2011 - 12:38amJoin hundreds of Tahoe basin community members to improve forest health at the League to Save Lake Tahoe's 14th annual Tahoe Forest Stewardship Day on ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../annual-stewardsh...
Spooner Summit area home threatened by fire
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 7:38pmAt approximately 11:10am, firefighters from East Fork, Tahoe-Douglas, Carson City, and the U.S. Forest Service responded to a possible wildland fire in the ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../spooner-summit-...
Fire on Old Clear Creek Road contained; Highway 50 open
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 11:32am
Update 2 p.m.: Fire crews have contained a fire that broke out this morning near Old Clear Creek Road near the top of Spooner Summit, and Highway 50 has reopened.
The fire was last reported to be about 1.5 acres in size, and there was one home in the area that was threatened. Light winds and cool temperatures helped firefighters get a handle on the blaze, with a helicopter dumping water to help out the hand crews on the ground.
Pedestrian hurt, South Tahoe man in jail on DUI charges
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 7:58pmA man walking on Ski Run Boulevard near Forest Avenue in South Lake Tahoe was seriously injured when he was struck by a vehicle. South Lake Tahoe police officers did not have specifics on the injured ...
Taylor Creek Visitor Center seeks volunteers during annual salmon run
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 3:17pmBy Lisa Herron
Lake Tahoe Eagle Rock Hiking Trail Opens To The Public
Submitted by Editor on Sat, 09/03/2011 - 1:41pm
A trail to the stunning Eagle Rock overlook opened this week, providing visitors easy access to the summit of one of Lake Tahoe's most spectacular vistas, as noted by the Huffington Post and the Sacramento Bee. The new trail, created at a cost of $100,000 by the California Tahoe Conservancy, was built with erosion-control measures.
Angora burn provides job opportunities for veterans
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/02/2011 - 1:00pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - "Watch your wedges," shouts U.S. Forest Service forestry technician Brent Grueter to Joel Gallagher over the din of an idling chain saw on Angora ridge Wednesday after...
New terrain, wider trails and a whole lot of South Lake Tahoe festivities ahead
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 09/01/2011 - 7:48pm
LAKE TAHOE — If another La Nina visits the Sierra this winter – all-time records were approached in 2010-11 with more than 700 inches of snow – Tahoe South ski resorts are ready to roll on another epic season.
Angora thinning project gives vets chance to
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/01/2011 - 7:16amA group of out of place spectators in hardhats watches the work as though this is something unique in the forest adjacent to houses in Lake Tahoe. And in some ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../angora-thinn...
Police looking for man in S. Tahoe missing woman case
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 8:34pmMarie Hanson of South Lake Tahoe vanished after attending what she had described as a “peace rally” in the remote Washington forest on July 6. Police are ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../police-lookin...
Fire near Yosemite now 80 percent contained
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 4:17pmSTANISLAUS NATIONAL FOREST, Calif. (AP) - Firefighters have begun repairing ecological damage caused by the creation of fire lines as a blaze near Yosemite National Park nears containment.Incident ...
Sketch released of person last seen with missing South Lake Tahoe woman
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 2:14pm
Authorities have released a sketch of a person of interest in the case of a South Lake Tahoe woman missing from a counter-culture gathering in southwest Washington state, the Reno-Gazette Journal reports.
U.S. military veterans gain job skills while reducing Lake Tahoe wildfire risk
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 1:50pm
By Cheva Heck
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — A crew of military veterans who are preparing for future employment while they're helping to protect Lake Tahoe communities from wildfire were visited today by U.S. Forest Service and California Conservation Corps officials.
Donner Summit visitors center to close after Labor Day
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 1:40am... winter's heavy snowfall and because of the extent of the damage, it will not be reopened, said Ann Westling, public affairs officer for the Tahoe National Forest. ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../...
Yosemite highway remains closed as fire rages
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 08/27/2011 - 10:13amYOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) - The main highway into Yosemite National Park remains closed as firefighters continue to battle a wildfire outside of the park.A U.S. Forest Service official sa...
Forest Service burning piles to reduce risk of wildfire
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 08/27/2011 - 2:26amThe U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit fuels crew on Thursday had a prescribed fire operation on the West Shore near Rubicon Bay. This is part of an aggressive program to reduce wild...
Wildfire risk reduction at Tahoe's West Shore
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 08/26/2011 - 3:07pm
The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit fuels crew oversees Thursday's prescribed fire operation on the West Shore near Rubicon Bay, part of an aggressive program to reduce wildfire risk. Weather conditions have allowed the Forest Service to treat a total of 1800 acres over the past year, including 400 acres over the summer.
Photo by: Lisa Herron, U.S. Forest Service
Injunction denied in Angora burn area restoration
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 6:27pm
An injunction to halt fuel reduction work in the Angora Fire area was denied last month after a lawsuit was filed by two environmental organizations.
A three-person panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that an emergency injunction was not needed after a U.S. District Court judge in Sacramento, Garland Burrell, upheld the agency's environmental
analysis. The suit was brought on by Earth Island Institute and Center for Biological Diversity over the protection of a rare black-backed woodpecker.
S. Tahoe air show to introduce budding pilots to the sky
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 1:59pmLake Tahoe seems so much bigger from the sky, the boats so much smaller. All those trees. The Lake Tahoe Basin really is a forest and not a concrete jungle. For youths ages 8 to 17 they get to experie...
Fly-Fishing and Fly-Tying Demonstration
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 4:22am
The Summer Science Program of the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center continues with a fly-fishing and fly-tying demonstration this Saturday, Aug. 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the UC Davis Tahoe City Field Station Historic Fish Hatchery, 2400 Lake Forest Road, Tahoe City, Calif. (located on the corner of Highway 28 and Lake Forest Road)
Join UC Davis volunteer David Long for activities for kids ages 6 and up:
— Learn Fly-Tying and Casting
— Discuss Lake Tahoe Fisheries
Prescribed burns to resume on West Shore
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/23/2011 - 5:51amU.S. Forest Service fuels management crews are scheduled to resume prescribed fire operations in the Rubicon Bay area Aug. 23. Operations are taking place near Scenic Drive, on small urban lots and ar...
USFS historian talks about travel in the basin
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 08/21/2011 - 11:20amLearn about the evolution of Tahoe travel from renowned U.S. Forest Service historian and recreation officer Don Lane on Aug. 24 at 8pm at the Lake of the ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../usfs-historian-t...
Forest Film Festival: Satuyama: Japan's Secret Forest
Submitted by Editor on Sat, 08/20/2011 - 1:33pmSatuyama: Japan's Secret Forest will be viewed on Aug. 27, 8 p.m. at the Lake of the Sky Amphitheater at Taylor Creek. This film explores an ancient oak forest and how its people harvest and respect their cherished land.
Forest Service uses shocking method to survey fish in Upper Truckee River
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 08/19/2011 - 9:52amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Chris Lemmers has been shocked more times than he can remember. As a fish surveyor for the Forest Service, his job is to walk or boat the rivers, streams and creeks of...
Forest fuels reduction work in Rubicon Bay area
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 11:41amForest fuels reduction work in Rubicon Bay area. Posted by admin in Grab Bag on August 16th, 2011 | no responses. U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews are scheduled to resume prescribed fire ope...
Summer transitions to fall with Labor Day and beyond
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 6:12pm
Before summer segues to fall Tahoe South will celebrate a Labor Day last call: an amped-up holiday weekend of non-stop activities on and off the water including a food and wine festival, sternwheeler race, outdoor and showroom concerts and a fireworks extravaganza.
LABOR DAY WEEKEND
Non-native smallmouth bass found in Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 3:20pm
By Mike Wolterbeek
A new invasive species has been identified at Lake Tahoe, and it’s likely to be the most aggressive fish to ply the waters of the mile-high lake.
Meetings set to decide projects for Tahoe National Forest
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 3:02pmBy Barbara Barte Osborn, Sacramento Bee. A bi-county advisory committee for the Tahoe National Forest has scheduled three meetings in September to discuss funding for projects that will benefit the fo...
Keb Mo accentuates weekend get-away 4 miles from home
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 08/15/2011 - 3:05pmSTATELINE – A relaxing weekend getaway featuring a Keb Mo concert, urban walk, jaunt to a new state park and pool time at the Forest Suites Resort proved there's more than one way to enjoy the h...
Eldorado National Forest taps woman who knows
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/10/2011 - 9:52pmA woman who knows the Eldorado National Forest well has been tapped to be the forest supervisor for that region. Kathy Hardy replaces Ramiro Villalvazo who left in June for a position in the Forest Se...
Golf tourney helps fund cancer center in Truckee
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 07/30/2011 - 8:27amTahoe Forest Health System raised more than $119000 to benefit Tahoe Forest Cancer Center at its annual Gene Upshaw Memorial Golf Classic charity event. The cancer center is projected to open in 2012....
9th Circuit clears USFS logging at Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 8:10amRENO, Nev. (AP) - A federal appeals court cleared the way Monday for the Forest Service to begin logging near Lake Tahoe, where a wildfire burned more than 250 homes four years ago.In making its...
Police investigating possible homicide
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 07/25/2011 - 4:54pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Police are investigating the Monday death of a South Lake Tahoe man as a possible homicide.About 3:15 a.m., police responded to a home on the 3700 block of Forest Avenue ...
USFS to 9th circuit: Tahoe logging won't hurt bird
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 07/25/2011 - 9:29amRENO, Nev. (AP) - The U.S. Forest Service says it is not required to make sure there's enough black-backed woodpeckers to keep the rare bird from going locally extinct at Lake Tahoe as a result of ...
USFS expands offerings at Lake Tahoe recreation sites
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 07/23/2011 - 2:12amTahoe Treats a division of California Land Management is operating nine concessions throughout the Lake Tahoe Basin for the U.S. Forest Service ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../usfs-expands-offerings-at-l...
9th Circuit asked to block logging at Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 12:32pmRENO, Nev. (AP) - Conservationists have asked a federal appellate court to keep the Forest Service from starting logging operations next week in an area near Lake Tahoe where a wildfire destroye...
