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The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit and the Tahoe Institute for Natural Science will host the fourth annual Lake Tahoe Bird Festival on Saturday, June 8, followed by the third annual Native Species Festival on Sunday, June 9.

Residents and visitors are invited to attend these free family events from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Taylor Creek Visitor Center, located three miles north of South Lake Tahoe on Highway 89.

June 8 event:

Join the Sugar Pine Foundation for a night of fun and fundraising at Harveys Hard Rock Cafe.
Festivities start at 6pm with dinner and live commentary on the Sugar Pine Foundation film. There will be a terrific silent auction closing at 8:30pm, limited edition Hard Rock Sugar Pine pins for sale, and drink specials while our local band Thick as Thieves plays 9-11pm.

Dine for the Sugar Pines this Friday, Nov. 16 at Lake Tahoe Pizza Co. from 6-10 p.m. Staff and friends of the Sugar Pine Foundation will present beautiful and exciting films, photography and stories of adventures in conservation from around the world — including Antarctica, Central Asia and Siberia — at Lake Tahoe Pizza Co. this Friday. Enjoy the entertainment AND Tahoe's finest pizza (they even have super yummy gluten free options!) to show your support for the SPF! Lake Tahoe Pizza Co.

Thank you South Lake Tahoe Rotary for sponsoring field trips for South Lake Tahoe sixth-graders with the Sugar Pine Foundation!The field trips will occur on Oct. 16 and 17 in South Lake Tahoe. We w...

Lake of the Sky Outfitters is proud to host The Sugar Pine Foundation on Thursday September 27th from 7:00pm to 9:00pm at 1023 Emerald Bay Rd. Come and hear about the important work the Foundation is doing to save the magnificant Sugar Pine, and all other Sierra Nevada five needle pines, from the invasive Asian Blister Rust Fungus. This disease is decimating stands of Sugar Pines in the basin and elsewhere in the range.

Location

The Lake Tahoe Federal Advisory Committee (LTFAC) is scheduled to meet from 9 a.m. to noon, August 9, 2012, at the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, 35 College Drive, South Lake Tahoe, Calif., 96150. LTFAC will address issues related to federal activities at Lake Tahoe.
Items on the agenda include an update on Lake Tahoe Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act projects, a presentation from the Sugar Pine Foundation, and public comment. Members of the public interested in finding out more about the LTFAC are welcome to attend the meeting.

The Tahoe Resource Conservation District (Tahoe RCD) will hold conservation events that highlight environmental projects and stewardship opportunities in the Lake Tahoe Basin communities. These gatherings are part of the 2012 Community Watershed Partnership (CWP), a holistic program which provides a place for education, participation, and involvement in your local watershed.

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not” — Dr. Seuss
As you may know, sugar pines and other white pines are plagued by a non-native invasive pathogen. White pine blister rust kills about 90 percent of sugar pines it infects. Scientists and restoration managers have agreed that the only effective restoration strategy is to identify seed trees resistant to the rust and plant their progeny. That is exactly what the Sugar Pine Foundation does and you can help too. Last fall, a volunteer described planting sugar pines as “creating life in our neck of the woods.”

Join the Sugar Pine Foundation for a fundraiser event at the Eagles Nest Lounge at the top of Kingsbury Grade on April 19th from 6:00pm to 10:00pm. This family fun event will feature a chili cook off, music, a raffle, and activities for the kids. Proceeds to benefit the Sugar Pine Foundation’s mission to save the sugar pine and other white pines from Eurasian white pine blister rust. For more information visit www.sugarpinefoundation.org or call 650-814-9565.

The Sugar Pine Foundation would like to thank its fall planting volunteers for helping us plant more than 3,000 sugar pine seedlings in the Gondola fire scar, Dreyfus Estates (near Skyland) and Gle...

The Sugar Pine Foundation plans to plant 15000 young sugar pines and other native tree seedlings throughout the Lake Tahoe region now through November. During this time, the soil is naturally moistene...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - As summer comes to a close and autumn rains approach, the Sugar Pine Foundation is preparing to plant 15,000 young sugar pines and other native tree seedlings throughout ...