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.
By 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.
By Jessie Marchesseau
It’s official. Tahoe Sports and Entertainment has moved in and taken over management of the South Lake Tahoe Ice Arena.
By Kristi Boosman
The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency is hosting a Community Appreciation Day event on Thursday, September 29 from 4 – 7 pm to celebrate the Tahoe Basin community’s commitment to protecting Lake Tahoe.
This fun, family event will include bluegrass music by local band, Bison, a free BBQ dinner, activities for the kids, an ice cream social hosted by members of TRPA’s Governing Board and Advisory Planning Commission, and demonstration booths explaining TRPA’s mission.
Connect to nature’s beauty and explore your creative power within at the 8th annual Trails and Vistas “Reflections and Rhythms” art hike on September 17 and 18 at Spooner Lake in the Lake Tahoe-Nevada State Park. Go here and read all about it at Tahoe Arts and Mountain Culture.
Here is the fishing report for the week through Sept. 21. The report covers Nevada, Northern California, Southern Oregon and the Sierra.
By Heather Segale
A lecture that explores climate change and the melting polar regions will be discussed Thursday, Sept. 15 at the Lake Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences at Incline Village.
By the California Department of Fish and Game
The Department of Fish and Game (DFG) invites nonprofit organizations to help wildlife by auctioning big game hunting license tags for the 2012-13 season. These tags will allow the highest bidder to hunt bighorn sheep, deer, elk and pronghorn antelope in California. There are only 13 of these special fund-raising tags reserved for 501(c)(3) nonprofit groups to sell and they’re sure to draw many participants to any fund-raising event.
By Elaine Goodman / Tahoe Business Monitor
It will be double-trouble for South Lake Tahoe motorists over the next few weeks, as roadwork is expected to cause delays on the city’s two main thoroughfares.
On Sept. 14, Caltrans began working around-the-clock on its $40.6 million Highway 50 project within the city. Crews are grinding and paving the road between Fremont Avenue and Trout Creek. Lane closures are planned between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., with traffic diverted to the eastbound lanes during paving of the westbound lanes, and vice versa. Motorists can expect up to 10-minute delays.
By Sean Whaley / Nevada News Bureau
Gov. Brian Sandoval and legislative leaders today announced their appointments to the new Economic Development Board, which will focus on job creation and economic diversification.
