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The nomination period is open for the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s 2012 Best in the Basin awards program, which annually recognizes environmentally compatible projects in the Tahoe Basin that stand out as the best designed, planned and implemented.
For more than two decades, the Best in the Basin awards program has recognized those property owners, contractors, architects and planners whose work and investment should be held up as examples to follow.

The U.S. Forest Service is asking for public input on proposed changes to the Tallac Historic Site.The agency is proposing a variety of erosion control measures at the site, several new parking lot...

The Tahoe Transportation District and the U.S. Forest Service are asking the public to park in alternate locations to use the Lam Watah Trail while work is underway on Phase 1B of the Nevada Statel...

As tree-felling operations under the South Shore Fuels Reduction and Healthy Forest Restoration project move to new areas, the U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit reminds the public to stay clear of active operations. “Heavy equipment operators can’t easily see people walking or biking through their operations, so if you’re disregarding posted signs and forest closures, you’re putting your safety at risk,” said LTBMU forester Duncan Leao. “Respecting closures will help us open recreation areas back up more quickly by minimizing interruptions to tree thinning operations.”

Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada, Northern California and the Sierra. This report is for the week of Sept. 12-19.

The Tahoe Transportation District and the U.S. Forest Service are asking the public to park in alternate locations to access the Lam Watah Trail while work is underway on improvements that are part of the Nevada Stateline-to-Stateline Bike Path project - Phase 1B. Lam Watah Trailhead parking normally is located on the north side of U.S. Highway 50 just past the casinos in Stateline, Nev., on Kahle Drive.

A new road and an intersection reconfiguration, more parking spaces and BMP water improvements are among some of the changes being proposed by the U.S. Forest Service at the Tallac Historic Site near South Lake Tahoe. Public comments are being taken until Oct. 1 for the proposed changes, which could get off the ground next year.
Here is a Forest Service press release outlining the proposed changes and below is the attached 10-page plan.

U.S. Forest Service plans for trail upgrades, parking improvements, and BMPs at Fallen Leaf Lake will be explored in a public meeting Sept. 19, 6-8 p.m, at the Forest Supervisor’s Office, 35 College Drive, South Lake Tahoe. Comments on the plans will be accepted through Oct. 12.

The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will resume work on the Pope-Baldwin Bike Path the week of Sept. 17, according to a Thursday statement from the agency.The Pope-Baldwin Bike...

A two-acre wildfire continued to burn overnight in the Desolation Wilderness area near the boundary of the El Dorado National Forest. It is not threatening any structures and doesn't appear to be moving at a fast clip, said U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Cheva Heck. Smoke from the fire moved into the basin.
The fire was reported Sunday evening and is located near Rubicon Lake within the U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit boundaries, said Heck. A helicopter has been deployed to knock down the flames and a team of firefighters will be on the fire overnight.

Firefighters responded Sunday to a cabin fire off of Juniper Lane and Fallen Leaf Lake Road.
The call came to South Lake Tahoe dispatch shortly after noon. Light smoke was coming out of the kitchen area of the cabin, believed to be owned by the U.S Forest Service. The fire was knocked down at around 12:30 p.m. and was not a threat to surrounding trees in the area.

Geocaching is a relatively new pursuit, a high-tech treasure hunt. Simply put, people hide things — in the desert, in the forest, in the Harrahs parking lot, at the top of Mt. Tallac, at the bottom of Lake Tahoe — and then other people go and find those things.

As students switch into academic gear this week, the U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit and the South Tahoe Environmental Education Coalition are getting ready for their third ...

With the comment period ending Thursday, August 30, the newly formed Sierra Pro-Access Group is asking outdoor enthusiasts to write against a U.S. Forest Service alternative plan that proposes creating new wilderness areas that would shut down some of the locals' most beloved recreation areas on public land around the Lake Tahoe Basin.

The economic effects on the Lake Tahoe Basin could be devastating, the group says, shutting out what clearly has been public access for not only snowmobiles, but mountain bikes, dirt bikes, and 4-wheel ATVs.

The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors voted last week to take control of and responsibility for a U.S. Forest Service easement of the Rubicon Trail, a decision that tries to balance between ...

In response to the letter "We need an ecologically sensitive management plan," I certainly did not request all these plans you are requesting. Who is "we" who wants all these things? In fact, most ...

RENO, Nev. - A national group representing off-highway recreationists is suing the U.S. Forest Service to try to overturn a new travel management plan on national forest lands in the Sierra west of...

Winter sports can be a divisive issue. There are skiers and snowboarders, freestylers and racers, gapers and locals. But perhaps no two groups are as sharply divided as snowmobilers and cross country skiers.

U.S. Forest Service rangers and Douglas County Sheriff's Office Investigators are currently conducting a joint eradication operation of an illegal marijuana grow discovered in the Toiyabe Nation...

A large marijuana grow area was discovered near Jacks Valley in the Toiyabe National Forest along the eastern foothills, Douglas County authorities said Wednesday.
The Douglas County Sheriff's Office is looking for three suspects associated with the grow and have warned that the men are hiding in the forest and may emerge at any number of locations in Douglas County, including Glenbrook on the Lake Tahoe side.

Natural forces and human actions have affected the lake's clarity, physics, chemistry and biology since 1968, when UC Davis first began continuous monitoring of Lake Tahoe.
Despite an extreme weather year, overall clarity at Lake Tahoe improved in 2011. Yet underlying trends portray a more complex picture of the Lake Tahoe ecosystem, according to the annual “Tahoe: State of the Lake Report 2012,” released today by the Tahoe Environmental Research Center at the University of California, Davis.

Four small fires continued to burn Sunday in the Tahoe National Forest, sparked by Saturday's lightning storm, forest spokeswoman Ann Westling said."The lightning activity (Saturday) evening was no...

Children are invited to spend the day with scientists on Saturday, August 11, learning about the unique ecology, function, restoration and preservation of Lake Tahoe.