lake tahoe wildlife

Man Who Rescued "Tahoe" the Bear Cub Comes Forward

There was a mystery as to how baby "Tahoe" made her way to the doorstep of the BEAR League almost two weeks ago, but today, that mystery has been solved.

Tahoe, the Bear Cub

Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care filmed "Tahoe" the bear cub rescued last week. The 5.4 pound cub was dropped off at the Bear League offices and brought to LTWC in South Lake Tahoe.

New Bear Cub Greeted at Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care

A 5.4 pound bear cub is the newest guest at Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care. The female, about 10 weeks old, was dropped off at the front door of the Bear League without a note or any word on where the bear came from or where her mother may be.

The cub is just learning to walk, but according to LTWC, she doesn't quite have the hang of it. They say her overall condition is good and she is eating pretty well, even with being so young.

More information can be found on the group's website.

Photos provided by Dan Thrift.

Too Early to Tell Success of New Trash Pick Up Times in South Lake Tahoe

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.

Bear Found Injured on the Slopes at Heavenly Valley

A young cub was found injured near Gunbarrel at Heavenly Valley Ski Resort on Monday. This story and video is from KCRA-TV out of Sacramento. South Lake Tahoe's Bruce Rettig is shown carrying the bear. The cub is now resting at Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care.

Movie Night at Lake of the Sky Outfitters

Event Date: 
February 28, 2014 - 7:00pm

Lake of the Sky Outfitters will be showing the film "Storm over Everest" on Friday February 28th at 7:00pm. This gripping story is about the 1996 tragedy on Mt. Everest which was originally chronicled in the book "Into Thin Air". Produced by American climber and film maker David Breashears who was on the mountain as the events unfolded on that fateful night and participated in the rescue attempts. He takes us back to the mountain and also interviews survivors of the event.

Location

Lake of the Sky Outfitters
1023 Emerald Bay Rd. South Lake Tahoe
United States

American Century Golf Championship Distributes Over $145,000 to Local Non-Profits

Twenty-eight area nonprofits were awarded $85,000 in donations from the 2013 American Century Championship. In a ceremony on Thursday, the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority distributed the checks through funds raised during the annual celebrity golf tournament.

Out and About in South Lake Tahoe

We found lots of things to enjoy while out and about in South Lake Tahoe today!

The Pumpkin and Pony Festival at Forest Suites had several things for everyone to enjoy. There were local business booths, a pumpkin patch, pony and tractor rides, a climbing wall and bouncy house, live music and two food booths and historical entertainment. You can still catch this on Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm.

The South Tahoe Music Department had a rummage sale in the parking lot of the Emerald Bay Center for Women's Health to raise money for the music programs.

The Garden Party

Event Date: 
October 3, 2013 - 1:00pm

A day of food, family and fun benefiting local firefighters, veterans and LTWC. Live music all day featuring: Adient Zoo, Groovebox, Black Star Safari, 3-piece puzzle, Hot sticky mess, Deep Fryed Mojo and many more! Dog friendly, beer & wine garden, free bike valet, food vendors & BBQ, tons of free door prizes, games and contests for humans and dogs!

Free entry for local firefighters (+2 guests for half price). All profits donated to Father's House Ministries, dedicated to the rehabilitation of our veterans, LTWC and South Lake Tahoe Fire Department.

Raccoon skinning leads to arrest of at-large parolee, registered sex offender

South Lake Tahoe police arrested a man on Monday for allegedly skinning a raccoon after a foot chase ended on the South Tahoe Middle School ball field.

Kevin Burroughs, 37, faces several charges including unlawful taking of wildlife. He is also a parolee and a registered sex offender out of California and had a felony warrant for being a parolee-at-large. The raccoon’s remains were recovered and destroyed by Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care.

Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care holds open house on Sunday

Event Date: 
August 4, 2013 - 10:00am

This Sunday, August 4, is the Annual Open House at Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

This is the one opportunity of the year that the public is allowed to pass beyond our fenced area and see the cages and animals which are in rehabilitation.

Taylor Creek Visitor Center hosts bird and native species festivals

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:

Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care preparing for summer

Though many of the units at Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care remain empty, there’s still a bustle about the place. LTWC recently held its annual volunteer training day and a new batch of volunteers, along with founders Tom and Cheryl Milham, have been readying the facility for the busy summer season.
Go here for the full story.

Taylor Creek Visitor Center hosts Native Species Festival

Event Date: 
June 9, 2013 - 10:00am

The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will host the third annual Native Species Festival on Sunday, June 9, 2013. Residents and visitors are invited to attend this free family event 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.

Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care releases bear cubs into the wild

Two black bear cubs confiscated from a suspected poacher have been returned to the wilderness. The cubs spent seven months at a Lake Tahoe wildlife center with almost no human contact and now they are big enough to make it on their own. Here is the story of their release only on ABC7 News.

It is a big day for some bear cubs that almost did not get to grow up. They were found last summer at a Nevada County gas station, taken from a man charged with illegally killing their mother. They weighed just 15 pounds each and would have no chance alone in the forest.

Lake Tahoe wildlife center is busy with bears

Winter is usually a slow time for a wildlife rescue center at Lake Tahoe, but this year is different. The center has more orphaned bear cubs than ever before. The good news is, they are all healthy and will be returned to the wild. ABC7 News took a look at what it takes to give a baby bear a second chance at life.

You may remember some bear cubs we showed you last summer when they were confiscated in Nevada County, taken from a man who was trying to sell them. One little cub was found near Alpine Meadows Ski Resort. Her mother was illegally killed by a hunter using dogs.

Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care having one of its busiest years ever

A Lake Tahoe wildlife center is having one of its busiest years ever. Animals in need have been arriving nearly non-stop for weeks.
The people who run the center are doing their best to keep up — they've got some great success stories — but the center needs a new home.
At Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care, run by Cheryl and Tom Millham, a sick bobcat recently arrived, and there's a great horned owl recovering from a broken wing. The owl had surgery and now the challenge is to keep him calm and discourage him from flapping his wing while it mends.

Freshies Annual Benefit Dinner Tuesday for Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care, Tahoe Youth and Family Services

Event Date: 
December 18, 2012 - 5:00pm

Tuesday, Dec. 18 will be an opportunity for all to have a nice, healthy dinner and support both Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care and Tahoe Youth and Family Services.
Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care will be at Freshies, 3330 Lake Tahoe Blvd., South Lake Tahoe, 5 to 9 p.m. for a photograph showing of some of the birds and animals we've cared for recently and will answer any questions.

Lake Tahoe Wildlife Bear Cubs Begin Hibernation

Are you ready for some fun? Well, it may be ‘fun’ for us, BUT for our seven bear cub in the BEAR Cage at Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care, it is not so much fun for them.

We are putting them into hibernation. Yesterday (Monday, Nov. 12), they ate their 'Last Supper.’ Today, they were introduced to some green tree limbs, supplied to LTWC by Ed Cook of Ed Cook’s Tree Service in South Lake Tahoe. The cubs knew exactly what to do with the limbs. They started chewing them.

Record number of bears, bobcats at Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care

Crates of produce clutter the floor of Tom and Cheryl Millham's garage. The freezer is packed full of fish and there's 16 cups of animal-milk formula in the fridge. The food is testament to the healthy appetites of eight growing bear cubs at Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care.

Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care Update: Bobcats, 'Chips' plus a Golden Eagle release on Sunday

As ‘some’ of you may be aware, Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care now has a total of FIVE (5) bobcats in house. We have had a total of six this year, which is the most we have EVER had, but the one we got in about a month ago, was just with us for about 3 days, after being hit by a car in the Woodfords, Calif., area. We got ‘her’ back so she could - hopefully – take care of her babies.

Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care busy with birds, bobcats and bears

South Lake Tahoe celebrates big fish during Kokanee Salmon Festival at Taylor Creek

Event Date: 
October 7, 2012 (All day)

Celebrate the annual fall migration of the Kokanee salmon of Lake Tahoe at the Taylor Creek Visitor Center. The Visitor Center is located three miles north of South Lake Tahoe on Highway 89. Join the fun and participate in this free family event which has become one of the most fascinating educational and wildlife viewing events in Northern California.
The festival encourages participation by children and their parents in a wide variety of educational and entertaining activities including:

Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care's Bear TV goes viral

It's South Lake Tahoe's very own reality TV show. There are five rowdy cubs in the bear den, a pint-sized celebrity named Chips in the bobcat area, and a group of playful raccoons who like the nigh...

Baby bobcat, Chips, healing well at LTWC

She's gone through fire to get here, but the 8-week-old bobcat, nicknamed Chips by the firefighter who found her, wolfed down her mashed mouse on Thursday at the Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care facilit...

Dinner with Chips at Lake Tahoe Wildlife

The bobcat which was saved from the Chips fire near Lake Almanor, Calif., is seen below eating a meal while at Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care in South Lake Tahoe. 'Chips' was rescued by a fireman working the blaze. She is about 1-1/2 pounds and has second degree burns on all four paws.
Go here for live webcams of animals at the facility.

Lake Tahoe Wildlife Center releases Golden Eagle

Event Date: 
August 26, 2012 (All day)

Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care released its first Golden Eagle of the season on Sunday at Carson Pass. Release is the final process of the three areas of wildlife rehabilitation.
For the next three weeks, Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care's Eagle Team will be exercising a minimum of three eagles, preparing them for release back to the wild.
Go here for more about Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care.

Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care open house today

Event Date: 
August 5, 2012 - 10:00am

Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care, which cares for and rehabilitates sick and injured animals, is having its open house today, Sunday, August 5, from 10 am to 4 p.m.
Tom Millham of the center reports having eagles, bears, bobcats, raccoons and a river otter, plus more to see. The Millhams also want to show off its new expanded Bear TV video operation which has nine cameras looking in at all of the wildlife.
Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care will also have retail items for sale as well, including t-shirts, hats, jackets and its new 'metal' LTWC license plate holders.

Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care opens doors to public for one day

Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care facility takes in bear cubs

The Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care family got a bit bigger Friday when two orphaned black bear cubs from Nevada City arrived. The Department of Fish and Game rescued the 5-month-old cubs in a Nevada C...

Lake Tahoe hosts 3,300 plus for America's Most Beautiful Bike Ride

Imagine the scenic beauty of Lake Tahoe with its crystal clear blue waters surrounded by towering majestic snow capped peaks. Imagine being able to ride a bicycle around its 72-mile shoreline or a 100-mile century ride. On Sunday more than, 3,300-plus bicycling enthusiasts from all over the country will participate in the 21st annual America’s Most Beautiful Bike Ride around Lake Tahoe.

New bear cub brought to Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care

Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care has taken in a new bear cub, reports Tom Millham, founder. The cub came from the Humboldt area in northwest California, "because its mom was found dead." The cub was transported by LTWC Volunteer Linda McKenzie and her husband, Lonny.

Six yearling bears nursed at Lake Tahoe are returned back to Mother Nature

Rehabilitated through Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care, a total of six orphaned bear cubs have been returned to the wild this spring, ending the California Department of Fish and Game's 2012 yearling bear release program.
The cubs were found in various locations around the state in the summer months of 2011 and were rehabilitated at Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care prior to being judged ready to return to the wild. The state program is ongoing and will continue as new cubs come into the facility.

Long-time Lake Tahoe lawman Les Lovell retires

Since as far back as he could remember, Les Lovell wanted to be a law enforcement officer.
The notions of keeping peace and preserving justice were always on his radar and for 30-plus years, the now-retired senior lieutenant for the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office Lake Tahoe Branch fulfilled his commitment.

Injured cub leaves Tahoe to return home to the wild

No. 8626 is home. While still small at 35 pounds, this black bear left Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care at the break of dawn Thursday headed for Soda Lake near San Luis Obispo. This is the area where she was picked up in September and where California Department of Fish and Game officials released her later Thursday.

Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care eyes Echo Creek Ranch for relocation

A 16-acre parcel near where Highways 89 and 50 meet is being scoped as a possible and permanent relocation site for Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care.
The property, known as Echo Creek Ranch, sits in an estate and trust by the late Alex Graf and once had a value of about $7 million during the height of the real estate boom. 

The Burton Star Wars Experience Continues

The Force is strong at Sierra for Younglings and Padawans this winter in Yoda's Riglet Park at Wild Moutain Children's Center. The Burton Star Wars Experience uses the beloved intergalactic saga to help children ages 3-6 make their first snowboard turns using Burton's innovative Riglet Reel Technology.

The latest from Sierra-at-Tahoe

Lots of news out of Sierra-at-Tahoe.

Sierra-at-Tahoe's Snowsports Week to benefit the South Tahoe community; Tickets available now

Each year Sierra-at-Tahoe teams up with the Barton Foundation as a way to give back to the South Lake Tahoe Community. Ski or ride all day for just $35 from Feb. 13-16.

Ready for the wild: Tahoe bear cubs rehabilitated and set free

Three bear cubs, nursed back to health by Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care, Inc., were released into the wild this week.
The bears, each close to a year old, were brought to the South Lake Tahoe facility last summer where they were found malnourished and without mothers.
The California Department of Fish and Game released one of the cubs, a female, north of Truckee on Tuesday and two were taken to Alpine County on Wednesday. The cubs were put into winter dens made by Fish and Game biologists.

RAOK: Emotional freedom for people and animals

He rescued a pigeon that flew into an office window, calmed it down and then took it to Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care. Larry is the winner of a 45-minute Emotional ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../raok-emotion...

KUDOS & KINDNESS: Wonderful community participation at fundraiser

On Dec. 7, Freshies Restaurant hosted its 11th annual Christmas Charity Event to benefit Bread and Broth and Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care. One hundred percent of proceeds were split between these two g...

Freshies hosts fundraiser for LTWC

Eat at Freshies (3330 Lake Tahoe Blvd., No. 3, South Lake Tahoe) on Dec. 7 from 6-9pm for $10 to help raise money for Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care. LTWC is an ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../freshies-hosts-f...

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