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Tahoe Area Sierra Club Summer Party
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 07/07/2013 - 8:21pm
Event Date:
July 17, 2013 - 5:00pm The Tahoe Area Sierra Club's annual Summer Party will be celebrated July 17th at Regan Beach. 5pm to 8pm. The sunset party will include an exhibit by local photographer Jon Paul, music and a silent auction. Gourmet food will be served along with select wine from Naked Wines. Tickets available at Aspen Hollow Nursery, Lake of the Sky Outfitters, Emerald Bay Nursery and League to Save Lake Tahoe.
$35.00 in advance and $40.00 at the door.
Location
Regan Beach
Corner of Lakeview and Fresno
South Lake Tahoe
United States
See map: Google Maps
Lake Tahoe agency scores critical victory in opening round of regional plan litigation
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 06/19/2013 - 1:42pmA federal judge Monday dismissed a number of claims made by plaintiffs Sierra Club and Friends of the West Shore challenging the Lake Tahoe Regional Plan Update recently approved by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and ordered the them to pay upfront TRPA’s costs associated with assembling the administrative record for the pending litigation.
An Evening with Justin Lichter presented by Lake of the Sky Outfitters and the Tahoe Area Sierra Club
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 05/01/2013 - 4:34pm
Event Date:
May 23, 2013 - 7:00pm Justin Lichter has hiked over 35,000 miles since 2002 and has completed the Pacific Crest Trail, the Continental Divide Trail, and the Appalachian Trail. He has also hiked in Canada, Iceland, New Zealand, Norway, Africa, and most recently the Himalaya.
Location
Unity at the Lake
1195 Rufus Allen Blvd.
South Lake Tahoe
United States
See map: Google Maps
An Evening with Suzanne Roberts and Tim Hauserman
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 03/02/2013 - 4:22pm
Event Date:
March 26, 2013 - 6:00pm Lake of the Sky Outfitters and the Tahoe Area Sierra Club invite you to join them for an Evening with local authors Suzanne Roberts and Tim Hauserman. They will be sharing slides and stories of their adventures and signing copies of their books, Almost Somewhere and Tahoe Rim Trail. You may purchase copies of these books at the event (cash or local checks only please). Admission is Free and there will be a free raffle drawing at the end of the evening.
Location
Emerald Bay Physical Therapy
812 Emerald Bay Road, SLT
Call 541-1027 for more info
United States
28° 17' 29.616" N, 82° 42' 57.2544" W
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My View: Notes from the front row
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 02/27/2013 - 6:00amLocal MusingsUnbelievable but believable. Of course the old guard Sierra Club would sue the regional plan. Given the number of years and hundreds and hundreds of meetings to bring together a fragil...
Guest column: Disappointed in the Sierra Club's lawsuit
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 02/22/2013 - 6:00amMy first job out of college was canvassing door-to-door in Los Angeles building a new membership base for the national Sierra Club. It was a tough job - especially when actress Holly Hunter slammed...
Marchetta: Standing up to save Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 02/20/2013 - 6:00amFollowing years of public process and serious discussions to improve one of the strictest environmental plans in the nation, the Sierra Club recently filed suit on the update of Lake Tahoe's Region...
TRPA Column: Standing Up to Save Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 02/19/2013 - 1:21pm
Following years of public process and serious discussions to improve one of the strictest environmental plans in the nation, the Sierra Club recently filed suit on the update of Lake Tahoe’s Regional Plan, a blueprint for the region’s long-term sustainability.
Sierra Club Meeting on February 20th 7:00pm
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 02/16/2013 - 8:50am
Event Date:
February 20, 2013 - 7:00pm Please join us to hear the Conservation Director of the Friends of the River, Steve Evans. Steve will share his photographs of wild places and rivers and share his insights on potential designation of wild and scenic status for the high reaches of the Upper Truckee River and other wild places in the Tahoe Basin.
Join us, bring a friend and share refreshments at our comfortable Unity gathering place.
Unity of the Lake Center
Rufus Allen Blvd
7:00pm
All members of the public are invited.
Free
TRPA disputes Sierra Club's statement
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 02/15/2013 - 7:23pmTahoe Regional Planning Agency representatives disputed a Thursday statement by the Sierra Club contending the planning agency refused to negotiate with the environmental group ahead of potential l...
Guest column: It's TRPA's fault Regional Plan lawsuit was filed
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 02/15/2013 - 6:00amThat a lawsuit has been filed by the Sierra Club and Friends of the West Shore against the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency's Regional Plan Update should come as no surprise to conservationists, poli...
Letter to the editor: A response to the lawsuit filed against the RPU
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 02/15/2013 - 6:00amIt is just as well the Sierra Club were not filing lawsuits 50 years ago, before the Tahoe ecosystem was overwhelmed by development. I'm sure we're all impressed by the newly formed "collaborative ...
Reid, Feinstein urged Sierra Club not to fight RPU
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 02/14/2013 - 6:19pmFederal legislators urged the Sierra Club not to delay the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency's Regional Plan Update prior to the environmental group's challenge to the wide-ranging plan this week.The ...
Regional Plan faces court challenge
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 02/12/2013 - 4:47pmThe Tahoe Regional Planning Agency's Regional Plan Update is headed to court.On Monday, the Sierra Club and Friends of the West Shore filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the TRPA's long-di...
League: Regional Plan Litigation Not Good for Lake Tahoe; Opposes Sierra Club's decision to litigate the adopted Regional Plan
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 02/12/2013 - 11:25amThe following statement is from Darcie Goodman Collins, PhD, Executive Director, League to Save Lake Tahoe:
“The League is disappointed that litigation has been filed on the regional plan. This is the wrong move for Lake Tahoe. While litigation is a useful tool of last resort, in this case, it will only delay the implementation of any positive environmental benefits contained in Tahoe’s new regional plan.
EarthJustice: Weakened Environmental Plan for Lake Tahoe Challenged in Court
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 02/12/2013 - 11:02am
Two Tahoe conservation groups, the Sierra Club and Friends of the West Shore, filed a federal lawsuit on Monday challenging new rules for Lake Tahoe that seriously reduce protections for the treasured mountain lake. The new Tahoe Regional Plan Update, approved in December by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA), shifts authority over future development decisions to local jurisdictions. The plan also allows those towns and counties to adopt weakened pollution controls that do not meet the minimum environmental requirements established by TRPA.
TRPA: Pointless lawsuit a major step backward for Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 02/11/2013 - 5:41pmA lawsuit was filed in federal district court today against the first significant update to environmental protection standards at Lake Tahoe since 1987, a move that rolls back the clock nearly that far on efforts to restore the Lake’s fragile ecosystem, according to the bi-state Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA), the defendant in the case.
Environmental groups challenge Lake Tahoe Regional Plan Update
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 02/11/2013 - 4:41pmThe Sierra Club and Friends of the West Shore filed a lawsuit Monday challening the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency's Regional Plan Update, according to a statement from the agency.Developing...Copy...
Can Lake Tahoe Stay Blue and Get Smart?
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 01/25/2013 - 1:38pmEarlier this month, a federal judge ruled that an expansion plan for Homewood Mountain Resort on the shores of Lake Tahoe would not be allowed to move forward without further considering a scaled-back alternative with less environmental impact. The Sierra Club, which joined with a local environmental group and Earthjustice to bring the suit against the resort, is calling the decision a victory. But so is Tahoe's regional planning agency, because, it says, at least the judge did not say the environmental review was flawed.
Lake Tahoe Regional Plan Update approved
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 12/12/2012 - 6:34pm
For the first time since 1987, Lake Tahoe has a new regional plan for development and land use.
Twelve of the 14 voting members of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency's governing board voted in favor of the new plan, with one member voting against it and another abstaining, according to TRPA spokesman Jeff Cowan.
Business interests say the plan is an overdue overhaul of regulations that will jump-start Tahoe's tourism economy while also protecting its environment.
Sierra Club: Lake Tahoe plan 'unfocused'
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/25/2012 - 5:06pmWhether a proposal to guide development at Lake Tahoe for years to come goes far enough to protect the area's natural environment continues to be a concern for area conservationists.Laurel Ames, wi...
An Evening with Robert Hanna, Great, Great, Grandson of John Muir
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/23/2012 - 2:22pm
Event Date:
November 16, 2012 - 7:00pm Join Lake of the Sky Outfitters and the Tahoe Area Sierra Club for an evening with the Great Great Grandson of John Muir, Robert Hanna. He will share stories about John Muir and speak about how he has been inspired to carry on his Great Great Grandfather's legacy in his own work as an advocate for California's State Parks.
Admission is free and there will be light refreshments served as well as a free raffle.
Call 541-1027 for more info.
Location
Unity at the Lake
1195 Rufus Allen Blvd.
United States
38° 56' 16.2276" N, 119° 58' 24.96" W
See map: Google Maps
Wilderness area proposal would harm Lake Tahoe economy says public Pro-Access group
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 08/27/2012 - 2:58pm
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.
Mountain flower author to speak at Sierra Club meeting
Submitted by admin on Fri, 07/13/2012 - 6:00pmLittle opposition over plan to boost Burning Man crowd size
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 04/09/2012 - 3:26pmRENO (AP) - When it drew much smaller crowds in the 1990s, the Burning Man festival generated strong opposition from the Sierra Club and other groups over its impact to the northern Nevada desert.B...
It's a draw in League vs. TRPA on Shorezone Plan
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 03/20/2012 - 11:10amSo who won? Both the League to Save Lake Tahoe and the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency have hailed a Feb. 29 decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals regarding TRPA's Shorezone Plan, a comprehensive document which governs lakeshore development, including the number of piers and buoys allowed on the lake.
Kudos & Kindness: Members, speaker, event host made Tahoe Sierra Club meeting a success
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 5:33pmTahoe Sierra Club thanks all its members and the community for attending our meeting on March 8. We send special thanks to our speaker, Will Richardson, and to cosponsor Tahoe Institute for Natural...
Talk Thursday on wildlife and Tahoe winters
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 6:00amThe Tahoe Area Sierra Club invites the publicy for a talk about winter wildlife at 7 p.m. Thursday at Emerald Bay Physical Therapy, 812 Emerald Bay Road (Highway 89, north of the Y, on left past Al...
Court Orders New Study of Boat Buoys on Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Editor on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 11:02amOn Feb. 29 the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) acted illegally in not analyzing the boat pollution impacts for over one thousand illegal boat mooring buoys in the lake and that it must do so before it can approve other lake development.
The appeals court upheld a lower court ruling that found proposed amendments to the shoreline development plan were invalid. Under the new ruling, TRPA will retain discretion in how it will conduct a new study of the impacts of legalizing these buoys.
Homewood lawsuit: Court rejects plaintiffs' request for shorezone judge
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 02/10/2012 - 11:07amThe Tahoe Regional Planning Agency received a positive ruling in the opening stages of the lawsuit challenging the Homewood Mountain Ski Area Master Plan that was filed by the Sierra Club and the Friends of the West Shore.
Lawsuit prevents Homewood from starting
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 01/06/2012 - 8:26amEarthjustice on behalf of Friends of the West Shore and Tahoe Sierra Club is suing to stop the project that was approved Dec. 14 by the Tahoe Regional ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../lawsuit-prevents-hom...
TRPA and Placer County Sued Over Homewood
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 7:01pmThe Tahoe Regional Planning Agency received a notice of intent to file suit on the recent approval of the Homewood Mountain Resort Ski Area Master Plan project, officials said.
EarthJustice, on behalf of the Sierra Club and Friends of the West Shore, lists both TRPA and Placer County as defendants in the lawsuit filed Thursday in U.S. District Court of Eastern California. Absent from the suit is the League to Save Lake Tahoe, which implied that it likely wouldn't sue when the project was unanimously approved last month by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency's Governing Board.
