• Lake Tahoe locals receive free admission to the Tahoe Maritime Museum in Homewood on March 10 and April 14.

• Since setting goals in 2008 to reduce energy consumption at its ski resorts, Vail Resorts says it has reduced energy use by 10 percent, and plans to cut use by another 10 percent by 2020.

• Spin-A-Yarn at the South Lake Tahoe library is Wednesdays 5–7 pm through May and the first Saturday of each month. This is an informal gathering of knitters and crocheters. All ages and experience levels are welcome.

• Here is the weekly roadwork schedule from Caltrans for the Sierra and El Dorado-Tahoe.

• The Truckee Donner Land Trust this month put in a bid to buy the 3,000-acre Royal Gorge property on Donner Summit.