By Peter Fimrite, San Francisco Chronicle Bigger, more intense forest fires, longer droughts, warmer ocean temperatures and an ever shrinking snowpack in the Sierra Nevada are “unequivocal” evidence of the ruinous domino-effects that climate change is having on California, a new California Environmental Protection Agency report states. The 350-page report released Wednesday tracks 36 indicators […]
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By Associated Press Gov. Jerry Brown signed an executive order on Thursday that aims to reduce the dangers of wildfires following some of the deadliest and most destructive blazes in state history. The order calls for accelerating forest management procedures such as cutting back dense stands of trees and setting controlled fires to burn […]
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By Kathryn Reed It is estimated that at least 4,700 gallons of a toxic chemical reached the West Fork of the Carson River after a tractor trailer crashed May 9 near Woodfords. “The thinking is a lot of it went into the water. They just don’t have any specific number,” Scott Ferguson with Lahontan Regional […]
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By Susan Wood STATELINE – You know it’s a new day and age of politics when much of the focus for local government is on the party system. Hence, the upcoming primary election for Nevadans is June 12, a week after California’s, and the candidates running for two seats on the Douglas County Board of […]
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By William Moomaw, The Conversation Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt recently told a group of forestry executives and students that from now on the U.S. government would consider burning wood to generate electricity, commonly known as forest or woody biomass, to be “carbon neutral.” The executives, who had gathered at an Earth Day celebration […]
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By Kathryn Reed Unknown amounts of a bleach-like chemical spilled into the Carson River on Wednesday near Woodfords. Even though the tanker truck carrying the sodium hypochlorite crashed into a power pole about 10am May 9, no one had been allowed into the area as of 6pm because of the danger the chemical poses. Depending […]
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By Kathryn Reed A stressful two years has ended with South Tahoe High School now being fully accredited. “Sometimes in crisis comes the opportunity for reestablishing a focus,” Superintendent Jim Tarwater told Lake Tahoe News. The Western Association of Schools and Colleges had placed the school on a two-year probationary status in 2016. Lake Tahoe […]
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By Kendra Pierre-Louis, New York Times There are certain axioms about the natural world we learn as children. The sea is salty. Plants grow toward light. Bears hibernate in winter. But as climate change leads to warmer winters, later falls and earlier springs — which can disrupt both food supplies and biological rhythms — American […]
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By Susan Wood Farmers’ markets sprout summer like no other symbol of outdoor living. At Lake Tahoe, it’s almost an emotional tie to Mother Earth’s bounty after enduring the harsh nature of winter. It’s also a time to connect with neighbors – whether here permanently or part time. The South Shore kicks off the season […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal An American Indian tribe with deep roots in the Lake Tahoe basin is seeking to reclaim land that’s part of a Nevada resort area. The Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California wants to ask Congress for nearly 375 acres of federal land in Incline Village. The property includes land that’s […]
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