Unplug and Unwind
Carrying the weight of the world’s problems can be overwhelming. It’s time to unplug for a while and just enjoy being a kid.
Talking Politics
These turbulent social and political times can threaten friendships or build tension or even estrangement with family members. Here are some wellness tips for talking politics with loved ones.
Turning the Tassels
The Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation helps streamline the application process for the area’s numerous scholarships foundations.
Raise. Rehabilitate. Release.
Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care in South Lake Tahoe is neither a zoo nor a sanctuary, but a rehabilitation site that takes in abandoned and injured animals and birds. After medical attention and care, LTWC releases wildlife back into the wild.
My COVID Summer Vacation
Covid Summer Vacation: Burning man was canceled. You were outbid on that little cabin you loved. Your landlord sold your rental. You went swimming a few times.
Forest Foraging
Stir fry, add to a pizza or concoct a sweet jam with some delectable edible plants found right here in the Sierra. They’re out of this world — or more like “out of the wild!”
Gateway to the Future
Gateway Mountain Center gives at-risk youths a place to belong, access to valuable resources.
HSTT meeting the COVID challenge, but needs your help
The pandemic has thrown new challenges at HSTT, but the nonprofit keeps charging.
Gone from Tahoe: The American Pika
“With high metabolic rates and thick fur, pikas are well-adapted to the cold temperatures at high elevations, but these same adaptations make them vulnerable to global warming” (Joseph Stewart, 2017 study on pikas in the Tahoe region).