Tag: Sierra Nevada

For time immemorial, the native Wasiw people have commemorated the late summer and autumn seasons with celebrations and harvests. Though times change, the practices live on.

Wildflower or not, the rubber rabbitbrush sure puts on a show in early autumn with its golden bloom.

News Briefs Sierra Region Delegation Calls for Restoration of Federal Forest Service Funding ROCKLIN On April 18, elected officials and agency leaders from across the Sierra region,...

News Briefs Sierra Nevada Mountain Towns Mobilize to Support LA Wildfire Victims TRUCKEE When wildfires strike, the impact reverberates throughout California, demonstrating the interconnectedness of our communities....

RNO reports busiest summer in almost 2 decades; more.

Lake Tahoe sewage spill health advisory; Tevis Cup mourns loss of two horses; trail conflicts prompt new initiative; and more.

“It’s a heart-hurt to view idling vehicles lined up as far as the eye can see,” our editors say collectively in this month’s group editorial. “There is a carrying capacity inherent for any system and clearly we are exceeding ours here.”

Local teens learn to stay alive when lost in the backcountry from Tahoe Nordic Search and Rescue Team members in an annual avalanche survival class offered to students for free.

The author of this My Shot is part of the new coalition Take Back Tahoe which aims to restrict the number and location of STRs on the North Shore; here’s her outline of the extent of the problem and solutions she sees that could start to solve it.

How the forest creatures see our winter plowing shenanigans: rearranging snow.