Tag: tahoe basin

High on the Meeks Ridge Trail, Sandor Lengyel turns dead and downed trees into magnificent trailside benches — and a simple place to sit — into a lasting legacy.

A former USFS hydrologist with 28 years of experience is urging residents to fight to maintain the Roadless Rule to protect water, forests, and wildlife. We need to improve the rule, not erase it.

Tahoe’s roadless lands have long preserved clean water, wildlife habitat, recreation, and local economies. A proposed repeal of the Roadless Rule could now expose millions of protected acres to expanded logging and industrial use.

Tahoe City is looking to become a Firewise community, the first town in the Tahoe Basin. North Tahoe Fire’s Michael Haran shares details on what’s to come.

A ski patroller turned journalist confronts Tahoe’s warming winters as rain replaces snow, seasons shrink, and science warns of a low-snow future, threatening mountain culture in the American West.

The TRPA is embarking on a new environmental review that will shape the future of housing and Tahoe’s environment. MAP encourages citizens to get involved in the process.

News Briefs Applications Open for 2025/26 Community Wildfire Prevention Grants TRUCKEE Truckee Fire is accepting applications for the Community Wildfire Prevention Grant Program. This funding opportunity, made...

School district receives more than $190,000 in grants; 30 days of free storage for Davis Fire evacuees; expanded Mountaineer service this winter; more.

What are the limits for artificial lighting around the Tahoe Basin? The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and Placer and Washoe counties chime in on regulations, and why light pollution could decline.

You don’t have to be a professional scientist to help monitor Lake Tahoe. There are apps that allow anyone to become a citizen scientist by reporting what they see at the lake, or get their hands dirty by participating in a water quality monitoring day.