29 Nov Tahoe’s Electric Evolution
From the farthest stretches of the globe to the streets of Tahoe, the rise of the electric vehicle has been explosive over the last decade....
26 Sep Advocacy in Architecture
For nearly seven decades, the League to Save Lake Tahoe has been one of Lake Tahoe’s strongest voices, advancing restoration, preservation and sustainability. So when it came time for the League, which also goes by its famous slogan Keep Tahoe Blue, to expand its own...
01 Jul Filming for Conservation
As a published author, Joe Flannery has always had a knack for descriptive storytelling—the ability to paint a vivid picture in readers’ heads through the eloquent use of words. Then he discovered an even more effective means of communicating with his audience....
22 Feb The (Artificial) Grass Isn’t Always Greener
As the Tahoe Basin and much of the American West have weathered protracted periods of drought in recent decades, artificial lawns have been touted as a potential means of reducing water consumption. Water officials and conservationists have an increasingly dim view of the immaculately green lawn,...
27 Nov Counting the Snow
On Donner Summit, in the middle of last winter, deepening snowbanks appeared to swallow the Central Sierra Snow Lab. Only the uppermost windows of the three-story-tall A-frame were visible. A steep pathway dug into the snow led down to the front door, which in dry...
25 Sep Pollinators in Peril: California’s Native Bees Face an Uncertain Future
Imagine a baby-pool-sized bowl filled with food so irresistibly delicious that you were enticed to crawl inside and start eating it by the handful. Welcome to the messy, but undoubtedly delectable, life of a bee....
27 Jun California’s Killer Plants
Hunger is one of nature’s most potent motivators. Just ask the Donner Party. But while these starving settlers might be the most famous Sierra residents to seek out “alternative” food sources to survive, they were not the first. Hidden in mosquito-infested wetlands, carnivorous plants of the...
24 Feb Don’t Count Out the Bristlecone
Hard to comprehend how many stunning sunsets, torrential blizzards and cold, windy nights a Great Basin bristlecone pine tree sees in its lifetime. These remarkable trees, found only on high mountain ridges in Utah, Nevada and eastern California, are some of the longest-living organisms on...
30 Nov Protect Our Winters Rallies the Outdoor State
Our next meeting is in 15 minutes. Capitol Hill is a bit overwhelming. We all feel it, but everyone also seems to be riding the collective good energy of our mission. We are athletes and creatives from across the country, and we are meeting with...
27 Sep Of Mysis and Men
Brant Allen’s three-month stint at Lake Tahoe has lasted 34 years so far. After graduating from UC Santa Barbara with a marine biology degree, Allen was looking for short-term jobs in freshwater fisheries. He ended up taking a temporary position at a picturesque alpine lake shared...