Kudos to the Northern Sierra Partnership, an effort to buy undeveloped land in the Sierra Nevada in order to preserve them for future generations before any large scale building starts to occur.
Via Mercury News:
Jim and Becky Morgan of Los Altos Hills — he, the retired CEO of Applied Materials and she, a former Santa Clara [...]
I packed the gear the night before, Dara checked the weather, and I was even somewhat awake at 6 am. It seemed like sneaking out on a Wednesday morning to drive to Lake Tahoe was shaping up to be an excellent idea. I had taken the day off from work
Ty Dayberry, a South Lake Tahoe local and member of Heavenly Ski Resort’s “High Roller Team,” is featured in the new extreme telemark skiing film, The Freeheel Life.
The film documents the travels and descents of some of the world’s best freeheel
While Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger promised to keep California State Parks open, he didn’t stress how drastic some changes would be to deal with the 14.2 million dollar reduction in the Park budget.
A summary of the service reductions in store for
After months of waiting, two popular bouldering areas located in the hills above Santa Barbara have reopened to public use. The Brickyard, a remarkable sandstone boulderfield that holds such classics as Yeti (V4) and Grotesque Old Woman (V7), and
From the realm of the superhuman:
Between Oct. 16-21 Doug Engelkirk managed to send Leaning Tower’s Westie Face (V 5.13a /b AO , 9 pitches, 700 feet) and Washington Column’s Quantum Mechanic (V 5.13a , 15 pitches, 1000 feet) in Yosemite National
The Mammoth and Mono Lake Ranger districts together with the BLM office in Bishop, CA have scheduled several fire projects during the upcoming fall and winter months to reduce hazardous fuel buildup and to improve the condition of wild habitats.
Homewood is doing some simple, but powerful, things to keep Tahoe blue.
They’ve begun an effort to keep sediment from running right down the hill and into the lake. If you haven’t been to Homewood, it sits right across the street from Lake Tahoe
The Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit of the U.S. Forest Service is seeking public comment on the actions proposed to deal with invasive plant species on National Forest lands in the Lake Tahoe Area.
According to the public letter issued by the F
With more than 4,800 actions planned across 179 countries the International Day of Climate Change, scheduled tomorrow October 24, has the potential to become the largest public demonstration devoted to climate issues ever.
The events are being c
