Podcasts about lake tahoe basin

  Welcome back to the Tahoe TAP — your go-to podcast for all Things, Adventure, and People around the Lake Tahoe Basin! Your hosts, Mike Peron and Rob Galloway, are back in the booth with a fresh episode packed with local news updates and a spotlight into the incredible work of Jenny Hatch, Executive Director of the Sierra Nevada Alliance.   Jenny has been leading conservation work, in collaboration with diverse partners, for over twenty years. Raised in the Sierra, Jenny earned a B.A. in Conservation Biology from the University of Nevada, Reno, in 2001. While in college, Jenny served two terms with AmeriCorps. Her career background includes work in watershed restoration, wildlife and conservation biology, horticulture as a Master Gardener, and initiating the Aquatic Invasive Species prevention projects for Lake Tahoe. Jenny balances her leadership role at the Alliance with mothering three children and many community volunteer commitments. Her hobbies include painting, yoga, playing and seeing live music with her husband, biking, trail running, skiing, traveling, and enjoying anything outdoors.

As fall colors hit their peak in the Sierra Nevada, the guys chat about a variety of topics, highlighted by sharing some new must-ride trail beta on Buzzards Roost Ridge and Mill Canyon/Lost Cannon loop, news of the Forest Service not hiring seasonal employees in 2025 and what it means for the public, the ups and downs of Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) with traffic, congestion and a lack of emergency evacuation planning in the Lake Tahoe Basin, the announcement of Homewood Resort not opening this winter after TRPA called out mega-billionaires trying to privatize the resort and a mountain bike pilot program on Mount Tam being squashed by eco zealots. Listeners also call into the 888 COR LORD hotline with some observational rants, the guys share their opinion of what a “core lord” actually is and the boys introduce a new segment on the show – Dope or Derp? 2:50 – Can you say “Indian Summer” to describe warm and calm fall conditions? Bumper crop of pine nuts in the Toiyabe this fall.6:40 – Clearing Marysville Canyon trail, a feeder trail up to the Toiyabe Crest Trail.10:00 – “Forest Bathing” – nothing beats being in an aspen grove in fall colors.12:00 – Conway Summit on 395 is the Los Angeles/Bay Area tourist border line.14:30 – Driving to Lundy Lake and hiking up to the May Lundy Mine.15:45 – Driving over Lucky Boy Pass from Hawthorne, NV to Bridgeport, CA.17:30 – Riding the resurrected Buzzards Roost Ridge trail near Quincy.22:00 – Riding the 14-mile Lost Cannon-Mill Canyon trail loop near Walker, CA, part of the Orogenesis and Sierra Camino trail route.25:30 – The summer of close call fires in Reno/Tahoe. Mill Fire, Bear Fire, Davis Fire, Quilici Fire.30:50 – US Forest Service will not be hiring any season employees for 2025, except fire personnel. This will have huge impacts on campgrounds, trails and all avalanche centers.35:00 – US public lands are an international draw for tourists around the world and our public lands are woefully underfunded.37:00 – Playing some calls from the COR LORD hotline. Wing foiling, ebike rant, sharing more detail when describing locations of trails and backcountry skiing lines.1:02:30 – Marin County debacle. Pilot mountain bike trail program on Mount Tam was about to go live when a group of eco zealots sued to suspend the program.1:08:00 – Lake Tahoe is the third oldest freshwater lake in the world. 2.5 million years old. Hurricane Helene dropped an equivalent of all the water in Lake Tahoe on the Southeast.1:12:00 – Tahoe Regional Planning Agency – TRPA – accused of perpetuating negative impacts from recreation when they are tasked with minimizing negative impacts. The construction of the East Shore trail and the impacts from increased tourism.1:15:00 – East Shore trail from Incline Village to Sand Harbor has become overrun with tourists.1:18:00 – There is no emergency evacuation plan from the Tahoe Basin in the event of a wildfire. How do you evacuate millions of tourists from the Tahoe Basin in an emergency?1:23:30 – The other side of TRPA – Homewood Resort announced they are not operating winter of 2024-25 because of a conflict between public and private access to the resort.1:32:00 – COR LORD CALL-IN questions: What is the definition of a Core Lord? If you had a suffer a natural disaster loss, would you rather lose everything in a fire or flood?1:38:30 – A new segment for Mind the Track – Dope or Derp? Oakley goggle glasses. Skinning up a ski resort for exercise. A ski resort in Ruby Mountains near Elko.1:52:00 – A closing comment about Artificial Intelligence – AI.

Bears are fascinating, and I was blown away by last week's conversation with Toogee Sielsch on the urbanization of black bears in Lake Tahoe Basin (if you haven't listened to the episode yet, go back). This week, I wanted to learn more about bear biology and behavior, and who better to ask than wildlife biologist Jim Akenson. Jim conducted a tremendous black bear study in Northeast Oregon back in the early 90s. He and his team used a variety of methods, including hounds and climbing trees, to trap, tag, and monitor bears. In this episode, Jim recounts what he learned about black bear communication and behavior, size, den choice, reproduction, and more while studying these intelligent animals.   Check out the new DECKED system and get free shipping 

What happens when black bears are drawn to urban areas? Here to tell us, is long time Lake Tahoe resident and bear expert, Toogee Sielsch. For Toogee, what started as an interest in black bears quickly snowballed into helping neighbors evict them from under their homes.  He now uses his knowledge and skills to give back through bear safe education, bear evictions, and lending out electric bear mats to community members, all free of charge. The black bear population in Lake Tahoe Basin is incredibly high, with an estimated 2 bears per square mile. This increased density dramatically effects everything about the urbanized black bear, from its behavior and offspring production to its food selection and foraging skills. In this episode, Toogee walks me through the differences between wild and urbanized bears, and what we can do to protect ourselves and our properties from those bears who are far too comfortable with people. Toogee on InstagramProtect your home and learn more at bearwise.orgCheck out the new DECKED system and get free shipping 

The Biden-Harris Administration announced on June 20 it would spend over $3 million to fund projects that protect the Lake Tahoe Basin.

Lake Tahoe is the largest alpine lake in North America. Attracting about 15M visitors annually, it continues to be a popular year-round vacation destination. The Lake Tahoe Basin, however, remains largely undeveloped primarily due to strict regulations from the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA). On this episode, join real estate attorney Michael Cabrera as he discusses the basics of TRPA and the complex regulatory framework that real estate developers and investors must navigate to move forward with projects in the Lake Tahoe Basin.

Lake Tahoe has long been a playground for the rich and famous. More often than not, wealth and fame is a close friend to crime and power. But what really lies behind the legends that the lake is the final resting place those who dared to cross the mob back in the 50's & 60's? And that the cold, dark waters have preserved those bodies to the extent that they would be recognizable today? Let's explore. The organization we are highlighting this episode is: Organization description: The League to Save Lake Tahoe protects and restores the environmental health, sustainability and scenic beauty of the Lake Tahoe Basin. We focus on water quality and its clarity for the preservation of a pristine Lake for future generations. BECOME A PATREON HERE: https://www.patreon.com/vivaamerica Our sources for this episode are: https://www.history.com/news/frank-sinatra-mob-ties-fbi-file https://www.tahoedailytribune.com/news/tahoes-good-fellas/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jacques-Cousteau https://snowbrains.com/the-history-of-the-cal-neva-lodge-on-lake-tahoe/ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2011-aug-09-la-me-missing-diver-20110809-story.html https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frank-Sinatra/The-Rat-Pack-and-the-mob https://blog.padi.com/how-deep-can-you-scuba-dive-maximum-depth/

Cal Fire spokesman Henry Herrera updates on the battle against the Caldor Fire as the flames move closer to the Lake Tahoe Basin. CNBC's Valerie Castro delivers the latest on the widespread power outages impacting New Orleans after Hurricane Ida. NBC's Josh Lederman discusses the plan to evacuate Afghan allies and remaining Americans in Afghanistan without any U.S. troops on the ground Lawyer Amy Howe, co-founder of the SCOTUS Blog, delivers her insights on what the Texas Abortion Ban means and what happens next. CNBC's Meg Tirrell explains what's happening with Pfizer and Merck's new trials for antiviral pills. Plus, the latest coverage of Hurricane Ida's storm system sending tornadoes ripping through New Jersey.

There was rapid growth for the Caldor Fire on Sunday as it moves closer to the Tahoe Basin. Even more concerning -- the area is under a red flag warning over the next two days, with low humidity and wind gusts expected across the fire zone. Guest:Tamara Wallace, Mayor of South Lake Tahoe More than 8 in 10 residents of Imperial County -- east of San Diego -- are Latino, the highest percentage in the state. The county along California's southern border also saw the state's largest voting swing between the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections -- in favor of Republican Donald Trump.   Reporter: Guy Marzorati, KQED  Over the weekend, the remains of U.S. military personnel killed by a suicide bomber outside of Kabul's international airport arrived at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. Four Marines from California were killed in the attack. Reporter: Saul Gonzalez, The California Report

Lake Tahoe, one of the most precious, spectacular luxury lifestyle markets, and markets in general, on the planet. Know one knows Lake Tahoe luxury real estate like Trinkie Watson with Chase International Real Estate. A San Francisco native, Katrine ‘Trinkie' Watson spent her first seven years in Woodside, California. She lived in San Francisco until her move to Lake Tahoe in 1966. A descendant of the John Breuner family, her California heritage goes back four generations. Watson attended Harker's School for Girls in Menlo Park, Grant School, Burke's and Hamlin's in San Francisco, The Branson School in Ross, Mill's College, University of Wisconsin and University of California, Berkeley, from which she graduated. Education was very important to her family.Watson's business career started as a receptionist with Standard Oil of California at the Bush Street headquarters in San Francisco. She matriculated to the travel department, where she routed auto trips on maps across the country. An opportunity to work for the 1964 Republican Convention took her to Milton Esberg's Public Relation's firm, where she worked on fundraisers for San Domenico school in Marin and the Republican Finance Committee for the Republican Ball.In 1966, returning home from a trip to Aspen and Sun Valley, Idaho, with friends, Watson suggested a stop in Squaw Valley, where she ran into an old friend that had married and just acquired a vacation home there. Negotiating a rental agreement with them for residency to “try it” for a year, she ended up staying.In 1996, she opened a small Chase office in Tahoe City and added another small office in Homewood; then, in 2001, she combined the two offices into a larger space on West Lake Boulevard near Tahoe City. When Starbucks took up a space in the new Customs House, Watson moved the office there in January 2008. An additional office in the Truckee Hotel was established in 2005 and an office Squaw Valley was added in 2008.Over the years, Watson has held many positions and awards, including president of the incline Village Board of Realtors®, president of the Tahoe Sierra MLS, president of the Lake Tahoe Music Festival three times, board director of the Truckee Tahoe Community Foundation and Tahoe Forest Hospital Foundation, along with many more.Katrine ‘Trinkie' Watson, a California and Nevada Regional Lake Tahoe Broker®, was the 1995 President of the Incline Village Board of Realtors®. In 1996, she was selected Realtor® of the Year in Incline Village, and she was 1997 President of the Tahoe Sierra Multiple Listing Service. In the real estate business for 44 years, she is a resource for fine residential properties in and around the Lake Tahoe Basin. Trinkie graduated with a BA from the University of California, Berkeley, and is a believer in continuing education in her profession.Through the National Association of Realtors®, she has earned the designations of Certified International Property Specialist (CIPS), Certified Residential Brokerage Manager (CRB), Certified Residential Specialist (CRS), Graduate, Realtors® Institute (GRI), Leadership Training Graduate (LTG) and Performance Management Network (PMN) as well as Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist (CLHMS). Trinkie's extensive leadership background began in school and continues today.  Currently she is an Advisor for Lake Tahoe Music Festival and a Board member of the Tahoe Forest Health System Foundation. Trinkie is a dog lover and is raising her 8th German Shepard.

Greetings in love, light, and wisdom as one.      This special channeling session for the month of August starts with a scene that needs describing. It takes place at a small lake on the outskirts of the Lake Tahoe Basin in 1995. Mark and I were trying an experiment planned by Omal where we would use a camping trip Mark and I were on to give an astronomy lesson. With a pair of tents nearby, two air mattresses were set up in front of a campfire we had built. Mark astral projects himself up to the base and Tia takes his place in his body. A portable tape recorder that slows down occasionally without warning starts as the channeling begins. Due to the wind that would blow through at times and it being a portable tape deck, the sound is not as ideal as we would wish but the information is always the principle focus of these sessions. Tia would not stay long as to let Karra take over as ring mistress and the first speaker of the night. As speaker, she would ask questions that laid out a typical healing session using crystals. Omal follows Karra which is when we get his definitive class on Astronomy while in an actual outdoor setting with the night sky overhead. Also overhead is Wing Commander Taal who provided a prearranged UFO sighting. Korton comes on to finish up side one and pretty much all of side two as the last channeled speaker but he is a hard act to follow. Especially this time as he explains that our allies in the battle for survival on an over heating planet are the elementals and nature spirits. The answer he says is a balance between technology and nature and no one knows more about nature than those beings responsible for it to work the way it does. Finally, to cap things off, the listeners get to hear the longest exchange of Mark speaking in his natural we ever got on tape as we leave the recorder running after he's back. Now for a more detailed description.     Tia pops on to get a look at our campsite and update us on a party being held for the son of Kiri being now able to demonstrate his manifestation ability. Without any far sighting questions to answer, she swaps places wit Karra who will now be the night's ring mistress. Karra answers the question on the root race for for Sirians being fish while pointing out that is is also the root race of humans by extension. From there she switches into teacher mode as she quizzes me on my healing knowledge by asking how to use fine focus in identifying an area needing to be healed through the help of a crystal. Up next is Omal and his astronomy class using Tahoe's wide open night skies as a visual aid. In the midst of pointing out constellations he also points out Wing Commander Taal's ship passing overhead. No doubt one of the perks of being the commander in charge of the base protecting our planet. Not a camper himself, we get to explain some of the traditions that come with the experience such as roasting marshmallows over an open fire. Omal wraps up and Kiri comes on to go over her ensemble she had planned for Alex's manifestation party as well as my own. Finished with fashion, she makes way for Korton who only has a short time before this side of the tape ends who begins to answer on how life starts on a planet or, as he says, life as we know it.    For full transcripts of this session and more information about Hades Base and the 6th dimension, please visit our website:  http://hadesbasenews.com    The sessions lasted from 1992 to 2001 with this one being taped on 8/10/1995. Side one includes:    1.)(3:42)- Karra uses a select set of questions to quiz me of my knowledge of using a very fine focus to intuitively know how to heal a certain area. She also goes over the use of a crystal in the healing. 2.)(16:35)- Omal gives an astronomy lesson where he identifies the various constellations above our heads and even had a surprise in the form of a flyover by Wing Commander Taal. Quite the UFO encounter.   3.)(26:31)- Kiri talks about the upcoming party for her young son Alex who was finally able to use his mental skill of manifestation to bring illusions of his desires into being. That traditionally calls for a party. 4.)(33:14)- Korton is asked about what happened at the big bang and life forming on a planet among all the billions that now made up the universe. With a few seconds to go, he describes how life begins.  

Earlier this summer Adam Kimble broke the supported FKT (fastest known time) on the 171-mile circumnavigation of the Tahoe Rim Trail in 37 hours 12 minutes. The Tahoe Rim Trail is a long-distance hiking trail that forms a loop around the Lake Tahoe Basin in the Sierra Nevada and Carson ranges of California and Nevada in the United States. The trail ranges in elevation from 6,240 feet at the outlet of Lake Tahoe to 10,338 feet at Relay Peak in Nevada. Adam broke Killian Jornet's 2009 record by 20 minute. Adam is multi-talented: playing division 1 college baseball and won on the famous "The Price is Right" TV game show. We speak to Adam about his recent accomplishment and the lessons he learned on his first attempt the year prior. We also learn about how he fuels for races and "palate fatigue" Some of Adam's accomplishments include Discovery Channel's "The Wheel" contestant Winner of two self-supported multi-stage races podium finisher at three 100-milers 2016 ran from California to Georgia in 60 days 2017 FKT running the length of Great Britain with Kris King Learn more about Adam by checking out his web site and his coaching site, Run On Dirt Coaching Adam's social channels: Instagram, Twitter, Facebook photos by Helen Pelster

Logan Williams is an ultrarunner born and raised in the Reno-Tahoe area who is now based out of Salt Lake City, Utah, where he attends law school at the University of Utah.On July 10th Logan set out from the Spooner Summit trailhead to make a FKT (Fastest Known Time) attempt on the Tahoe Rim Trail, which is a 173-mile hiking trail that circumnavigates the Lake Tahoe Basin in the Sierra Nevada and Carson mountain ranges of California and Nevada.In addition to this athletic goal, Logan made the attempt to raise money for the Alzheimer's Association. So far he has raised over $6,000 and you can continue to donate to his GoFundMe by following this link: https://gf.me/u/yat976Although he did obtain the supported FKT, he completed the loop in a blazing 51 hours and 19 minutes, forever etching his name on a short list of impressive athletes bold enough to take on and finish this great undertaking.In this episode, Billy sits down with Logan to recap the run, discuss his background and venture into ultrarunning, training and nutrition for ultrarunning, and the mental strategies and mindset Logan uses to stay strong and in control during colossal endurance events.If you want to learn more about or get in contact with Logan, you can find him on Facebook and Instagram under the handle @thelawlessrunneremail the show: erin@pendolatraining.comwebsite: www.pendolatraining.comInstagram @pendolaproject

Amy Berry, the CEO of Tahoe Fund, a non-profit organization that stewards environmental projects around the Lake Tahoe Basin, joins us on the Podcast. Amy discusses her transition from the bustling corporate world to the slow-paced, "plate-juggling" non-profit space. Amy gets vulnerable and shares her journey of learning her shortcomings as a leader through DISC Assessment, the importance of collaboration and setting aside your ego to get the task at hand accomplished. This podcast was recorded mid-May.   "The most important thing we can do as leaders is leave our ego at the door." - Amy Berry

Community Outreach to Encourage Sustainable and Healthy Lifestyle in the Lake Tahoe Basin

http://www.sothebysrealty.com/eng/associate/180-a-2243-4025064/vince-scott Vince.Scott@SothebysRealty.com 775-240-0241 Vince Scott, a native of Napa Valley, CA, has been in the real estate business for over 20 years, with experience in both sales and development. He is a licensed broker in Nevada and California and is a top producer with over $800 million in closed transactions, including the $29 million dollar sale of the Tahoe Biltmore Hotel. Vince is highly passionate about the real estate brokerage business. By adding Sierra Sotheby's International Realty to his portfolio of related businesses, a perfect marriage has been created to offer his clients the best residential, commercial, leasing, development, planning, design, mortgage and consulting services. Vince's accomplishments include the construction, development, brokerage, and management of multi-family, commercial, hotel and resort properties and the responsible development of the most difficult and challenging environmental projects. As a developer, Vince's primary passion, he has become an "icon" in the Lake Tahoe Basin, is a Certified Green Builder, and is considered one of the foremost and premiere developers in the area. Balancing the economy and environmental improvements is paramount in the planning and design process and Vince makes it happen for his clients. "My clients range from the first time home buyer to the most knowledgeable investors, who always expect and demand solid returns on their real estate investments. Vince serves his clients with honesty, integrity and a high level of professionalism. As a longtime resident and Realtor®, he has in-depth knowledge and understanding of all areas of the real estate market in Lake Tahoe and Reno. Also on the show is Lew Carr, Branch Manager of Summit Funding, Inc. in Sparks Nevada. Looking for a great value on a loan to purchase property in the Lake Tahoe/Reno area? Call Lew Carr 775-626-0775 and tell him you listened to Nevada Real Estate Radio to get "the best deal in the house". www.SummitFunding.net/LCarr www.NevadaRealEstateRadio.com

Lecture 4: John Zanzi graduated in 1985 and is landscape architect/construction manager at Dudek-Habitat Restoration Sciences, specializing in ecosystem restoration design and construction projects in Northern California, including the Lake Tahoe Basin. He talks about his career.

Public Works professionals throughout the Lake Tahoe Basin are striving to meet the Clarity Challenge—to reduce the number of ultra-fine sediment particles that get to Lake Tahoe every year by one-third by 2026. This is no small task. Among them is Peter Kraatz, Deputy Director of Public Works at Placer County. In this 2012 interview Kraatz talks about the “preferred design approach” engineers use to design systems that reduce the transport of ultra-fine sediment to Lake Tahoe.

Roadways, in particular the state highway system and some of the other high traffic roadways, are a disproportionate source of the ultra-fine particles that are causing the decline in Lake Tahoe clarity. In this interview Bob Larsen, Staff Scientist at the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board, talks about the central question for today’s road managers in the Lake Tahoe Basin, “How can we better manage roads to reduce the amount of traction abrasives and roadway products that actually make their way into the stormwater and into Lake Tahoe?”