Highlight Field Trip Of Upper Truckee River Project

Highlight Field Trip Of Upper Truckee River Project

South Lake Tahoe, CA…The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU) in collaboration with the California Tahoe Conservancy (CTC) will host a field trip for interested members of the public on Wednesday, September 28, 2016, at 5:30 p.m. to observe progress on the Upper Truckee River Reach 5 Restoration Project. The project to […]

Watch The Presidential Debate Tonight Live Right Here!

Watch The Presidential Debate Tonight Live Right Here!

Hempstead, NY….Join us tonight right here for the first Presidential Debate of the 2016 Race. Will either candidate utter the gaff that will live in infamy? Will Hillary have the stamina for the debate? Can Trump avoid a fatal lower extremity in mouth incident? It is expected that the audience may top 100 million. Will […]

President’s Weekly Address: Celebrating the National Museum of African American History and Culture

President’s Weekly Address: Celebrating the National Museum of African American History and Culture

Washington, DC…Hi everybody. This weekend, we’ll dedicate the newest American icon on our National Mall – the National Museum of African American History and Culture. It’s a beautiful building, five stories high and some 70 feet below the ground, situated just across the street from the Washington Monument. And this museum tells a story of […]

Building On Tahoe’s Momentum; A Column By Joanne Marchetta

Building On Tahoe’s Momentum; A Column By Joanne Marchetta

Lake Tahoe, CA…At the Lake Tahoe Summit last month, we saw the power of what we can accomplish when we work together. Progress over the last two decades was showcased when President Obama made his first-ever visit to Tahoe and said conservation and restoration efforts like ours are more important than ever as the nation […]

Community Invited To OHV Meeting In South Lake Tahoe

Community Invited To OHV Meeting In South Lake Tahoe

South Lake Tahoe, CA…The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU) invites Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) partners and enthusiasts and interested members of the public to attend a meeting to discuss sign content for the McKinney Rubicon kiosk. The meeting will take place on Thursday, September 22, 2016, from 1 to 4 p.m. at […]

Caltrans And Fish And Wildlife Urge Motorists To Be Alert During Watch Out For Wildlife Week

Caltrans And Fish And Wildlife Urge Motorists To Be Alert During  Watch Out For Wildlife Week

Sacramento, Ca…Caltrans and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) remind motorists to remain alert for wildlife on roadways during Watch Out for Wildlife Week, which runs September 18-24. “We urge motorists to remain alert and be cautious when traveling through wildlife areas, so our roadways will remain as safe as possible,” said Caltrans […]

Domestic Violence Shelter Funding And Disaster Tax Relief Extensions Help Victims

Domestic Violence Shelter Funding And Disaster Tax Relief Extensions Help Victims

Sacramento, CA… The Governor signed two bills strongly supported by the Chairwoman of the California State Board of Equalization (BOE) Fiona Ma, CPA, to help victims of domestic violence and businesses devastated by natural disasters. AB 1399 (Baker) will create a checkoff box on California personal income tax return forms which will allow Californian’s to donate […]

Senate Passes Lake Tahoe Restoration Act

Senate Passes Lake Tahoe Restoration Act

Stateline, NV… The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed its $415 million version of the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act as part of a vote to adopt the $10 billion Water Resources Development Act of 2016, a national water infrastructure bill for the next two years. The measures cleared the Senate with a 95-3 vote. This milestone marks […]

Presidential Weekly Address: Upholding the Legacy of Those We Lost on September 11th

Presidential Weekly Address: Upholding the Legacy of Those We Lost on September 11th

Washington, DC…Fifteen years ago, a September day that began like any other became one of the darkest in our nation’s history. The Twin Towers were reduced to rubble. The Pentagon was in flames. A Pennsylvania field burned with the wreckage of an airplane. And nearly 3,000 innocent lives were lost. Sons and daughters, husbands and […]

Governor Brown Signs Climate Change Legislation

Governor Brown Signs Climate Change Legislation

Los Angeles, CA…Ten years after California adopted the toughest greenhouse gas emission reduction goals in the nation, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today strengthened that commitment, signing SB 32 by Senator Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills) and AB 197 by Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella), which require the state to cut emissions at least 40 percent below […]