El Dorado County Parks & Recreation Digest

Faced with a tight budget. El Dorado County Supervisors approved a portion of the desired funds for improvements to Forebay Park i Pollock Pines.

Parking fees of $5.50 per day will be collected at Cameron Park Lake beginning May 15.

Entrance is free to all National Parks on April 19 to kick off the annual National Parks Week this year from April 19-27. Get ready to get outdoors to celebrate America's Best Idea.

In their March 25 meeting, El Dorado County Supervisors were presented with the 2025 Parks and Trails Master Plan.

Rural counties are some of the most reliant on federal funding and federal workers. But some still welcome Trump’s upcoming cuts to forestry and other departments

A major rockslide has closed the Highway 140 entrance to Yosemite National Park. Read on for details.

Billions of state and federal dollars are spent on Lake Tahoe. But is all this attention actually protecting this unique treasure? Pollutants pour in, while development continues. Funding has shifted in focus to tourism and traffic projects, while money spent directly on fixing the lake has declined.

Read on to learn more about this year's Gold Discovery Day in Coloma on January 25.

Take a hike on the short but spectacular Sugarloaf Mountain Trail in Nevada City. Read on to learn more.

State prisoners have long been a part of California’s firefighting force. Hundreds of them now are deployed in Los Angeles County.

Learn how to prepare for emergencies or bad weather with these tips from the the Georgetown Divide Community Emergency Response Team.

A look at the hiking trails of Cronan Ranch.

A report on the progress of recover of the Eldorado National Forest two years after the devastating Mosquito Fire of 2022.

Applications are open for California Department of Fish and Wildlife Vamos a Pescar grants to support outdoor multi-lingual outdoor programs.

A look at ongoing fuel reduction efforts in the Lake Tahoe region as autumn progresses.

A grant for $240,000 was awarded by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to upgrade boat launching facilities at Sly Park Lake.

The Environmental Assessment for the USDA Forest Service Basin Wide Trails Analysis Project has been released and is open for comment and objections from those who have previously commented on the plan.

Planning and construction for upgrades to the Pollock Pines Forebay Park have been given the green light by El Dorado County are expected to begin in early 2025 and be completed by the fall.

A $6,000 donation for new playground equipment was presented to the Boys & Girls Club of Lake Tahoe by the The Optimist Club of South Lake Tahoe and the recently formed Junior Optimist Club of South Tahoe High School.

Celebrating 30 years of local service, Child Advocates of El Dorado County is holding a Family Fun Day on Saturday, September 28 at The Hangar Lake Tahoe featuring food, games, arts and crafts and guest Tahoe Toogee.

Learn how the Ski Run community came together to build South Lake Tahoe's newest community park, celebrating its grand opening on September 6.

Vandals, shouts and screams, and now gunshots at night beset Paradise Park.

The new Central Mile Loop Trail is completed and open to public use, as discussions continue around other amenities to be build on the former Executive Golf Course site.

Information about the National Night Out celebration for the Georgetown Divide Community to be held in Garden Valley Park on August 6.

A list of local August 6 National Night Out celebrations.

The Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park has openings for volunteers and upcoming training classes.

Rosalie Herrera has been named the permanent deputy forest supervisor for the USDA Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit.

One Beach and Patton Landing Beach have reopened to the public. Water analysis continues.

Alex Silgalis of Lake Tahoe Freshies has a seven-day bucket list to help first-time visitors maximize their Lake Tahoe experience.

The future of a 62 acre parcel of land owned by El Dorado County in the middle of the larger BLM Cronan Ranch Regional Trail System is under discussion by county and BLM officials.

Over 700 volunteers helped clean Lake Tahoe beaches following the July 4th celebrations and reported trash volume was significantly lower than the previous year.

Nearly every major environmental group in California opposes a bill that would modify the state’s signature environmental law to speed up upgrades to power lines. Supporters say it would help free the state from fossil fuels and make the grid more reliable, but opponents fear it would damage state parks.