Placer County Resilience Articles

Wildfires are a constant threat throughout the West and in the Tahoe Sierra during the dry months, especially when the snowpack is low. Being prepared for wildfires, understanding what Burn Bans and Red Flag warnings mean, and being prepared to …

Does Your Home Have Defensible Space? ~ Courtesy TRPA If a wildfire breaks out, will firefighters be able to save your home? Having defensible space around your home will mean the difference between whether firefighters can save your home or …

Courtesy Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team What began as a promising winter fizzled out in early 2022, leading to the driest January and February recorded across California and Nevada since record keeping began. Closer to home, Tahoe City, which has …

California can increase water savings in urban and suburban areas by 30 to 48 percent using nothing but existing technology, a new report from the Pacific Institute says.

North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District is asking CPR-trained residents to become part of the free PulsePoint program in Incline Village and Crystal Bay, Nev. The mobile app alerts CPR-trained residents of cardiac events in their vicinity so they may …

Next time you’re exploring the Tahoe Sierra back country, don’t be surprised if you cross paths with a person wearing a signature red jacket adorned with white crosses. Nope, you didn’t just accidentally ski inside the resort boundary. You’ve met …

The winter of 1981-82 is notable for being the second wettest winter in California history, but it really made headlines 40 years ago for the impact of two separate but superlative weather events. The first was an extraordinarily powerful Pacific …

Making it through the earthquake is the easy part. The hard part is surviving in the chaos that follows.

When the Caldor Fire ripped through the south side of the Tahoe Sierra last summer, it burnt more than 221,000 acres of forest between Grizzly Flats and Echo Summit and on both sides of Christmas Valley. It was a scary …

The wind is howling, snow is falling rapidly and there are white-out conditions with no visibility. A massive storm is thrashing the region. During these types of storms, awareness in the outdoors is critical. Getting lost in a storm is …

Read Part I and Part II Even after 70 years, when it comes to blockbuster winters remembered for sheer impact, 1951-52 is still the one to beat. Potent storms pummeled the Tahoe Sierra with 68 feet of total snowfall measured …

“It wasn’t supposed to happen. Everyday it got closer. They don’t have this — that is when I realized they did not have this fire,” shared John Rice, Sierra-at-Tahoe’s general manager, in a two-part interview with Ski Area Management Magazine …

I love living in a beautiful mountain paradise. And, I get to live here, because of the visitors and vacation homeowners that choose to spend their vacations in the Tahoe Sierra. As much as we all enjoy having visitors travel …

The climate change era has created a whole new set of terms for a wide variety of storms and other weather phenomena. Here are some of the most important.

While firefighters were able to successfully keep the Caldor Fire from claiming homes and businesses in South Lake Tahoe, the fast-moving wildfire laid waste to some of the region’s favorite trails. As the U.S. Forest Service, Tahoe Area Mountain Biking …

Getting your home prepared for winter weather will save you thousands in repairs from broken water pipes and fires by following a few simple tips from FEMA, American Red Cross and Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team. This is even more …

California residents can turn to these public and private entities to help prepare for wildfires and protect their property.

In which we ponder human self organization.

Even as California’s wildfires grow more intense seemingly every year, insurers are cancelling policies for homeowners in the path of the fires.

In an article by Priya Hutner of the Tahoe Weekly, author, poet and naturalist Obi Kaufmann talks about his latest work: a new book and a documentary film that screens online Sept. 9.