SERENE LAKES, Calif. April 30, 2019 – Officials responding to reports of damage to the Lake Van Norden Dam’s spillway on Donner Summit found no signs of immediate danger on Tuesday, April 30. First reported to the property owner – the Truckee Donner Land Trust – by a Donner Summit resident on the morning of […]
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Truckee Donner Land Trust Awarded More than $750,000 for Forest Health Work
TRUCKEE, Calif. March 20, 2019 – As wildfires become a greater and greater concern with each passing year, the Truckee Donner Land Trust is excited and grateful to be awarded $783,760 in funding for critical forestry work on its properties. Two grants – one totaling $364,510 for forestry work at Royal Gorge on Donner Summit, […]
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Webber Lake Campground Opens Pristine Wilderness, History to Public
SIERRA COUNTY, Calif. April 4, 2018 – Less than an hour north of the hustle and bustle of Lake Tahoe, the serene Webber Lake Campground is open to the public for the first time in many years. Quietly sitting unnoticed for a century, spectacular forests, meadows and wildlife thrive, and surrounding peaks and ridges give […]
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Lower Carpenter Valley in Sierra Nevada Publicly Accessible for First Time in a Century
Truckee, Calif. July 14, 2017 – One of the most spectacular and pristine mountain meadows in the Sierra Nevada will continue to serve as a sanctuary for a rich diversity of wildlife and plants, conservationists announced today. It will also be made available to the public for the first time in a century, initially with docent-led […]