Events

The Tahoe Area Sierra Club will be having wildlife research organization, Pathways for Wildlife, present what their organization does on October 16th at 5:00 pm at Lake Tahoe Community College in the Aspen-Board Room.  Pathways for Wildlife is a wildlife research organization working with different agencies and conservation organizations to help identify important wildlife and

Episode #1 of Y/S RC&DC's Long-Term Maintenance & Stewardship Webinar Series! Simultaneously a throwback and a technique on the cutting edge of environmental research, prescribed grazing has shown its promise as a tool for fuels reduction. Experts will detail the use cases for this technique and explain the benefits and challenges involved in including herbivores

Session #1 of Y/S RC&DC's Long-Term Maintenance & Stewardship Webinar Series!  Simultaneously a throwback and a technique on the cutting edge of environmental research, prescribed grazing has shown its promise as a tool for fuels reduction. Experts will detail the use cases for this technique and explain the benefits and challenges involved in including herbivores in

iNaturalist and Calflora are two platforms practically every naturalist and native plant enthusiast now know. During this live online interactive session, we will learn more about each of these applications. Expect to gain insights into how enthusiasts, professionals, botanists, and conservation advocates use these systems to identify and share information about California plant distribution and

Mark your calendars! The 29th Annual Truckee River Day and River Fair are coming up on Sunday, October 20th and we hope to see you all there! Every year, hundreds of volunteers from this special community come together to help create sustainability and resiliency in our forests, meadows and streams throughout our watershed. We are

Come help plant sugar pines to restore forest diversity at Truckee River Day! Please register for this event at the Truckee River Watershed Councils website and choose our Tree Planting project. Join us for FREE family fun and educational games at the River Fair at Granite Flat Campground afterwards from 1-4pm. As always, seedlings, shovels, gloves and

Join us for a Science Speaks Lecture from award-winning author Judith Schwartz. Her presentation will highlight the way understanding how landscapes “work” will help us address the many challenges we face. While discussions of climate focus on CO2, Judith looks at how the planet manages heat points to water: specifically, the phase changes of water

Sierra Club-Placer Group is having another Pizza Palooza evening in October. This time our speaker is an award-winning wildlife photographer who will explain how to do camera traps. Click here for more information.

Offering two days of lectures and presentations from authoritative speakers, plus educational field trips on the third day, the History Conference delivers extensive knowledge about the nature, culture, history and economy of our region, deepening attendees’ understanding of such topics as geology, mining, watersheds and hydrology, wildfire management, Native American wisdom and traditional ecological knowledge,

The Forest Health Community Working Group is hosting a volunteer tree planting event on Saturday, October 26, from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm. Come help reforest the Tamarack Fire Burn Scar. Bring a water bottle, sun protection, and please wear long pants, long sleeves, and closed-toe shoes. Gloves and tools will be provided.

We are convening all ghosts and ghouls, witches and warlocks, at Little Deer Creek Trail for BYLT’s annual Trail or Treat Halloween event! Come in your most spooktacular costume for the costume contest and photo booth, then trick or treat your way along the trail for candy, hot cider and popcorn, and Halloween themed crafts. This is