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California Nearly Tripled the Mussel Fee for Freshwater Boaters, and the Money Is Going After Golden Mussels

California raised the Mussel Fee Sticker to $42 for a two-year cycle, up from $16, to fund inspections and decontamination as ...
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The Caldor Fire Burned 220,000 Acres Near Tahoe, but Didn’t Take a Single Home in Meyers. Here’s Why.

Five years after the Caldor Fire, a UC Davis ecologist explains why Meyers lost zero structures and what it means for Tahoe's ...
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You Still Cannot Cut a Christmas Tree in the Tahoe Basin This Year, Unless You Have a Fourth Grader

The Forest Service will not sell a single Christmas tree permit in the Lake Tahoe Basin this holiday season, except for one ...
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A 16-Foot Great White Was Just Filmed Near Lovers Point. Police Told Swimmers to Stay Out of the Water.

Ten months after a great white killed an open-water swimmer at Lovers Point, Pacific Grove police are again telling people to ...
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Tahoe’s Highest Base Is Already Making Snow. Here Is When the Lifts Might Spin.

The first measurable snow of the season had barely settled on the Sierra before Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe switched on its snow guns, ...
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Mount Shasta Has Needed 19 Rescues This Year, and Almost Every One Started the Same Way

Rescuers say Mount Shasta's beginner 14er reputation is sending unprepared climbers up late in the season. Here's what the ...
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Nearly 1,300 Cameras Are Watching California for Wildfires, and AI Is Doing Much of the Work

From a cliff above Napa Valley to old fire lookouts, AI cameras are catching wildfires before anyone calls 911. Here is how ...
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Yosemite Just Hit Its Worst Year for Bear Collisions in More Than a Decade

Yosemite's bear-vehicle collisions are at a 10-plus year high. Advocates are pointing at record crowds and calling for the ...
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The Tuolumne River’s $80 Million Salmon Makeover Keeps Growing

Salmon habitat and flood protection rarely show up on the same project list, but the latest round of restoration work planned ...
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Tribes Say a State Water Plan Could Undercut the Klamath’s Salmon Comeback

Yurok fishermen and the group Communities United for Water Protection say the plan includes no safeguards for Trinity flows and could allow more of that water to be sent to Central Valley farms.
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California’s Fastest-Eroding Cliffs Are in Humboldt County, Right Before a Super El Niño Winter

Scripps mapped California's coastal cliffs from 2016 to 2023 and found the biggest losses in NorCal, just as a very strong El ...
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Two Pilots Died Fighting the Dome Fire in Yosemite. The NTSB’s First Report Points to the Water Bucket.

The NTSB's preliminary report on the Sept. 20 Dome Fire helicopter crash in Yosemite shows the crew had water bucket problems ...