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FEATURES

WHO OWNS THE WATERS OF BIG BLUE? FROM THE PUBLISHER

I want to applaud historian and author Mark McLaughlin on the monumental achievement of his six-part series “Who Owns the Water in Lake Tahoe & Truckee River?” which concludes in this edition.

Mark spends countless hours researching each of the columns he has written for Tahoe Weekly over the last 28 years and his commitment to telling the history of our community is not only enjoyable to read but also provides perspective on our everyday lives.

You may have never stopped to wonder who owns the water in Lake Tahoe that flows down the Truckee River to Pyramid Lake, but that water impacts tens of thousands of residents and businesses in Western Nevada. If you haven’t had the time to read Mark’s more than 7,000-word history on local water rights, I invite you to read them now. All six parts are available at TheTahoeWeekly.com.

RIM TRAIL TURNS 20 While the Tahoe Rim Trail remained closed due to fire danger as we went to press, it’s still worth celebrating the historic achievement that occurred 20 years ago when the Tahoe Rim Trail was completed, as Tim Hauserman writes about in his story “A milestone in trail building.”

This effort, which took 20 years to complete, marks a monumental moment in providing access to Tahoe’s public lands. The public lands that encompass most of the Sierra Nevada, including in Tahoe, are owned by the public, but accessing those public lands has not always been as easy as it is today. The Tahoe Rim Trail set a new standard for providing trail access in our community that has only expanded in the last 20 years. Kudos to everyone who made the Rim Trail a reality and to all of those who work to preserve and enhance the trail today.

SNOWBLOWER OR SNOW GUN?

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Most of us having been watching the news daily to get updates on the conditions of the Caldor Fire and I know many of you have cringed and yelled obscenities at the TV as I have done recently over the improper use of the word snowblower by TV personalities. To clarify for those that may not know: A snow gun is used to create artificial snow, a snowblower is used to move snow from one area to another. Several local ski resorts used their snow guns (not snowblowers) to help firefighter efforts and to safeguard the resorts during the Caldor Fire.

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on the cover “A hike up to Snow Valley Peak with views above Marlette Lake and Lake Tahoe is one of my favorite Tahoe hikes in the fall,” says photographer Paul Hamill of this section of the Tahoe Rim Trail, which opened 20 years ago. Tim Hauserman writes about this historic effort in “A milestone in trail building” in this edition and at TheTahoeWeekly.com. Read Tim’s story on the hike to Snow Valley Peak at TheTahoeWeekly.com. | Photography by Paul Hamill, paulhamillphotography.com, @paulhamillphotos

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LAKE LEVEL Lake Tahoe Natural rim 6,223’

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Explore Tahoe CLOSED

South Lake Tahoe

(530) 542-2908 | cityofslt.us Urban Trailhead at base of Heavenly Gondola with local exhibits and programs. South Tahoe

Fannette Island

Emerald Bay

(530) 541-3030 | parks.ca.gov Lake Tahoe’s only island is located in Emerald Bay & is home to an old tea house. Boat access only. (Closed Feb. 1-June 15 for nesting birds.)

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Parking fee | parks.ca.gov (530) 525-7232 Park | (530) 583-9911 Tours Sugar Pine Point State Park is home to the historic Ehrman Mansion (summer tours), see boathouses with historic boats and General Phipps Cabin built in the late 1800s. TART

High Camp

Olympic Valley

North Shore

northtahoebusiness.org Kings Beach is a popular spot for dining and shopping with the North Shore’s largest sandy beach located in the heart of town. Free parking at North Tahoe Beach, Brook Street, Minnow and the Christmas Tree lot on Hwy. 28. TART

North Lake Tahoe Demonstration Garden

Incline Village

Summer | Free (775) 586-1610, ext. 25 | demogarden.org See lake-friendly landscaping using native and adaptive plants, water conservation, soil stabilization techniques, defensible space from wildfires & BMPs. Self-guided tours & clinics. TART

North Tahoe Arts Center

Tahoe City

(530) 581-2787 | northtahoearts.com Featuring exhibits of work by local artists and works for sale by local artists. TART

Tahoe Art League Gallery

South Lake Tahoe

(530) 544-2313 | talart.org Featuring local artists, workshops. South Tahoe

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Tallac Historic Site

South Lake Tahoe

(530) 541-5227 | tahoeheritage.org Once known as the “Grandest Resort in the World” as the summer retreat for three San Francisco elite families with the Baldwin Estate, Pope Estate & Valhalla. Grounds open yearround. South Tahoe South Lake Tahoe

(530) 543-2674 | fs.usda.gov Features Stream Profile Chamber to view slice of Taylor Creek, nature trails & more. South Tahoe

Thunderbird Lodge

East Shore

May-October | thunderbirdtahoe.org The former Whittell estate. This magnificent lakefront home features the Lighthouse Room, Old Lodge, 600’ underground tunnel (with a former lion cage) and Boat House, home to the “Thunderbird,” a 1939 wooden boat. Ages 6+ only.

No on-site parking. Tours by reservation only.

truckeehistory.org | truckee.com Settled in 1863, Truckee grew quickly as a stagecoach stop and route for the Central Pacific Railroad. During these early days, many historical homes and buildings were built including The Truckee Hotel (1868) and the Capitol Building (1868). Stop by the Depot for a walking tour of historic downtown. Paid parking downtown. TART

Vikingsholm Castle

Tahoe City

Truckee River | FLOW AT FARAD 212 (530) 583-1762 | northtahoemuseums.org

Featuring historic photos, the Steinbach Indian Basket Museum and historical memorabilia. TART

Truckee

Tues.-Sun. | Locals’ first Tues. half price (530) 587-5437 | kidzonemuseum.org Interactive exhibits, science & art classes for kids up to age 7. BabyZone & Jungle Gym. TART

Lake Tahoe Museum

South Lake Tahoe

(530) 541-5458 | laketahoemuseum.org Features Washoe artifacts and exhibits on early industry and settlers. Pick up walking tour map. South Tahoe

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Open by advance ticket (775) 881-7566 | tahoesciencecenter.org NAKOMAFEATHER University of California, Davis, science eduRIVER PARK FEATHER cation center at Sierra NevadaRIVER College.

Exhibits PARK include a virtual research boat, biology lab, 3D movies and docent-led tours. Ages 8+. TART

Truckee Railroad Museum

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Open by appt. truckeedonnerrailroadsociety.com Learn about the historic railroad. Located in a caboose next to the Truckee Depot. TART

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VISITORS’ CENTERS Kings Beach Kings Beach State Rec. Area (Thurs.-Mon., July-Aug.)

Incline Village 969 Tahoe Blvd. (800) 468-2463 Stateline 169 Hwy. 50 (775) 588-4591

Truckee

Sat. & Sun. & by appt.

Thurs.-Mon. | (530) 582-0893 | truckeehistory.org Housed in the original Depot, built in 1901. Exhibits cover different eras in Truckee history. TART

Tahoe City 100 N. Lake Blvd. (530) 581-6900 Truckee 10065 Donner Pass Rd. (Depot) (530) 587-8808 U.S. Forest Service | Incline Village 855 Alder Ave. (775) 831-0914 (Wed.-Fri.)

Old Jail Museum

Truckee

Open by appt. | (530) 659-2378 | truckeehistory.org One of a few surviving 19th Century jailhouses used from 1875 until May 1964 (summer tours). TART

Olympic Museum

Olympic Valley

(800) 403-0206 | squawalpine.com Squaw Valley, host of the VIII Winter Olympic Games in 1960, celebrates its Olympic History with the Tower of Nations with its Olympic Flame and the symbolic Tower of the Valley.

The Olympic Museum at High Camp features historic memorabilia and photographs. TART

U.S. Forest Service | South Lake Tahoe 35 College Dr. (530) 543-2600

U.S. Forest Service | Tahoe City 3080 N. Lake Blvd. (530) 583-3593 (Fridays)

U.S. Forest Service | Truckee 10811 Stockrest Springs Rd. (530) 587-3558

National Forest access info fs.fed.us/r5/webmaps/RecreationSiteStatus

TRANSIT North Tahoe & Truckee (TART) | laketahoetransit.com South Tahoe | tahoetransportation.org

Emerald Bay

Parking fee | (530) 541-3030 | (530) 525-9529 ADA parks.ca.gov or vikingsholm.com Tour the grounds of Vikingsholm Castle (May 29-Sept. 30), see Eagle Falls and Fannette Island (the Lake’s only island), home to an old Tea House. TART/South Tahoe

Watson Cabin

Tahoe City

(530) 583-1762 | northtahoemuseums.org Watson Cabin, built by Robert Watson and his son in 1909, is the oldest building in Tahoe City and on the National Register of Historic Places. (summer tours). TART

MUSEUMS Donner Summit Historical Society

Soda Springs

donnersummithistoricalsociety.org At Old Hwy 40 & Soda Springs Rd. 20-mile interpretive driving tour along Old 40. TART

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2 PROSSER 11,061 CAPACITY: 29,840 (530) 582-7892 | parks.ca.gov CAPACITY: C 9,500 5 features exhibits DONNER 4,690 The Emigrant Trail Museum and artifacts on the Donner Party (1846-47) at 8 INDEPENDENCE 1,3763 CCAPACITY: 18,300 Donner Memorial State Park. See the towering Pioneer Monument.

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(800) 403-0206 | squawalpine.com Aerial tram rides with views of Lake Tahoe, Olympic Heritage Museum, events and more.

Ticket required. TART

Kings Beach

North Shore

Summer | (530) 583-3279 | terc.ucdavis.edu This 1920s-era building features a history of the field station, current UC Davis research projects, interactive exhibits and demonstration garden. Ages 8+. TART

Taylor Creek Visitor Center

OPENS JUNE 18 (775) 586-7000 | skiheavenly.com Enjoy a 2.4-mile ride on the gondola to the top with panoramic views. Ticket required. South Tahoe

Hellman-Ehrman Mansion

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visittahoecity.com Popular for shopping and dining with historical sites. At the junction of hwys 89 & 28, visitors may see the Tahoe City Dam, Lake Tahoe’s only outlet, and Fanny Bridge. Peer into Watson Cabin (1909) for a glimpse at pioneer life. Free parking at Commons Beach, Grove St., Jackpine St. and 64 acres at Hwys 89 & 28. TART

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ATTRACTIONS Federal, state and local trails or parks may be closed due to fire danger or air quality impacts.

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lake tahoe facts How the lake was formed About 3 to 5 million years ago, the valley that would become the Tahoe Basin sank between parallel fractures in the Earth’s crust as the mountains on either side continued to rise. A shallow lake began to form in the resulting valley.

Roughly 2 to 3 million years ago, erupting volcanoes blocked the outlet, forcing the lake to rise hundreds of feet above its current elevation, and eventually eroded down to near its current outlet.

Between 1 million and 20,000 years ago, large masses of glacial ice covered the west side of the Tahoe Basin. Current geologic theory suggests an earthen berm (moraine) left by a receding glacier near Olympic Valley acted as a dam, causing the lake level to rise and then draw down rapidly when the dam catastrophically failed. Between 7,000 and 15,000 years ago, a four-mile segment of the West Shore collapsed into the Lake causing a massive

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Kirkwood Hope Valley Kirkwood Hope Markleeville Valley map design by Alyssa Ganong | Tahoe Weekly© Kirkwood Markleeville submerged debris avalanche, widening the Lake by three miles and creating McKinney Bay.1 The Tahoe Basin is mostly granite, with little topsoil, and therefore few nutrients have washed into the lake to promote the growth of algae and other organisms that make water murky.

As well, 40 percent of the precipitation falling into the Tahoe Basin lands directly on the lake.

The remaining precipitation drains through the decomposed granite soil found in marshes and meadows, creating a good filtering system for water.

Urbanization of the Tahoe Basin has eliminated 75 percent of its marshes, 50 percent of its meadows and 35 percent of its steam zone habitats.

About 85 percent of all wildlife in the Tahoe Basin use these habitats.

About the lake Lake Tahoe is located in the states of California and Nevada, with two-thirds in California. It is fed by 63 streams and two hot springs.

Lake Tahoe is the second deepest lake in the U.S. (Crater Lake in Oregon, at 1,932 feet, or 589 m, is the deepest), and the 11th deepest in the world.

Volume: 39 trillion gallons (147.6 trillion liters)

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The Truckee River is Tahoe’s only outlet and flows from the dam in Tahoe City east through Reno and eventually drains into Pyramid Lake in the Nevada desert.

However, water releases are not permitted when the lake surface level falls below the natural rim at 6,223’ (1,897 m). The lowest lake level on record (measured since 1900) was 6,220.26’ (1,896 m) on Nov. 30, 1992.

The Lake of the Sky appears blue in color as other colors in the light spectrum are absorbed and blue light is scattered back.

Lake clarity The University of California, Davis, operates the Tahoe Environmental Resarch Center, which monitors, among other things, the clarity of Lake Tahoe. Clarity has been measured since 1968 and was first recorded at 102.4’.

The waters of Lake Tahoe were clear to an average depth of 63’ (19.2m) in 2020. Lake

Why is the lake blue?

The Lake of the Sky appears blue in color as other colors in the light spectrum are absorbed and the blue light is scattered back.

Tahoe is losing clarity because of algae growth fueled by nitrogen and phosphorus.

Lake Tahoe’s discovery The first recorded discovery of Lake Tahoe by white explorers was on Feb. 14, 1844, when John Charles Frémont and Charles Preuss spotted the lake from atop Red Lake Peak. The lake went through several names before it was officially named Tahoe in 1945.

Tahoe is a mispronunciation of the first two syllables of the Washoe’s word for the lake – Da ow a ga, which means “edge of the lake.” 

Learn more: Visit the Tahoe Science Center in Incline Village or tahoesciencecenter.org. Sources: Tahoe Environmental Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Forest Service, “Tahoe Place Names” and David Antonucci (denoted by 1).

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t a Thursday farmers’ market in Incline Village, Nev., among the produce and beef jerky tents, a few wide and sturdy red boards are propped up on foils. A sign reading “Lake & Wake Adventures: eFoil Rentals” headlines a booth and a group of people is gathered around owner Matt Smith as he describes how the red boards, called eFoils, work.

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The next morning, less than 24 hours after we met, Smith and I are out at Sandy Beach in Tahoe Vista getting ready to go out on the water. Smith is just two weeks into running this new venture and has already taken a handful of people out.

Several Tahoe-area ski resorts have announced anticipated opening dates for the 2021-22 ski season as of Sept. 10.

Note: Vail Resorts announced opening dates prior to the start of the Caldor Fire. All dates are subject to change depending on conditions; check with ski resorts directly for updates.

“ In this sport, everyone’s a beginner. My goal is

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that within a 45-minute lesson you’re able to get up and above the water.”

–Matt Smith Many have seen the Fourth of July video of Mark Zuckerberg hyrdofoiling while carrying an American flag on Lake Tahoe. Hydrofoiling in Tahoe has been around for a couple of years and the foiling experience is growing in popularity.

However, hydrofoiling requires the use of an external force to generate momentum, such as the wake of a boat or a wing or kite powered by the wind, to get the foil up and out of the water. Once that happens, it’s like floating or soaring. My friend Trent Carter once said, “It’s like being on a magic carpet.” The feeling is blissful and somewhat indescribable, only relayed through the expression on the face of the person doing it.

Watch Matt Smith demonstrate an efoil at TheTahoeWeekly.com Efoiling is different in the sense that you don’t need a boat or an outside source to get the speed you need to propel above the water and stay there. The term stands for electric-powered foil board, which means that an efoil doesn’t take oil or gas to run; it’s powered by an electric battery, like a Tesla or ebike is. Homewood High & Dry

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events Outdoor RUFF FROM TOP TO BOTTOM: Matt Smith shows the author

Marina recently installed a charging station for Lift efoil boards. The battery sits inside the board and a person operates it using a handheld remote.

Smith has been interested in the efoil since March but found that there was a bit of a barrier to entry in trying one out in Tahoe at the time. In early June, Smith and his girlfriend went down to Mexico and saw someone using an efoil in the ocean. They tracked down the rider, tried it themselves and instantly became hooked.

When they returned from their trip, Smith invested in three eFoil boards and launched Lake & Wake Adventures.

“In this sport, everyone’s a beginner,” Smith says. “My goal is that within a 45-minute lesson you’re able to get up and above the water.”

On average, Smith says it takes an adult about 10 minutes to stand up on the board, navigate through the water, turn and get out and above the water. Kids can generally get up within 5 minutes.

“When you’re going on the water, it’s like anything you’ve been on before, such as a wakeboard or wakesurf board, but once

how it’s done; Matt Smith and the author walk the boards out into the water.

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It’s smooth and it doesn’t matter what the conditions are,” Smith says.

After about 10 minutes in the water, I find that I am up and gliding above Big Blue, oblivious to any boat chop or waves that come my way. The feeling is surreal.

“I try to make it as easy as I can to get people above the water. I want to be the presence of eFoil rentals and share this experience with as many people as I can,” he says. “I love taking people out of their comfort level and give them an experience that they’d never have otherwise.

I’m trying to have as much fun as I can out here and I want other people to feel the same way.”

Lake & Wake Adventures rents eFoils at North Tahoe Beach in Kings Beach through October and will likely be in Nevada Beach in South Lake Tahoe and somewhere on the North Shore next summer. | (530) 651-3645, lakeandwaketahoe.com 

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alisades Tahoe introduced its new name and logo on Sept. 13 renaming the iconic 70-year-old Squaw Valley ski area and unifying the resort with Alpine Meadows ski area under one name. The ski resort has announced a Nov. 24 opening date for the 2021-22 season.

The base area village on the Olympic Valley side will now be known as The Village at Palisades Tahoe and the resort also plans to debut new names for the Squaw One and Squaw Creek chairlifts, to be selected with input by the Washoe Tribe, Resort at Squaw Creek and the public over a multi-year process. The Washoe Tribe is also leading the efforts to rename Squaw Peak and Squaw Creek, according to the release. The resort also unveiled a new logo.

Inspired by the sheer granite faces and chutes that compose this otherworldly terrain, the Palisades Tahoe name is a result of the collective experience of a fiercely loyal community, united around a shared place that has fascinated and exhilarated for generations, according to the release.

“It is inspiring that after seven decades in operation, a company as storied and established as this resort can still reflect and adjust when it is the necessary and right thing to do,” said recently appointed president and COO Dee Byrne in the release. “This name change reflects who we are as a ski resort and community — we have a reputation for being progressive and boundary-breaking when it comes to feats of skiing and snowboarding. We have proven that those values go beyond the snow for us. It’s an incredibly exciting time to be part of Palisades Tahoe, and after more than 10 years at the resort, I’m honored to be leading our team into this new era.”

The 2020 commitment by the resort to rename the destination was made after extensive research into the historical and current usage and regional history of the word “squaw,” and discussions with the local Washoe Tribe, which affirmed the position that it is widely considered a racist and sexist slur against Indigenous women, according to the release.

RENAMING PROCESS The renaming process began last year with an in-depth research and discovery process that would be the first step in informing the new name. At the outset, the resort team dissected what elements of these neighboring valleys, from the mountains to the people, truly set them apart, according to the release. They looked at the history of the Washoe Tribe, whose ancestral lands were

in Olympic Valley, to extreme ski movies that featured the resort, to the spectrum of feedback on the name change decision. The resort also consulted with local residents, longtime passholders, athletes who grew up on these slopes, employees of the resort and members of the local Washoe tribe.

The central themes that emerged from the discovery process included the unique geography and one-of-a-kind terrain of these mountains, the deep Olympic and ski culture histories across both valleys, the resort’s ability to challenge all levels of skiers and riders, and the incredible strength and loyalty of the community. With the name Palisades Tahoe, the resort honors the past — the arena that put Olympic Valley on the map, inspired countless skiers to push the limits, and created a culture unlike any other — and looks toward a new chapter.

“Anyone who spends time at these mountains can feel the passion of our dedicated skiers and riders. It’s electric, exciting, reverential and incredibly motivating,” said Ron Cohen, former president and COO in the release.

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A NEW LOGO The Palisades Tahoe name captures and honors two of the resort’s most legendary arenas, one on the Olympic Valley side and one on the Alpine Meadows side, according to the release. The new logo aligns the two mountains that make up Palisades Tahoe with the outline of a majestic eagle — a nod to the sacred Washoe symbol used to communicate with the heavens, the powerful bird that calls Tahoe home, and to the resort’s freeskiing roots. The bold colors and interwoven design pay homage to these majestic mountains’ past, present and future and the fierce allegiance and individuality of the Palisades Tahoe community, according to the release.

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PARTNERING WITH THE WASHOE Palisades Tahoe has also begun building a partnership with the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California to continue to give the tribe a platform to educate the public about its culture and the valley’s origins as the ancestral land of the Washoe Tribe, and to ensure mountain accessibility for present and future Washoe generations.

The resort will install a Washoe exhibit at High Camp, complete with tribal artifacts that show the Washoe way of life that members seek to preserve to this day. The groups are also exploring future programming centered on making skiing more accessible to Washoe Tribe members. | palisadestahoe.com 

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nfortunately, too many residents have learned recently what it’s likely to have to evacuate due to an impending wildfire from the Caldor Fire to the Dixie Fire. Being prepared with a Go Bag for every family member, reviewing the Evacuation Checklist and creating a Disaster Survival Kit are just some of the essentials to prepare.

It’s also important to plan by talking to children, involving them with the plans and practicing regularly what they should do in case on an immediate evacuation. It’s also critical to plan for any needs for those with medical needs or disabilities that require special attention.

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Evacuation plans for families with young children should include helping toddlers understand how to quickly respond in case of fire and how adults can escape with babies. Prepare ahead of time by practicing your family’s fire escape plan, and what to do to be safe when there is a wildfire nearby.

A Parent’s Guide to Fire Safety for Babies and Toddlers | The U.S. Fire Administration’s information site for parents and caregivers to help prevent fire death of young children. | usfa.fema.gov Let’s Get Ready! | Sesame Workshop campaign with tips, activities and other tools to help prepare for emergencies. | sesamestreet.org Ready Kids | FEMA’s site for older kids to prepare and plan for a disaster. Includes safety steps, tips and games to help children learn about and be ready for an emergency. | ready.gov/kids Smokey Kids | U.S. Forest Service’s interactive Smokey Bear site with games, information and resources on how to prevent forest fires. | smokeybear.com

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Special Populations Fire-Safe Checklist | U.S. Fire Administration’s fire safety guide for individuals with special needs. | usfa.fema.gov Disaster Preparedness for Senior by Seniors | The American Red Cross booklet designed by and for older adults to prepare them for a sudden emergency. | redcross.org Emergency & Disaster Preparedness for People with Disabilities | American Red Cross Disaster Services booklet with resources to help people with physical, visual, auditory or cognitive disabilities design a personal disaster plan. | redcross.org

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RESOURCES Cal Fire | readyforwildfire.org Create a disaster kit | redcross.org Create a home wildfire checklist | readyforwildfire.org Current fire conditions & restrictions | tahoelivingwithfire.com Nevada Fire Info | nevadafireinfo.org

GUIDE & EVACUATION ROUTES Alpine County | alpinecountyca.gov Incline Village & Crystal Bay | nltfpd.org North Lake Tahoe & West Shore | bit.ly/3CRDgtG

Truckee Travel Alert | visittruckeetahoe.com

South Lake Tahoe area | southtahoeemergencyguide.com

Wildfire Evacuation Checklist | livingwithfire.com

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What’s covered | The details matter.

Understand if you have a replacement cost policy that pays to replace all your items at current market price or an actual cash value policy that takes depreciation into account and pays less for aged items.

Home improvements | If you make home improvements, be sure to update your coverage including for new countertops, floors, etc.

Maintain insurance | If your home is paid off, be sure to maintain homeowner insurance. Without insurance, you likely won’t have the funds to rebuild.

Renters insurance | Renters can lose everything in a fire and be left to start over. Many insurers bundle coverage with an auto insurance policy at affordable prices.

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Filing insurance claims will be easier if you have an accurate home inventory by documenting the contents of your home. Use your smartphone to video your belongings, including vehicles and equipment. Keep your inventory and photos outside the home or stored in the cloud.

Make an inventory | Video or photograph each room of your home.

Remember to document drawers and closets. Don’t forget the garage and sheds. Download a Home Inventory Checklist from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or download the app to make one on a phone.

Document value | Keep a record or video of prices of items and where and when you purchased them. Make note of important or expensive items like electronics, appliances, sports equipment, TVs, computers, jewelry, etc.

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hese are challenging times for those being impacted by the wildfires burning around California and directly impacts the residents of the Tahoe Sierra. If you need help or want to help those in need, here’s some of the resources available to provide services and to accept donations.

AlertWildfire Camera Network Donations needed to support this network. | tahoeprosperity.org

Almanor Foundation Wildfire Relief Fund Aiding those impacted by the Dixie Fire. | almanorfoundation.com

American Red Cross The American Red Cross is staffing evacuation centers and providing support to victims of wildfires. Check the website for current evacuation areas. | redcross.org

Lake Valley Firefighter’s Community Relief Fund To support the immediate needs and efforts of Lake Valley Fire crews and other agencies. | bit.ly/3mX52iY

Placer Food Bank The Placer Food Bank is providing emergency food response/distribution to those impacted by fires. | donate.placerfoodbank.org

Philanthropy California Provides state-wide information for victims of wildfires. | philanthropyca.org

Project Camp A trauma-informed pop-up day camp that supports children and families affected by disasters. Enrolling kids who were evacuated during the Caldor and Dixie fires. Volunteers also needed. | projectcamp.co

Caldor Fire Recovery Eldorado County page with information on available services and assistance. | edcgov.us

food assistance and other family needs. | sierracommunityhouse.org

California Fire Foundation

Social Services

Victim assistance provided and donations needed. | cafirefoundation.org

California Office of Emergency Services State resources for housing assistance and other needs. | wildfirerecovery.caloes. ca.gov

El Dorado Community Foundation

Sierra Community House | Provides

California resources for assistance and services. | cdss.ca.gov/disaster-help-center

South Lake Tahoe Evacuation Resources Resources for lodging, transportation, pet services and more through City of South Lake Tahoe. | cityofslt.us/ evacuationresources

The El Dorado County Community Foundation set up a Caldor Fire Fund. All donations go to families and individuals impacted by the fire. | eldoradocf.org

Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless

Food Bank of Northern Nevada

Fund to support restaurant and bar workers. | tahoeprosperity.org

The Food Bank of Northern Nevada is offering food assistance for Caldor Fire evacuees. Donations are also needed. | give.fbnn.org

Hands 4 Hope Collecting monetary and supply donations for the Caldor Fire victims. | hands4hopeyouth.org/caldorfire

Hunger Relief Boxes Apply through Tahoe Food Hub at tahoefoodhub.org or make a donation to support its efforts at tahoefoodhub. networkforgood.com.

Works with the homeless and vulnerable residents. | tahoehomeless.org

Tahoe Together Caldor Fire Relief

Tahoe/Truckee Emergency Response Fund Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation relief fund. | ttcf.net

Tamarack Fire Assistance Applications now open for assistance at alpinecounty.com/give, (530) 694-2475 or stop by the Chamber of Commerce in Markleeville for a paper copy. Donations to the fund may be made at bit.ly/3zKAWmf  –Katherine E. Hill

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Horoscopes

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Libra (Sep 22-Oct 22) Mars just recently and the Sun later this week entering your sign and joining forces with Mercury will bring energy and resolve to your focus.

Venus in Scorpio meanwhile will bring emphasis to financial matters. This combination of factors will challenge you to see people and situations beyond your own interests.

Scorpio (Oct 22-Nov 21) Circumstances of late have been guiding you to think more critically and independently. This includes questioning why you perceive, believe and interpret things the way you do. Are there other angles worth considering? Your skeptical powers will deepen and expand when you direct such scrutiny to your own nature, conditioning and thought processes.

Sagittarius (Nov 21-Dec 21) Although not much, there remains some time to gain the recognition and reward you feel you have earned and deserve. Are you after a raise or a promotion or perhaps a new job altogether? In these very complex and changing times, much is shifting publicly, and this will continue. Such shifts create opportunities too. Above all, you want your truth heard.

Capricorn (Dec 21-Jan 19) You want to be seen, heard and heeded. You are making even more efforts to pay closer attention to the details of the bigger picture than usual. Coming to a realistic assessment of matters feels extra important. This may require new tools, techniques and methods as well as new information sources. You are determined to increase your power going forward.

Pisces (Feb 19-Mar 20) Some rather intense exchanges on relationship fronts are underway. This includes a personal transformation of some kind, a process of death and rebirth. Pretty much every aspect of your personal life is being impacted such as your home, family and lifestyle in general. It is also probably affecting your social and professional life, as well.

Aries (Mar 21-Apr 20) Mars joining Mercury in Libra and the Sun soon to follow bring a charged emphasis to your relationship life. Passions and desires will be strong with Venus in Libra meanwhile. Pushing for engagement will prove stronger than usual leading you to take extra measures you might not usually.

Expect emotions to get heated and edgy.

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Virgo (Aug 23-Sep 22) Taking new leads and initiatives continues.

Your resolve has been strong, but your follow-through has been challenging due to outer factors. Taking a philosophical approach to it all has been necessary.

Yet, your ambitions have been deepening and you have begun to push harder, and this trend will continue and escalate this week.

Taurus (Apr 20-May 21) Creative expressions guided by beauty and excellence with attention to detail, is a spotlight theme. This trend will continue well into October. The workload will prove heavy, but you will feel determined to meet the challenge. Desires for love and romance is a featured theme all the while adding depth and color to the plot.

Gemini (May 21-Jun 21) A lingering emphasis on home and family comes with playful highlights. Yet, there are complex patterns to contend with as well. These imply the need for extra efforts especially due to the degree and scope of intensity and stress on the social scene.

Understanding what is going on or will challenge you to examine why you believe what you do.

Cancer (Jun 21-Jul 22) Your mind is racing with thoughts and ideas these days. Circumstances have and continue to push you to dig deeper than usual to see matters more clearly. This could have a renovative effect especially regarding what you deem important. Despite a veritable metamorphic process underway within, you have reason to feel rewarded.

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Markleeville Creek Day Markleeville Creek Day on Sept. 18 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. is a community-wide, volunteer-based watershed restoration event organized by Alpine Watershed Group.

Volunteers are needed to help with beautification projects in Markleeville, ADA trail maintenance, highway cleanup, graffiti removals and invasive weed removal. | Register alpinewatershedgroup.org

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Cool September Days Car, Truck and M/C Show Heavenly Village South Lake Tahoe | Sept. 17-19

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2021 “Area of Refuge” Evacuation Drill Online | Olympic Valley | Sept. 18

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Aquarius (Jan 19-Feb 19) Deep changes are underway. Some of these may be clearly indicated externally, but you are also both feeling and recognizing them within. Some measure of renovation is indicated, and this will require extra efforts, some of which emerged quite suddenly and unexpectedly. Positively, you feel charged and empowered to forge ahead.

Leo (Jul 22-Aug 23) Practical concerns and considerations are at the forefront of your thoughts and actions of late.

These are activating your determination to expand your scope of opportunity. Increased commitment and a willingness to make any and all extra efforts to succeed will support your focus. Gathering tools and resources required are featured.

Adventure Van Expo Homewood Mountain Resort | Sept. 18, 19 10 a.m.-5 p.m. | (530) 525-2992, skihomewood.com

Creek Day Area venues | Markleeville | Sept. 18

9 a.m. Free | (530) 694-2327, alpinewatershedgroup.org C R O S S WO R D P U Z Z L E , C RY P TO Q U I P & A N S W E R S A R E L O C AT E D O N PAG E 15 .

Johnson Canyon Hike Donner Lake Interchange Trailhead Truckee | Sept. 18

Lower Carpenter Valley hike Carpenter Valley Trailhead Truckee | Sept. 23

9 a.m. Free | eventbrite.com

Truckee Chamber’s 68th Annual Awards Event Truckee | Sept. 24

5:30-7:30 p.m. | chamber.truckee.com

UTLT: Ultra Trails Lake Tahoe Race The Village At Northstar Truckee | Sept. 24-26 e3running.com

Spartan Tahoe Trail 10K Olympic Valley | Sept. 25

7:30 a.m. | (800) 403-0206, | race.spartan.com

Community Clean Up Day Sierra Community House Kings Beach | Sept. 25

9 a.m. Free | (530) 546-9000, northtahoebusiness.org

9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free | eventbrite.com

Village Vibrations Sierra Speaker Series: Donner Party’s Forlorn Hope Donner Memorial State Park Truckee | Sept. 18

5 p.m. $5 | sierrastateparks.org

Tahoe Adventure Challenge Big Blue Adventure | Tahoe City | Sept. 18

Heavenly Village South Lake Tahoe | Sept. 25

3-8 p.m. | theshopsatheavenly.com

Frog Lake Cliffs hike Bunny Hill Parking Lot Truckee | Sept. 26

9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free | eventbrite.com

8 a.m.-4 p.m. | facebook.com

OATBRAN- Ride Across Nevada The Tahoe Cup Lake Crossing Watermans Landing Carnelian Bay | Sept. 18

Bally’s Lake Tahoe Stateline | Sept. 26-29 bikethewest.com

5 a.m. | facebook.com

Waddle Ranch Hike River Talks Virtual | Truckee | Sept. 21, 28

4:30-5 p.m. Free | 530.550.8760 x5, truckeeriverwc.org

Trailhead at Glider Port Road and Martis Dam Road | Truckee | Sept. 28 9 a.m. Free | eventbrite.com

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A MILESTONE IN TRAIL BUILDING The view south along the Pacific Crest from Andesite Peak.

TA H O E R I M T R A I L O P E N E D 2 0 Y E A R S AG O S TO RY & P H OTO S BY T I M H AU S E R M A N

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Tahoe Rim Trail remained closed due to fire danger as of press time for this edition. Visit tahoerimtrail.org for current trail conditions and to plan your future visit.

Twenty years ago

on Sept. 22, 2001, the completion of the Tahoe Rim Trail loop was celebrated at an event on the trail 4 miles east of Brockway Summit. Completing the TRT was a culmination of 20 years of effort

by Tahoe Rim Trail Association, which formed in 1981, marking its 40th anniversary this year.

Joining local dignitaries and the folks who built the trail at the celebration was an official group of thru-hikers who timed the ending of their bizarre

Federal, state and local trails or parks may be closed due to fire danger or air quality impacts.

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TOP: Relaxing along the shore of Fontanillis Lake

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LEFT: Tahoe Rim Trail near Rose Knob Peak; The official

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two-week trip around TRT to coincide with the celebration. What made the hike bizarre? A few days after it begin America was attacked on 9-11, but the hikers persevered, walking for days under an eerie planeless sky.

In September of 2001, I was finishing final edits on the first edition of my soon-to-be-published guidebook “The Tahoe Rim Trail: A complete guide for hikers, mountain bikers and equestrians.” The cover shot was taken from the location of the grandopening celebration that I attended. My most powerful memory of the day was being part of a group of six that helped carry a disabled former TRT board president to the event using a litter. I certainly gained an appreciation for the challenges search and rescue personnel face when evacuating injured people from the wilderness.

I’d finished hiking the trail in 1999, when some of TRT was still under construction. I remember an extremely challenging and precarious jaunt across a talus field atop Rose Knob Peak. It took me and my friend Shannon Raborn close to an hour of nervewracking rock balancing to cross. A year later, after expert trail builders wrestled a path through that talus, it was just an easy 5-minute stroll.

On completion of the trail, I received a certificate as the 11th member of the Tahoe Rim Trail 150 Mile Club. TRTA didn’t know yet that the trail would eventually become a 165-mile trail. Now there are more than 2,700 members of the TRT 165 Mile Club and the numbers are growing rapidly.

The trail was lightly used at first. On a day-long hike on one of the more remote sections it was not unusual to have the trail to yourself. Besides building the trail in those early days, the trail association also spent a lot of effort marketing this wonderful hidden gem around Lake Tahoe.

In 2007, I thru-hiked the trail solo for the first time. Even though I knew the trail well, thru-hiking is a different experience. The trail is a giant circle so every day you get both farther away and closer to where you started. One day’s little blip on the horizon becomes a giant mountain towering above you a few days later.

On that first thru-hike, I encountered a total of three people who were thru-hiking the trail at the same time as me. While there were parts of the trail that were busy, I almost always camped by myself.

On a weekend in the middle of July, I spent a lonely night at Marlette Peak Campground. What a difference a dozen years makes. Two years ago, I returned to that campground on a midweek night in September and found the camp full to the brim. There were twice as many thru-hikers there as I had encountered on my original 13-day trip.

In other words, Tahoe Rim Trail, like all the other more spectacular trails in America, has been discovered. Seeing a major increase in use over the last five years, the trail association changed its mission. It no longer focuses on promoting the trail, but instead on working to maintain and protect it. A good bit of the emphasis now is on educating trail users to properly use the trail so that it will stay as beautiful

talus, it was just an easy 5-minute stroll. as it is now. This summer, the nonprofit started a Taskforce Trailhead program to help with that education process.

When the fourth edition of my guidebook came out last year, it still gave the reader everything he or she will need to know to enjoy the trail, but there is an expanded focus on how to Leave No Trace and be good stewards of the trail.

TRTA’S 40TH ANNIVERSARY POST FAVORITE MEMORIES SEPT. 18-25 #TRTATURNS40 CELEBRATION POSTPONED UNTIL 2022 “Over the past 20 years, the trail has provided users with the opportunity to experience the incredible natural and recreational resources of the Tahoe Basin; 2021 also marks the Tahoe Rim Trail Association’s 40th anniversary and with the support of our trails community, we look forward to more successful years improving the trail and inspiring stewardship,” said Morgan Steel, the organization’s executive director. | tahoerimtrail.org 

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hen government engineers penciled out how much water they could siphon out of Truckee River for the Newlands Project, they based it on wetter than normal winters and overestimated average water runoff. Once the Bureau of Reclamation began diverting the river at Derby Dam in 1906, water levels began falling downstream at Pyramid Lake, a Paiute reservation.

Pyramid Lake was a vital fishery for thousands of years, but the tribe had no legal rights to Truckee River water until 1908 when the U.S. Supreme Court determined that when the federal government established Indian reservations it implicitly reserved sufficient land and water to serve its purpose and that non-Indians could not interfere with a tribe’s reserved water. The precedent-setting decision also recognized prior appropriation rights for Western tribes.

The court’s opinion gave the Paiute the most senior claims on Truckee River dating back to 1859 when land for the Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation was first set aside.

To comply with the law the United States

government promised the Paiute Tribe enough water to maintain its historic trout fishery at the river’s mouth. Sadly, like virtually every other treaty the government signed with Native Americans, it wasn’t worth the paper it was written on.

The diversions continued and Derby Dam dramatically cut water flow into Pyramid Lake. By 1967, the lake’s level had dropped 87 feet. Deficient inflow prevented the cui-ui fish, now recognized as a federally endangered sucker unique to Pyramid Lake, and the threatened Lahontan cutthroat trout, a world-class trophy fish, from migrating upstream to spawn.

Falling water levels increased salinity in the lake and sawdust and toxic pollution from the upstream Floriston paper mill destroyed the fish habitat.

Beginning in 1919, the Paiute Tribe complained to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that lack of water inhibited the spawning of trout. In 1951, Paiutes went to the courts and sued for damages under the Indian Claims Commission Act, which led to the Washoe Project Act. This negotiation increased upstream storage for the Paiute fisheries with the 1970 con-

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BELOW: Lahontan Reservoir during drought, circa 2003.

struction of Stampede Reservoir as a large storage basin for tribal management. Fighting for additional water under the Doctrine of Prior Appropriation, the Paiutes claimed superior rights due to its 1859 reservation status and its fish

hatchery putting water to Beneficial Use long before white settlers arrived. This litigation reached the Supreme Court, but failed to override the existing, complicated and hard-fought court decisions regarding tribal water rights.

In the 1970s and 80s, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service stepped in along with other agencies to establish and fund recovery plans for the endangered cui-ui with aggressive hatchery programs. Previously eliminated from the Truckee River system by dams and pollution, Lahontan cutthroat trout were acquired from native stock from a lake in northern Nevada and re-introduced into Pyramid Lake. The increased water flow and government help dramatically improved the biotic health of Pyramid Lake. Further litigation by the Tribe in conjunction with the 1987 Clean Water Act empowered the sovereign Paiute Nation to demand less contamination of the Truckee River, later codified in the 1996 Truckee River Water Quality Standards Settlement. Today, the Paiute Tribe has authority to manage its fisheries and water quality where Truckee River enters Pyramid Lake.

TRUCKEE RIVER AGREEMENT FORMED The Paiute prevailed, but negotiations continued over water rights by other parties including Tahoe lakeshore owners with littoral rights (use and enjoyment of the shoreline), downstream power companies (established flow rates at the state line known as Floriston rates), Truckee Meadows irrigators with early Nevada rights to Truckee River’s natural flow, along with Newlands Project irrigators with junior rights to water stored in Tahoe. The whole complicated mess coalesced in 1935 in the form of the Truckee River Agreement, which to a large degree is still the basis today for watershed management. That agreement led to the 1937 construction of Boca Reservoir to store water for Truckee Meadows irrigators.

In the 1944 Orr Ditch Decree, a federal court adjudicated water rights for all concerned parties. Interestingly, it does not make an interstate allocation of Truckee River between California and Nevada; it only quantifies individual water rights.

These decrees continue to be tweaked.

The Orr Ditch Degree empowered the Bureau of Reclamation to irrigate its target of 200,000 acres of desert in Lahontan Valley, but historically the Newlands Project has sustained less, between 50,000 to 60,000 acres. (Sen. Francis Newlands and Robert Fulton’s original plans for Nevada’s “Greatest Reclamation Project” proposed a colossal 400,000 irrigated acres.)

WATER FLOWS TO NEVADA FARMERS Water diverted out of Truckee River flows through Truckee Canal 32 miles south to supplement the Carson River where the liquid gold is stored in Lahontan Reservoir for use by farmers, beef ranchers and dairy producers. The transfer of irrigation water requires four dams and 68.5 miles of canals. The Truckee Canal is unlined and loses up to one-third of its water due to seepage.

Family farms irrigated with the seemingly abundant and inexpensive Tahoe Sierra water began to grow sugar beets, melons, cantaloupes, corn and vegetables.

They raised sheep, beef cattle, milk cows and poultry. Severe droughts and pests took a toll on many of these commodities.

Dairymen homesteaded on the project in its earliest years to produce butter, cream

and milk. A mainstay crop is nutrient-rich alfalfa hay, a significant water consumer, which is grown as feed for beef cattle and dairy cows. For context, in the scheme of California’s $50 billion agricultural sector with more than 400 commodities, alfalfa consumes more water than any other crop and is the second-most water intensive. Irrigated pasture for grazing livestock is the third largest water consumer in the Golden State and the third-most water intensive. Oft-cited scapegoats, such as almonds (1,900 gallons of water per pound) and pistachios (1,362 gallons per pound) rank fourth.

Water managers recognize the limitations of the over-appropriated Newlands Project, but economic growth is a priority.

Certain agricultural sectors are becoming unsustainable in California due to frequent drought, diminishing mountain snowpacks and environmental issues.

They’re the same dire conditions that affect water imported to western Nevada, which was declared a federal drought disaster area just six years ago in 2015. Water managers recognize the limitations of the over-appropriated Newlands Project, but economic growth is a priority.

Locally grown high-grade alfalfa is exported to California, Asia and beyond.

Much of the fluid milk produced regionally stays in the Silver State, but cows consume 30 to 50 gallons of water every day. According to the Water Education Foundation, it takes 48 gallons of irrigation water to produce one glass of milk, about 8 fluid ounces.

America’s modern dairy industry sees its future in exports, particularly to China, and while small dairy farmers haven’t disappeared in the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District, there are now operations with thousands of cows. Powdered milk products are processed locally, then trucked to the Port of Oakland and shipped to China.

As they say, water flows uphill to money. 

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ichael Maher, the lead singer and guitarist for North Tahoe punkgrass trio Worn Out Welcome, used to live in Glenshire where he nurtured interests in gardening and outdoor sports. Like many in the region, he struggled financially.

“I was always working my ass off,” he says. “It was a cycle I could never get out of. I had a longing for connection and a tendency toward isolation.”

A few years ago, he started attending local bluegrass jams and open mics in an attempt to find community.

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when I started playing guitar all the

myself feel better.

It brought me out of my own shell and connected me with people.”

–Mike Maher “I was going through a really hard time when I started playing guitar all the time,” he says. “Playing music was a way to help myself feel better. It brought me out of my own shell and connected me with people.”

High on music, he started working on his debut record, getting a number of songs down on an analog recording device. But while battling depression, he lost his housing in 2019, like so many former Tahoe residents have experienced in recent years.

Maher hit the road in his 2000 Toyota Tacoma.

“I was leaving town when I came up with the band name,” he says. “It felt like I’d worn out my welcome here.”

He headed north with his 11-year-old Siberian Husky, Zombie, stopping at as many open mics and dog parks as he could.

Somewhere near Olympic Peninsula in Washington, he learned that his brother (who has spent many years hopping freight trains around the country) had picked up his recording device from storage and corrupted the songs. Maher was heartbroken.

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He drove to Portland, Ore., where he worked as a delivery man for Uber Eats while trying to find the same recording device that could allow him to recover his work. Two days before Covid shut down the world, the frame cracked on his Tacoma. He rented and slept in a car for three weeks until he saved up enough money from deliveries to buy a Honda Odyssey. He lived in the van as he continued to travel.

After attending a punkgrass festival in southern Oregon, he met Lightnin’ Luke, the fiddle player from one of his favorite bands, Clyde and the Milltailers. For $100, Luke agreed to record and play on four songs for Maher at his home studio.

For a few weeks, he rented a nearby trailer in the remote village of Sprague River.

“I could ride dirt bikes and shoot guns out my door,” he says. “It was pretty cool.

I went back to Portland when I got kicked out of there. I ended up in a city with the most dog parks per capita and 50 open mics every week, so it wasn’t too bad.”

Yet again and again, be it through tweaker freak outs or roommate drama, living situations fell through. Maher hit the road once more, this time to Tucson, Ariz., and Albuquerque, N.M., to see family.

Then he drove to Denver with his brother, his brother’s girlfriend and three dogs packed into a Honda Accord.

After stopping at some hot springs in Wyoming, his travels led him back to California in May where he found a room for rent in Tahoe City. Sitting in at a speakeasy night at Truckee’s Pastime Club, he connected with well-known local musicians Ryan Taylor (banjo) and Steve LaBella (upright bass) who agreed to form an acoustic trio built around Maher’s original songs.

Ryan Taylor (banjo), Steve LaBella (upright bass), and Michael Maher (acoustic guitar).

“It’s the perfect band, really,” says Maher.

“I’m super lucky I have such talented musicians who want to play with me. I need to grab the reins a bit and pull it together. I kind of feel like I’m still faking it. It’s just magic how all this came together.”

Reflecting now on his band name, the meaning has changed.

“It transitioned into there being a place for the worn out to be welcome,” he says.

While a natural born seeker like Maher may never truly know what the future holds, he’s happy to call Tahoe home again, at least for now.

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“It’s that perpetual search,” he says. “I thought people would want to see me before I left. Then you come back and everybody is so happy to see you. It was overwhelming. When I came back here it felt more like home than any other place.

I think a lot of people are displaced right now for housing or financial reasons. I hope they find their way.” | Worn Out Welcome on Facebook  Sean McAlindin is a writer and musician living in Truckee, who loves a secret powder stash just as much as a good jam. You can reach him at entertainment@tahoethisweek.com. Other writings and original music are available at seanmcalindin.com.

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Truth Cartel The Peak, Graeagle, 6-9 p.m.

Magic After Dark: Robert Hall The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7 p.m.

Chris Costa Tahoe Biltmore Lodge & Casino, Crystal Bay, 8 p.m.

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Gerald Albright, Jonathan Butler & Julian Vaughn Bally’s Lake Tahoe, Stateline, 8 p.m.

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Magic After Dark: Robert Hall The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 9 p.m.

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SEPTEMBER 20 | MONDAY FilmStream Festival Heavenly Mountain, South Lake Tahoe, 11 a.m.-8 p.m.

Women’s Singing Group Commons Beach, Tahoe City, 4-5:30 p.m.

Magic After Dark: Robert Hall The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7 p.m.

Live music McP’s Taphouse, Stateline, 8 p.m.

Magic After Dark: Robert Hall The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 9 p.m.

SEPTEMBER 21 | TUESDAY FilmStream Festival Heavenly Mountain, South Lake Tahoe, 11 a.m.-8 p.m.

Magic After Dark: Robert Hall The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7 p.m.

Tuesday Night Blues Harrah’s Lake Tahoe, Stateline, 8-11 p.m.

Live music McP’s Taphouse, Stateline, 8 p.m.

Magic After Dark: Robert Hall The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 9 p.m.

SEPTEMBER 22 | WEDNESDAY FilmStream Festival Heavenly Mountain, South Lake Tahoe, 11 a.m.-8 p.m.

Magic After Dark: Robert Hall The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7 p.m.

Live music McP’s Taphouse, Stateline, 8 p.m.

Magic After Dark: Robert Hall The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 9 p.m.

Karaoke Classic Cue, South Lake Tahoe, 9 p.m.

SEPTEMBER 23 | THURSDAY FilmStream Festival Heavenly Mountain, South Lake Tahoe, 11 a.m.-8 p.m.

Peter DeMattei Mourelatos Lakeshore Resort, Tahoe Vista, 5:30 p.m.

Magic After Dark: Robert Hall The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7 p.m.

Rustler’s Moon Bar of America, Truckee, 8-11 p.m.

Live music McP’s Taphouse, Stateline, 8 p.m.

SEPTEMBER 24 | FRIDAY FilmStream Festival Heavenly Mountain, South Lake Tahoe, 11 a.m.-8 p.m.

Summer Live Music Series Village at Northstar, Truckee, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Thomas MacDonald The Peak, Graeagle, 6-9 p.m.

SEPTEMBER 25 | SATURDAY Matt & Buddy Mourelatos Lakeshore Resort, Tahoe Vista, 5:30 p.m.

Cory Branan | Music in the Meadow The Brewing Lair, Blairsden, 6-9 p.m.

Mike McQuinn The Peak, Graeagle, 6-9 p.m.

Magic After Dark: Robert Hall The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7 p.m.

Chris Costa Tahoe Biltmore Lodge & Casino, Crystal Bay, 8 p.m.

Live music McP’s Taphouse, Stateline, 8 p.m.

Dueling Pianos Harveys Lake Tahoe, Stateline, 8:30 p.m.

Magic After Dark: Robert Hall The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 9 p.m.

Live Music Bar of America, Truckee, 9:30 p.m.

Karaoke Rojos, South Lake Tahoe, 10 p.m.

SEPTEMBER 26 | SUNDAY Magic After Dark: Robert Hall The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7 p.m.

Tab Benoit’s Swampland Jam Crystal Bay Casino, Crystal Bay, 8 p.m.

Live music McP’s Taphouse, Stateline, 8 p.m.

Magic After Dark: Robert Hall The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 9 p.m.

SEPTEMBER 27 | MONDAY Magic After Dark: Robert Hall The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7 p.m.

Live music McP’s Taphouse, Stateline, 8 p.m.

Magic After Dark: Robert Hall The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 9 p.m.

SEPTEMBER 28 | TUESDAY Magic After Dark: Robert Hall The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7 p.m.

Tuesday Night Blues Harrah’s Lake Tahoe, Stateline, 8-11 p.m.

Live music McP’s Taphouse, Stateline, 8 p.m.

Magic After Dark: Robert Hall The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 9 p.m.

SEPTEMBER 29 | WEDNESDAY Magic After Dark: Robert Hall The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7 p.m.

Live music McP’s Taphouse, Stateline, 8 p.m.

Lake Street Dive with Allison Russell Bally’s Lake Tahoe, Stateline, 8 p.m.

Magic After Dark: Robert Hall The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 9 p.m.

Karaoke Classic Cue, South Lake Tahoe, 9 p.m.

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FilmStream Festival Heavenly Mountain, South Lake Tahoe, 11 a.m.-8 p.m.

Rememberance 9/11 Memorial Series Area Venue TBA, South Lake Tahoe, 7 p.m.

Magic After Dark: Robert Hall The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7 p.m.

Live music McP’s Taphouse, Stateline, 8 p.m.

Magic After Dark: Robert Hall The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 9 p.m.

Minnesota Bally’s Lake Tahoe, Stateline, 11 p.m.

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Live music McP’s Taphouse, Stateline, 8 p.m.

Dueling Pianos Harveys Lake Tahoe, Stateline, 8:30 p.m.

Magic After Dark: Robert Hall Unfiltered The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 9 p.m.

Karaoke Classic Cue, South Lake Tahoe, 9 p.m.

Live Music Bar of America, Truckee, 9:30 p.m.

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The candles, aptly named Tahoe Candles, embody the memories of Tahoe.

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contains the scents of frosted juniper, connecting me to memory of a quiet powder day in the back country or on the slopes.

Both smell like Tahoe — clean, fresh and vibrant. Then I pick up the Lazy Sunday Morning cinnamon chai candle and it smells like being outside on a crisp fall day bundled up with a thermos of warmness out among the golden aspens.

This new candle company is the creation of Tahoe resident Scott Swanson, who moved to the area in June 2020. He enjoys snowboarding, hiking and being outdoors and always had an affinity to Tahoe. In 2017, he unexpectedly lost his wife of 37 years and decided he needed a fresh start.

He was also given the opportunity to work remotely in his day job of business development and made the move to Tahoe.

Shortly after Swanson moved into his place in Northstar, a friend gave him a neat housewarming gift — a multi-wick candle in a blue ceramic bowl. He loved it so much that when it burned down to the bottom, he rewicked it and used it again. It got him thinking about what he could do to showcase his love for Tahoe and his late wife and came up with the idea of Tahoe Candles.

“I realized I could do this as a side hustle,” Swanson says.

He registered the Tahoe Candles domain, became active on Instagram and started using the tagline: “Find your heart in Tahoe.”

He decided to build these candles in rough, wooden heart-shaped bowls that have a certain rustic, cozy, forest feel to them while subliminally portraying the beauty and adventure that encompasses the Tahoe lifestyle. He walked down from his ski-in ski-out condo at Northstar to Copper Lane Café & Provisions and asked the owners if they would be interested in carrying Tahoe Candles. They were fully supportive of the idea, so Swanson proceeded by finding a bowl manufacturer in Arkansas and reaching out to Candle Science to help him dial in the scents and generate the all-natural, nontoxic soy wax.

To come up with the scents, Swanson bounced names off of friends and strangers, then ordered 50 different samples and thought about what would go good with his chosen names. He walked around the Village at Northstar and asked people to take a whiff of his product and he got positive responses.

“I’m not a very scientific person. I go on intuition and gut instinct. But I could tell from talking to a handful of people that I was onto something,” Swanson says. “I just did a lot of smelling.”

He launched the business in July 2021 and now has six scents of candles in all different sizes. He hand pours every candle and is getting ready to launch a Coming Home pumpkin chai-scented product.

Swanson believes that his late wife would be thrilled about his new business.

When asked what her favorite scent would be, he gets quiet for a second, then says: “I think she’d like the Lazy Sunday Morning.

She loved chais.”

Scott Swanson, center, with a 10-lb. trough Tahoe Candle with Cooper Lane general manager Victoria Montague, right, and manager Rachael Schieberl. | Courtesy Scott Swanson Heart candles by Tahoe Candle. | Kayla Anderson

According to Swanson, the Copper Lane Café staff told him that the first person who bought a Tahoe Candle was crying at the counter.

“The first person who bought my candle was a widow and I also found how Tahoe mended her heart and helped her. That showed me that this is more than just a candle, it’s a story. It’s a connection that brings you back to the memory of this place,” he says.

Swanson is also proud to be a part of Tahoe Fund’s $1 for Tahoe program.

“I’m passionate about this; I wanted to create a high-quality product that honors my wife and this area. I think the world of [Tahoe Fund]. Before I even launched the company, I wanted to give back to them,” he says. “This is all about sharing something that is close to my heart.”

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urry, a stew prepared with a mix of different spices, is perfect for fall. They can range from super spicy hot to mild in flavor. Curries can be prepared vegetarian and most often are served with rice. The origin of curry dates to 2,600 BC in the Pakistan region.

Curries are generally equated with Indian cuisine, but many cultures around the globe prepare a version of curry dishes including Thailand, Japan, China, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Jamaica, Indonesia and Vietnam. Britain and South Africa are also homes to curry cuisine.

Basic store-bought curry powder is made with turmeric, cumin, coriander and red chili pepper. Other versions can also include ginger, fenugreek seeds, cinnamon, black pepper, mustard seeds and a host of other spices.

Curries are generally equated with Indian cuisine, but many cultures around the globe prepare a version of curry dishes including Thailand, Japan, China, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Jamaica,

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INDIAN CURRIES Korma, madras, vindaloo, masala makhani, Rogan Josh, Jalfrezi, tikka, tandoor and saag are some of the many types of Indian curry. Korma is lusciously creamy, using yogurt and spices, including garam masala. Madras is a tomato-based curry that leans heavily on cayenne, cloves, fenugreek and chili. Vindaloo is prepared with cardamom, black pepper, chilies, ginger, cumin, mustard seeds, cinnamon, cloves, turmeric and tamarind. Vindaloo tends to be spicy hot. Masala and makhani are also tomato-based dishes. Both incorporate a host of spices and include yogurt and cream. Makhani uses cashews in most recipes. The most popular makhani dish is butter chicken.

Rogan Josh invites meats and proteins to dance with the warm flavors of cardamom, cloves and cumin, cardamom and bay leaf. Jalfrezi is made with meat, fish or veggies marinated in cumin, coriander and turmeric and fried in oil with chilies, onions, cabbage and tomatoes. The dish is cooked down and boasts a thick, dry sauce. Tikka curry coats the meats with yogurt and spices and is grilled on a kebab skewer. Tandoori curry marinates the meat in a mixture of oil, lemon juice and spices, which is cooked in an Indian clay pot.

Saag paneer, one of my favorite side dishes, is made with spinach. It incorporates red chilies, garam masala, coriander, ginger, garlic and green onions. Indian curries are served with basmati rice, assorted chutneys and naan bread.

THAI CURRIES Thai curries are lighter than their Indian counterparts and more like a soup. The three main curries are green curry prepared with green chili, lemongrass, lime leaves, coriander and basil. It can be extremely hot. I had it in a small storefront in Queens, N.Y., years ago. My date ordered the green curry and sweated profusely throughout the entire meal. These days most Thai restaurants will ask you how hot you want this dish.

Red curry is made with red chilis.

Red curry paste is made with red chilies, coriander, cumin, garlic, shallots, kaffir lime rind, white peppercorn, lemongrass, shrimp paste, sea salt and galangal. Yellow curry recipes are made with garlic, turmeric, galangal, coriander, lemongrass, lime leaves and coconut milk. Massaman curry is a sweeter curry made with cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, coriander, cumin, peppercorn and dried Thai chiles and roasted peanuts.

Panang curry is s a type of red curry that incorporates peanuts into the sauce.

JAPANESE CURRY While hiking Mount Fuji, I was served a Japanese curry, which was made with a brown sauce with meats and vegetables served over rice. It is milder than most curries and made with a roux that uses spices like turmeric, cumin, coriander, fenugreek, fennel, cinnamon and ginger. Japanese curry is commonly served in three ways: curry rice, curry udon and curry bread.

JAMAICAN CURRY Jamaican curry is made with Scotch bonnet peppers and spices like cumin, anise and mustard seeds, too. The soupier curry also uses vinegar and Worcestershire sauce.

It’s a tangier flavor.

TRINIDADIAN CURRY Trinidadians make a curry using chicken, curry leaves, hot peppers and spices. Both offer a taste of the islands.

Many curry dishes temper the spices in oil before cooking them. This brings out the intense richness of the spices. Curries are the perfect meal for the fall season. 

Priya Hutner is a food writer, personal chef and owner of The Seasoned Sage, a local meal delivery and catering company.

Priya has been creating and preparing meals from an early age.

She has worked in the restaurant industry in New York City, attended catering school, and was the head chef and executive director of a nonprofit spiritual community in Florida. Visit her website at TheSeasonedSage.com. Send your comments, story ideas and food tidbits to priya@tahoethisweek.com.

EASY THAI FISH & VEGETABLE COCONUT CURRY From the kitchen of Priya Hutner · Serves 4-6 1 lb. halibut or mild white fish 1 T vegetable oil or coconut oil 1 medium onion, diced 2-3 cloves garlic, minced 1 t fresh ginger, grated 1 T lemongrass, chopped 1 small red pepper, deseeded & sliced 2 carrots, cut into ¼-inch rounds 1 zucchini, sliced into rounds 2 t turmeric curry powder, Thai yellow curry or 1 T red or green curry paste 1 can coconut milk 1½ t salt 1 t pepper ½ C fresh Thai basil leaves Red chili pepper, optional Optional: Celery, snow pea pods, bok choy, diced potatoes or chili peppers.

(Personally, I would add them all.)

In a large pot on medium heat, sauté onions in oil for 5 minutes. Add garlic, lemongrass and red pepper. Simmer for another 3 minutes. Add carrots and stir in coconut milk. If you want to add celery, bok choy or potatoes do so now; simmer for 5 minutes. Add fish, curry powder or paste, salt and pepper; simmer for 5 minutes or until fish is almost cooked. Add zucchini and snow pea pods (if using) and turn off the heat.

Let zucchini and snow peas steam in heat.

Serve with jasmine rice or rice noodles and Thai basil leaves.

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Looking at the written record, I am struck flat in the face with the fact that well north of 50 percent of my musings have been about a handful of usual suspect grapes that I swore I would not mention here, so I won’t.

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than Gargenega. Yes, Trebbiano di Soave, Pinot Bianco and Chardonnay are allowed, but the star here is the big G, grown almost exclusively in the Italian region of Veneto; the best are labelled Soave Classico. Flavors of tree fruit and almond notes make for a unique imbibing experience; my go-to is Pieropan, which is quality quaff and widely available.

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Montepulciano, yes it is a region of Tuscany know for Sangiovese-based beauties, but the grape I want to introduce here is a varietal with the same name. Hailing from the other side of the country — Abruzzo to be specific. Until recently these bruisers were perhaps overly rustic, but the past decade has brought a combination of better vintages and better winemaking. Still, expect a real Italian red, with more brambly than fruity dark fruits and a solid tannic backbone. These are superior pizza and roasted beast wines.

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