Alpine County
Outdoors with Don Q: April 30 is the Opening Day of the California fishing season
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Wed, 04/20/2011 - 12:00am
OK Gang, it’s almost time to have fun in the High Sierras once again. In just 10 days on April 30, the 2011 fishing season will open for applicable lakes, reservoirs, streams, creeks and rivers in the State of California, plus all of the applicable waters in Inyo and Mono Counties. That season will then remain open until Tuesday, Nov. 15.
If you’re new to the area, here’s some information that can be useful if you would like to try your hand at fishing on that Opening Day or Weekend:
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Forest Service prescribed fire in Markleeville
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Tue, 04/19/2011 - 6:39pmBy the U.S. Forest Service, Carson Ranger District
As part of the Carson Ranger District Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project, U.S. Forest Service fire crews will begin prescribed fire burning operations near Pleasant Valley Road, Hot Springs Road, and Grover’s Hot Spring State Park in the Markleeville area, located in Alpine County Calif., beginning around April 21, through May 21, weather and fuel conditions permitting.
Fishing Report for Week of February 9-16
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 1:40am
Here is the greater Northern Nevada, Lake Tahoe, Cascade and Northern California fishing report through Feb. 16, 2011.
BLUE LAKES AREA, CALIF:
Dave Kirby of the Woodfords Station (866) 694-2930 www.woodfordsstation.com reported: The road is closed for the winter.
CAPLES LAKE, CALIF:
John Voss of the Caples Lake Resort (209) 258-8888
Emergency 911 service down in Douglas, Lyon counties (update)
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Wed, 12/08/2010 - 12:51pmAll emergency 911 calls for Douglas and Lyon counties are being re-routed into Carson City after a significant outage within the system.
Persons in those counties dialing 911 will be automatically connected to Carson dispatchers.
Douglas County sent out the following press release about the outage:
