Tamarack fire
Partnership Douglas County, Tamarack Turnaround disburses more than $80K to fire victims
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Wed, 10/13/2021 - 1:47pm
Beginning Thursday, October 7, 2021, Partnership Douglas County and Tamarack Turnaround, a philanthropic group of community volunteers, are disbursing over $80,000 raised to individuals and families whose homes were destroyed and were displaced as a result of the Tamarack Fire.
Tamarack Fire threatens Toxic Superfund Site (opinion)
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Wed, 07/21/2021 - 9:15pm
Why is nobody sounding the alarm? The raging Tamarack Fire is quickly approaching the Leviathan Mine Toxic Superfund Site. As of writing the fire is within 1 mile of the EPA toxic site. In the foothills above Holbrook Junction sits the open pit mine. It was described in the Reno Gazette-Journal as "a toxic stew of acid and dissolved heavy metals [that have]collected at the 250-acre site for half a century and polluted streams in the upper Carson River basin." "making the Superfund list of the country’s most polluted sites".
Smoke builds over Minden-Tahoe Airport
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Sun, 07/18/2021 - 11:30am
Smoke blew in Friday night from the Tamarack fire over the Minden-Tahoe Airport.
