March 5, 2008: Listen to Cheryl Millham on KGO 810-AM in San Francisco discussing the wolverine spotted in Truckee this week!
Mountain Lion in Keys was Handled Well
November 16, 2007. I have lived in Tahoe for 26 years and have never written a letter to the editor, but I have to express my gratitude to Tom and Cheryl Millham of Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care for once again coming to the rescue of an animal in need. Click here to read the full Letter to the Editor in the Tahoe Daily Tribune.
Mountain Lion Prowls Keys
November 10, 2007. Properties in the Tahoe Keys typically come with a view, but several residents found it hard to believe their eyes early Monday morning.
A 97-pound male mountain lion was discovered roaming through the backyards of condominiums at Tahoe Marina Shores.
Officers from the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office and volunteers from Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care arrived at about 8:30 a.m. and tried repeatedly to get the mountain lion out of the neighborhood via a beach escape route. Click here to read the full story in the Tahoe Daily Tribune.
September 9, 2007. Tahoe wildlife makes slow recovery. Habitar loss, erosion are reminders of blaze. Click here to read the entire story in the San Diego Union Tribune.
July 11, 2007
Tahoe Wildlife Rescued From Devastating Fires: As displaced residents return to their homes, injured animals continue to surface from the scorched remains left by the Angora fire that ravaged the Lake Tahoe area. Read the complete story from the International Fund for Animal Welfare on YubaNet.com.
July 1 , 2007
Summer rain brings threat of erosion from devastating fire: ...A veterinarian already has treated a young female bear for four burned paws, said Tom Millham, secretary-treasurer of Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care. The bear was anesthetized so the vet could cut off dead skin and administer antibiotics.
"She's doing wonderful today," Millham said. "She got up and moved from where we left her and moved two houses down." Click here to read the Tahoe Daily Tribune article.
June 28, 2007
Bear with burned paws treated: A bear known affectionately in a Lake Tahoe neighborhood as "Baby" and "Cinnamon" was discovered with burned paws, injured by embers from the Angora fire. Click here to watch the raw footage from KCRA.
June 28, 2007
Burned bear found, treated: A bear with burned paws has been found and treated, officials said Thursday. Found in the Gardner Mountain area, the bear was left in the wild after being treated. Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care has received a few calls about bears since the fire, but this is the first one that's been treated. Click here to read the full story in the Tahoe Daily Tribune and here to read a related story in the Contra Costa Times.
June 28, 2007
Angora Fire Coverage: Bears in state of confusion. While the Angora fire has displaced thousands of residents, it has also affected the wildlife that has called the forest home for far longer than its human counterparts.
The bears of Lake Tahoe are now in a state of confusion, according to Ann Bryant of the BEAR League. Click here to read the full article in the Tahoe Daily Tribune.
June 26, 2007
Angora Fire Coverage: Animal control remains on patrol and Cheryl Millham, of Lake Tahoe Wildlife Center, advised people to call the center if they see wandering wildlife. Click here to read the full article in the Tahoe Daily Tribune.
June 25, 2007
Angora Fire Coverage: Tide begins to turn in fight against Tahoe fire. The fire disoriented wild animals. Firefighters took advantage of calming winds to gain ground Monday against a four-square-mile wildfire southwest of Lake Tahoe, saving a high school and holding destruction to about 250 homes, sheds and other buildings...
The fire disoriented wild animals.
"Out on the other side of our fence line yesterday, there was a bear looking totally confused," said Cheryl Millham, executive director of Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care. Click here to read the full article in the LA TImes.
June 25, 2007
Angora Fire Coverage: Wells Fargo, FEMA to give money for Angora Fire: Wells Fargo Bank said today it will donate $60,000 to support the efforts of two aid organizations responding to the Angora fire near South Lake Tahoe...The bank’s donation will go to the Sacramento Sierra Chapter of the American Red Cross and Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care Inc.Click here to read the full article in the Nevada Appeal.
June 25, 2007
Angora Fire Coverage: What about animals?
Cheryl Millham of Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care said her organization would be caring for any injured wildlife that is found. Click here to read the full article in the Tahoe Daily Tribune.
June 18, 2007
More time wanted to comment on landfill: More questions than answers and calls for an extension of the public comment period peppered a U.S. Forest Service meeting on Thursday over capping vinyl chloride contamination at the Meyers Landfill. Click here to read the full article in the Tahoe Daily Tribune.
June 5, 2007
Coyote deterrant presentation to go before City Council: One way to live in harmony with coyotes will lead off today's South Lake Tahoe City Council meeting at 9 a.m.
Tom and Cheryl Millham of Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care will provide an up-close-and-personal view of a product called the "roll guard," an aluminum log that horizontally tops a 5- to 6-foot fence. The equipment was invented by Bob Owens of Santee, Calif., and comes with 11 brackets and sells for $28 in 4-foot sections. Click here to read the full article in the Tahoe Daily Tribune.
May 31, 2007
Meyers landfill: Future options and cleanup explored. U.S. Forest Service officials have laid out four alternatives for capping the Meyers landfill to contain vinyl chloride gas....More than 50 people, mostly proponents for the Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care's future home to be built at the site, attended the meeting on May 24.
"(The U.S. Forest Service) should determine what they're going to do with the land first," said Tom Millham, secretary and treasurer for Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care, after the meeting. "We feel we have something that is viable and would be good for the community and the region." Click here to read the full article in the Tahoe Daily Tribune.
May 14, 2007
Learn to care for wildlife orphans: Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care will offer its 28th annual training seminar May 19 and 20 in South Lake Tahoe.
The nonprofit organization raises, releases and rehabilitates orphaned and injured "wild" birds and animals in and around the Lake Tahoe Basin and has been doing so since 1978. This is your opportunity to learn this unique talent and give something back to Mother Nature. Click here to read the complete press release in the Tahoe Daily Tribune. Or click here to learn more about the training seminar.
May 14, 2007
Keep critters out of your home: Home invasion isn't an issue longtime South Shore resident Roy Clason believed he'd have to deal with in small-town Tahoe.
But a rogue squirrel determined to play house in the attic into all hours of the night proved otherwise. The rodent would run back and forth in the attic, keeping the Zephyr Cove man up all night. He lost six weeks of sleep. Click here to read the full article in the Tahoe Daily Tribune, which includes advice from Tom and Cheryl Millham of LTWC.
April 19, 2007
Bears waking after winter slumber: Just as the shoulder season begins and the number of vacationers visiting the South Shore temporarily declines, Lake Tahoe's traditional residents start to emerge from hibernation.
Nevada Department of Wildlife estimated approximately 200 to 300 bears are concentrated along Nevada's western edge, a border dotted by cities where food waste is increasingly attractive to bears. Click to read the full Tahoe Daily Tribune article to learn more about LTWC's newest bear cub and to get tips for keeping bears (and your trash) safe.
July 14, 2006
Barn Owls a Rare Find in the Lake Tahoe Basin: Nestled inside the eave spout of a South Shore business office that overlooks Lake Tahoe is a bird's nest with three squaking, hissing chicks and an adult.
But it's no ordinary nest where one may find a Stellar's jay or sparrow family. Instead, the nest is holding a family of barn owls, perhaps the first ones documented in the Lake Tahoe Basin, according to wildlife experts here.
Read the full Tahoe Daily Tribune article.
April 7, 2006
City Wants to Put Wildlife Park at Old Meyers Landfill: The City of South Lake Tahoe and El Dorado County are looking into the feasability of using the old Meyers landfill as a location for a wildlife rehabilitation center and park. Read the full Tahoe Daily Tribune article.
July 27, 2005
Wildlife Care Holds Open House: Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care, Inc. will open its doors to the public with its annual Open House from 10a.m. to 4p.m. Sunday. Read the article provided to the Tahoe Daily Tribune.
April 11, 2005
Wildlife Care Center's Founders Chosen for Volunteers of the Year: El Dorado County Supervisor Dave Solaro presented the annual Volunteer of the Year award to Tom and Cheryl Millham of Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care during a recent board of supervisors meeting in Placerville. Read the full article in the Tahoe Daily Tribune.
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