The popular East Shoe Express Shuttle service returns this summer, beginning June 25. The free transit line provides beachgoers and trail users recreation access from Incline Village, along SR28 to Sand Harbor Lake Tahoe State Park, and back again.

To help keep youth busy, cool and safe this summer, the Imperial Irrigation District is providing grant funds to cities and communities in the Imperial Valley in support of keeping pools open and/or providing other safe water activities.

To the west, Mission Springs Water District turned a decades-long dream into a reality as it broke ground recently on its Regional Water Reclamation Facility.

“With everyone’s eyes and ears on trails, beaches, OHV roads and paved paths, we can all help protect Truckee from wildfire danger, trash and unsafe recreation behaviors,” said Colleen Dalton, CEO of Visit Truckee-Tahoe

The Scotts Valley water district says you don’t have to let your plants die, the district is giving away free recycled water for outdoor irrigation. It’s one of several new programs and incentives to get customers to use less water as the water district moves into stage 2 of water conservation.