Bears attracted to spawning salmon attract tourists to Tahoe's Taylor Creek At Lake Tahoe, the autumn ritual of bears feeding on spawning salmon coincides with spectacular color changes in the aspen woods. LAKE TAHOE — Under a golden canopy of quaking aspen, red Kokanee salmon swim up Taylor Creek on the south edge of Lake Tahoe to spawn just as their larger cousins do in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. In their wake come black bears, merganser ducks and other ...
Oct. 11, 2013 - Los Angeles Times