Logs await processing along Foothill Road.
Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team fuels reduction projects are underway and scheduled to continue through fall 2024, conditions and weather permitting.
North Lake Tahoe and Tahoe Douglas fire protection districts, Liberty Utilities, NV Energy and the USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit are thinning vegetation that can feed unwanted wildfires. For details, including land ownership, lead agency, start date and expected duration, view the Forest Thinning Projects Map at Tahoe Living With Fire which highlights current and upcoming projects.
“Forest health is a top priority of the Lake Tahoe Environmental Improvement Program, a landscape-scale collaboration and partnership between nearly 80 public and private organizations to achieve the environmental goals of the region,” officials said. “To date, partners have treated nearly 95,000 acres in Lake Tahoe Basin forests to reduce hazardous fuels.”
After decades of fire suppression, Tahoe Basin’s forests are overstocked and highly vulnerable to insects, disease, and catastrophic wildfire.
“Forest thinning projects are a vital forest management tool used by land managers to help protect communities by removing fuels on public lands that can feed unwanted wildfires,” the team said. “These projects complement defensible space and home hardening efforts on private property in neighborhoods and communities.”
View the Forest Vegetation Interactive Map for completed forest thinning projects.
