Release Date: June 10th, 2025 Contact Information: USDA Forest Service, Lisa Herron 530-721-3898 lisa.herron@usda.gov LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev., June 10, 2025 – Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team hazardous fuels reduction (forest thinning) projects are underway at Lake Tahoe and scheduled to continue through fall 2025, conditions and weather permitting. Liberty Utilities, Nevada Division of Forestry, NV Energy and the USDA […]
Hand and Mechanical Thinning Underway or Starting Soon Release Date: May 29th, 2025 Contact Information: Public Affairs, Lisa Herron 530-721-3898 lisa.herron@usda.gov SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif., May 29, 2025 – Hazardous fuels reduction (forest thinning) projects are underway or scheduled to resume on National Forest System lands in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Hand and mechanical thinning treatments are vital management […]
Mastication Off Elks Point Road Reduces Wildfire Risk Release Date: May 27th, 2025 Contact Information: Public Affairs, Lisa Herron 530-721-3898 lisa.herron@usda.gov SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif., May 27, 2025 – The USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is scheduled to begin hazardous fuels reduction mastication treatments off Elks Point Road near Nevada Beach the week of May 27, 2025, […]
Release Date: May 19th, 2025 Contact Information: USDA Forest Service, Lisa Herron 530-721-3898 lisa.herron@usda.gov LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev., May 19, 2025 – The Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team are scheduled to continue prescribed fire operations this week at Lake Tahoe, if conditions and weather allow. Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District is scheduled to burn piles in Glenbrook and on Daggett […]
Release Date: May 13th, 2025 Contact Information: USDA Forest Service, Lisa Herron 530-721-3898 lisa.herron@usda.gov LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev., May 13, 2025 – If conditions are favorable, Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team prescribed fire operations are scheduled to continue this week at Lake Tahoe. The USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is scheduled to burn piles May 14-15, 2025, […]