Lake Tahoe Prescribed Fire Operations to Continue

Conditions and Weather Permitting Contact:  USDA Forest Service, Lisa Herron 530-721-3898 or lisa.herron@usda.gov         LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev., Nov. 18, 2024 – The Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team (TFFT) Fall Prescribed Fire Program continues this week around Lake Tahoe, conditions and weather permitting. North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District may burn piles around Incline Village, Tahoe Douglas Fire […]

Public Comment Period Open for Lake Tahoe Basin Community Wildfire Protection Plan

Contact:  Tahoe Resource Conservation District, Cheyanne Neuffer 530-543-1501 x115 LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev., Nov. 18, 2024 – The 2025 Lake Tahoe Basin Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) has been updated to reflect the evolving needs of our communities and landscape. CWPPs are community-driven plans that prioritize wildfire risk reduction, using local input and data to guide fuels reduction, improve […]

Prescribed fires continue at Lake Tahoe

Conditions and weather permitting Press Release- Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team, Contact:  USDA Forest Service, Lisa Herron 530-721-3898 or lisa.herron@usda.gov    LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev., Nov. 12, 2024 – The Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team (TFFT) Fall Prescribed Fire Program continues for the next two weeks on Lake Tahoe’s eastern and southern shores, conditions and weather permitting. North Lake […]

Fuels Reduction Mastication Work This Week Near Golden Bear Trail

Crews Masticating Vegetation Near Neighborhoods to Reduce Wildfire Risk Press Release- Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team, Contact: USDA Forest Service, Lisa Herron 530-721-3898 or lisa.herron@usda.gov LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev., Nov. 5, 2024 – Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team (TFFT) forest thinning projects are underway and will continue through the fall, conditions and weather permitting. The USDA Forest […]

Lake Tahoe Basin Christmas Tree Program Pause

Permits will still be available for the Every Kid Outdoors Program Press Release- Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU) SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif., Sep. 19, 2024 – The USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit’s (LTBMU) announced last year that the Christmas Tree Permit Program will pause, starting this fall of 2024, for several years […]