What wildfire research tells us about pairing home hardening and defensible space

Written by Kelsey Stalker, Fire Adapted Communities Program Assistant at the Tahoe Resource Conservation District.  It’s summer in Tahoe after a historically low snowpack winter. It’s not time to panic, it’s time to ask ourselves: what’s my home hardening strategy?   When preparing for wildfire, we need to remember that fire is a natural part of the ecosystem. This is why Land Managers use […]

Forest Service Announces Enhanced Fire Restrictions at Lake Tahoe

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif., August 26, 2024 – In addition to year-round campfire restrictions, enhanced campfire restrictions go into effect today, August 26, 2025, on National Forest lands in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Enhanced campfire restrictions will remain in effect through Nov. 30, or until rescinded. Enhanced fire restrictions say campfires (wood, charcoal, pellets, or any solid […]

Agencies Sign 10-Year Strategy to Protect Lake Tahoe Communities and Forests

PRESS RELEASE Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team For Immediate Release: August 22, 2025 Media contacts: Annabelle Monti | Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team | (530) 541-1501 ext. 126 Jeff Cowen | Tahoe Regional Planning Agency | (775) 589-5278   Agencies Sign 10-Year Strategy to Protect Lake Tahoe Communities and Forests   Lake Tahoe, Calif./Nev. – Against the backdrop […]

Banner reading "Get Defensive" and "Create Defensible Space" with four people dressed as wildland firefighters posing for a photo.

Getting Defensive about wildfire

By Kelsey Stalker, Tahoe Resource Conservation District As the weather warms around the lake, wildfire ready residents continue to “get defensive,” by creating defensible space, doing home hardening, and connecting with their fire districts through the Tahoe Network of Fire Adapted Communities. In coordination with the Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team (TFFT) and the Tahoe […]

Chief’s Column: There is no more ‘Fire Season’

Given the events in Southern California earlier this month it is difficult to pick any other topic to discuss.  The Eaton Fire and the Palisades Fire will go down as one of, if not the, most destructive fires in California History and they occurred in January.  The idea of “Fire Season” is no longer an […]