CARNELIAN BAY, Calif. – The forest skirting the Carnelian Woods Avenue neighborhood now stands much healthier than the forest that resided there before. A pile burning project there is nearing completion. It’s the last leg of a larger fuels mitigation project that included forest thinning. “We have good tree spacing,” North Tahoe Fire Protection District’s […]
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. – How do we detect wildfires before they grow out of control and how can the public help to mitigate the effects? The ALERTWildfire set of cameras across the west have been able to give firefighters the tools needed to stop fire before it spreads. In the Lake Tahoe Basin, the first […]
EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. – After burning for 60 days and dropping into the Tahoe Basin within that time, the Caldor Fire reached 100% containment on Oct. 21, 2021, yet work related to the over 220,000 acre fire was far from over. As a fire consumes a landscape, the events that unfold are often nail-biting […]
This op-ed by Amy Berry and Caitlin Meyer was published in the Reno Gazette-Journal on December 4, 2024. If you drive down Mt. Rose Highway, you will see remnants of the recent 5,824-acre Davis Fire: Retardant sprayed across the mountain, charred trees on ridgelines, and a forest floor turned black by flame. You will also see “Thank […]
Year-Round Fire Restrictions Remain in Effect Press Release- Pacific Southwest Region Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Public Affairs Specialist: Lisa Herron (530) 721-3898 lisa.herron@usda.gov SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif., Nov. 18, 2024 – Effective today, Nov. 18, 2024, enhanced campfire restrictions are lifted on National Forest Lands in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Year-Round Campfire Restrictions remain […]