TFFT Prescribed Fire Newsletter 10/19/26
Rx Fire Newsletter Oct-19-2026
Category: Forest Health
TFFT Prescribed Fire Newsletter 9/29/26
Prescribed Fire Newsletter Sep-29-2026
Practicing Fire Adapted Stewardship
By Kelsey Stalker with the Tahoe Resource Conservation District Photo features South Tahoe High School CTE Forestry students helping create defensible space in the Fallen Leaf Lake Fire Adapted Community. Fire has helped shape and define Tahoe’s forests, contributing to nutrient recycling and amazing biodiversity. Without fire, forest fuels accumulate, and important ecological benefits to the […]
Living with Fire: Tahoe Basin Fire Ecology
Written by Kelsey Stalker and Kat Lanham Description: This article explores the important factors of fire ecology in Tahoe, and highlights opportunities to learn more and prepare for wildfire. Photo of USFS Understory Burn (Kat Lanham 2026) During an especially active year for wildfires, learning about fire’s role within ecosystems can help us […]
Living With Fire: 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 […]