By Claire McArthur, Tahoe Daily Tribune Four years ago, the Caldor Fire burned 221,835 acres in El Dorado, Alpine and Amador counties, as it climbed the western slope and crested into the Tahoe Basin. Over 1,000 structures were destroyed and beloved forests — habitats for animals and playgrounds for recreationalists — were forever changed. Fireweed […]
Treatments Complement South Lake Tahoe High School Fuels Reduction and Forest Health Project SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif., June 25, 2025 – To reduce wildfire risk, the USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is scheduled to begin mastication treatments on approximately 20 acres of National Forest System lands adjacent to South Tahoe High School. Work may begin […]
How Mastication Machines Help Protect Tahoe from Wildfire Lake Tahoe, Calif./Nev., June 23, 2025 – Forest fuel reduction projects happening throughout the Tahoe Basin this year are using a tool known as mastication around communities to connect fuel treatment projects and bolster defensible space within the wildland urban interface. The Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team (TFFT) […]
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 […]