Forest Thinning Continues at Lake Tahoe

Conditions and Weather Permitting Press Release- Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team, Contact:  USDA Forest Service, Lisa Herron 530-721-3898 or lisa.herron@usda.gov LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev., Oct. 21, 2024 – Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team (TFFT) forest thinning (fuels reduction) projects are underway and scheduled to continue through fall 2024, conditions and weather permitting. North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District, […]

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., Oct. 7, 2024 – Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team (TFFT) forest thinning projects are underway and scheduled to continue through this fall, conditions and weather permitting. The USDA […]

Understory burning resumes at Sugar Pine Point

Conditions and weather permitting Press Release- Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team, Contact:  USDA Forest Service, Lisa Herron 530-721-3898 or lisa.herron@usda.gov         LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev., Oct. 7, 2024 – The Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team (TFFT) Fall Prescribed Fire Program continues this week on Lake Tahoe’s West Shore. If conditions and weather are favorable, California State Parks will […]

Fall Forest Thinning Continues at Lake Tahoe

Press Release- Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team Contact:  USDA Forest Service, Lisa Herron 530-721-3898 or lisa.herron@usda.gov        LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev., Sep. 30, 2024 – Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team (TFFT) forest thinning projects are underway and scheduled to continue over the next several weeks, conditions and weather permitting. For project details, including land ownership, lead agency, start date […]

WASHOE TRIBE KICKS OFF FIRE TRAINING TO PROMOTE CULTURAL BURNING AND LAND STEWARDSHIP

First Washoe Intentional Fire Training to be held in Lake Tahoe from September 30 – October 4 Press Release- Washoe Environmental Protection Department  Contact: Rhiana Jones rhiana.jones@washoetribe.us GARDNERVILLE, Nev. – The Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California is hosting the first Washoe Intentional Fire Training in Lake Tahoe from September 30 to October 4, 2024. […]