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TFFT Prescribed Fire Newsletter 9/29/26

Prescribed Fire Newsletter Sep-29-2026

Line of high school students passing dry forest fuels up a slope to reduce wildfire risk. Features the bright teal/blue Fallen Leaf Lake behind tall pines near the water.

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 […]

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 […]

Lake Tahoe Prescribed Fires to Continue This Week

Release Date: May 19th, 2025 Contact Information: USDA Forest Service, Lisa Herron    530-721-3898    lisa.herron@usda.gov LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev., May 19, 2025 – The Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team are scheduled to continue prescribed fire operations this week at Lake Tahoe, if conditions and weather allow. Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District is scheduled to burn piles in Glenbrook and on Daggett […]

Prescribed Fire Operations Continue at Lake Tahoe

Release Date: May 13th, 2025 Contact Information: USDA Forest Service, Lisa Herron    530-721-3898    lisa.herron@usda.gov LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev., May 13, 2025 – If conditions are favorable, Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team prescribed fire operations are scheduled to continue this week at Lake Tahoe. The USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is scheduled to burn piles May 14-15, 2025, […]