Agencies Continue Lake Tahoe Prescribed Fire Operations

Release Date: January 21st, 2025 Conditions and Weather Permitting LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev., Jan. 21, 2025 – The Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team (TFFT) will continue prescribed burning this week around Lake Tahoe, if conditions and weather are favorable, and resources available. North Lake Tahoe, North Tahoe and Tahoe Douglas fire protection districts, California Tahoe Conservancy and the […]

Prescribed Burning Resumes This Week at Lake Tahoe

Release Date: January 6th, 2025 Contact Information: USDA Forest Service, Lisa Herron    530-721-3898    lisa.herron@usda.gov Conditions and Weather Permitting LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev., Jan. 6, 2025 – If conditions and weather are favorable, the Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team (TFFT) will resume prescribed burning this week on Lake Tahoe’s north and east shores. Carson City Fire Department, North Lake Tahoe, North […]

Photo of wildland firefighter shoveling smoldering burn pile on snow-covered ground.

Carnelian Woods pile burn project highlights important partnerships and lessons

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 […]

Lake Tahoe Prescribed Burning to Continue This Week

LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev., Dec. 16, 2024 – The Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team (TFFT) fall Prescribed Fire Program continues this week around Lake Tahoe. If conditions improve, Carson City Fire Department, North Lake Tahoe, North Tahoe, and Tahoe Douglas fire protection districts, and the California Tahoe Conservancy will continue burning piles through Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. Smoke will be present. Then, prescribed burning may pause during the holidays and resume in January 2025.

Widespread Prescribed Fires Resume at Lake Tahoe

Conditions and Weather Permitting Contact:  USDA Forest Service, Lisa Herron 530-721-3898 or lisa.herron@usda.gov    LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev., Dec. 2, 2024 – The Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team (TFFT) Fall Prescribed Fire Program continues around Lake Tahoe, conditions and weather permitting. If conditions are favorable, widespread burning will resume this week. Smoke may be present. View helpful Smoke Management Tips and […]