Prescribed fire operations continue at Lake Tahoe

Contact:  USDA Forest Service, Lisa Herron 530-721-3898 LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev., Nov. 16, 2020 – North Lake Tahoe and Tahoe Douglas fire protection districts and California State Parks are scheduled to continue prescribed fire operations this week, weather permitting. Smoke may be visible. A map with project locations and details is available for viewing at https://www.tahoelivingwithfire.com/get-informed/ […]

CAL FIRE Amador-El Dorado Unit Lifts Burn Permit Suspension

Camino – Effective at 12:00 P.M. on November 16, 2020, the burn permit suspension in the Amador-El Dorado Unit (AEU) service areas will be lifted. CAL FIRE AEU Unit Chief Scott Lindgren is formally cancelling the burn permit suspension. Those possessing current and valid agriculture and residential burn permits can now resume burning on permissible […]

Forest Service seeks input on vegetation management of power line corridors in the Tahoe Basin

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif., Nov. 16, 2020- The USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU), in partnership with NV Energy and the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest (HTNF), is seeking public comment on the NV Energy Resilience Corridors project. This project proposes vegetation treatments along roughly 43 miles of power line corridors on approximately 5,300 […]

Charcoal Fire Restrictions Lifted in North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District

Contact: Tia Rancourt, Public Education/Information Officer, North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District, 775-813-8106, trancourt@nltfpd.net With the arrival of moisture, higher humidity, and winter weather conditions; effective Tuesday, November 10, 2020, North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District has lifted the suspension of the use of solid-fuel and charcoal barbeques that has been in place in Incline […]

Easing of Fire Restrictions in North Tahoe Fire and Meeks Bay Fire Protection Districts

Contact: Erin Holland – Public Information Officer – North Tahoe Fire – holland@ntfire.net – 530-308-1158 Tahoe City, Calif. Nov. 10, 2020 – Thanks to the arrival of moisture and higher humidity, effective today, November 10, 2020 fire agencies in the Tahoe Basin may begin easing local fire restrictions. Local fire restrictions for the North Tahoe […]