CAL FIRE NEWS RELEASE California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Amador El Dorado Unit CAL FIRE Suspends Burn Permits in Alpine, Amador, El Dorado, and Sacramento Counties Contact: Diana Swart | PIO | (530) 683-5229 Camino – 2020 started out with the driest February since the 1850’s in California. This coupling with warming temperatures […]
Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team Preparing for Wildfire Season During COVID-19 What you need to know about preparing for wildfire during the pandemic Contact: Tia Rancourt, North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District, 775-813-8106 Eric Guevin, Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District, 775-815-0972 LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. – Despite the COVID-19 Pandemic, wildfire season is upon us and […]
U.S. Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Media contact: Lisa Herron (530) 543-2815 Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit takes steps to reduce human caused wildfires SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif., June 1, 2020 – The USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU) is enacting campfire restrictions to protect the […]
PRESS RELEASE Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team For Immediate Release Contact: USDA Forest Service Lisa Herron 530-543-2815 Prescribed fire operations resume Monday at Sugar Pine Point Lake Tahoe, Calif./Nev. – Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team (TFFT) member, California State Parks, is planning to conduct an understory burn in Sugar Pine Point State Park beginning […]
Erin Holland – Public Information Officer North Tahoe Fire holland@ntfire.net – 530-308-1158 Draft Environmental Impact Report to Increase the Pace and Scale of Fuels Treatments is Available for Public Review Tahoe City, Calif. May 27, 2020 – The Tahoe Program Timberland Environmental Impact Report (Tahoe PTEIR) is available for public input until July […]