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Prescribed fires resume at Lake Tahoe

November 4th, 2024

Conditions and weather permitting Press Release- Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team, Contact:  USDA Forest Service, Lisa Herron 530-721-3898 or lisa.herron@usda.gov    LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev., Nov. 4, 2024 – The Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team (TFFT) Fall Prescribed Fire Program resumes this week on Lake Tahoe’s east and south shores. Conditions and weather permitting, Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District […]

Wrapping up the Fire Season

October 30th, 2024

Tahoe Network of Fire Adapted Communities Newsletter October 2024

Forest Thinning Continues at Lake Tahoe

October 22nd, 2024

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, […]

Understory burning continues at Sugar Pine Point

October 15th, 2024

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. 15, 2024 – The Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team (TFFT) Fall Prescribed Fire Program continues this week on Lake Tahoe’s West Shore. California State Parks will continue understory burning at Sugar Pine Point […]

Fuels Reduction Mastication Work This Week Near Golden Bear Trail

October 8th, 2024

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

October 7th, 2024

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

September 30th, 2024

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

September 24th, 2024

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. […]

Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team Releases New Tool Showing Fire Restrictions

September 24th, 2024

Press Release- Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team Contact: Tahoe Resource Conservation District, Cara Moore, cmoore@tahoercd.org LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev., September 24, 2024 – The Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team (TFFT) is pleased to announce the release of a new map that has been created to showcase fire restrictions throughout the Lake Tahoe Basin. The map shows […]

Fall prescribed fire program begins tomorrow at Lake Tahoe

September 23rd, 2024

*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., Sep. 23, 2024 – The Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team (TFFT) Fall Prescribed Fire Program kicks off tomorrow, Sep. 24, 2024. If conditions and weather are favorable, California State Parks will conduct […]