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Prescribed Fire Operations Continue Week of April 14

Apr 15, 2025 10:48AM ● By Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team News Release

If conditions and weather are favorable, the Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team will continue prescribed burning this week at Lake Tahoe. The USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will burn piles off North Upper Truckee Road near Osgood Swamp to reduce excess vegetation (fuels) that can feed unwanted wildfires. Smoke will be present.

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Lake Tahoe Spring Prescribed Fire Operations Continue

Mar 31, 2025 03:18PM ● By Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team News Release

If conditions and weather are favorable, the Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team will continue prescribed burning this week at Lake Tahoe. Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District, the Nevada Division of Forestry and the USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will burn piles on the East Shore and Kingsbury Grade to reduce excess vegetation (fuels) that can feed unwanted wildfires.

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Lake Tahoe Spring Prescribed Fire Operations Continue

Mar 31, 2025 03:18PM ● By Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team News Release

If conditions and weather are favorable, the Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team will continue prescribed burning this week at Lake Tahoe. Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District, the Nevada Division of Forestry and the USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will burn piles on the East Shore and Kingsbury Grade to reduce excess vegetation (fuels) that can feed unwanted wildfires.

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Lake Tahoe Prescribed Fire Operations Continue

Mar 18, 2025 05:22PM ● By Lake Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team News Release

The Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team will continue prescribed fire operations this week at Lake Tahoe, if conditions and weather are available. Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District will continue burning piles near Glenbrook and on Kingsbury Grade to reduce excess vegetation (fuels) that can feed unwanted wildfires.

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Placer Sentinel
Burning Question: How to Save an Old-Growth Forest in Tahoe

Mar 05, 2025 02:22PM ● By UC Davis News Release

Management Key to Conserving Old-Growth Forests in Seasonally Dry West

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Placer Sentinel
More Than $9 Million Of TOT Funding Approved for Community Projects In North Lake Tahoe

Jan 21, 2025 05:21PM ● By Placer County News Release

The Placer County Board of Supervisors approved more than $9 million of transient occupancy tax funding for a total of seven projects in North Lake Tahoe this week. The projects fall into three categories: facilities, trails and transportation.

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Placer Sentinel
Nearly 2.7 Million in Tourism-Generated Funding Approved for Four Projects in North Lake Tahoe

May 07, 2024 02:59PM ● By County of Placer News Release

Four investment projects in eastern Placer County amounting to nearly 2.7 million were approved May 7 by the Placer County Board of Supervisors

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Lake Tahoe Spring Prescribed Fire Operations Continue

Apr 16, 2024 11:42AM ● By Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team News Release

Conditions and weather permitting, Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team (TFFT) members, Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District and the USDA Forest Service, may burn piles this week at Lake Tahoe

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Placer Sentinel
Placer County Staff Advances Tahoe Biomass Project, Seeking Public-Private Partnership

Feb 26, 2024 11:28AM ● By County of Placer News Release

The proposed facility site is the Eastern Regional Landfill located in Placer County

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