In The News – Hazardous fuels reduction operations continue at Lake Tahoe
August 12, 2025 | Member Submitted
Originally Published in the Tahoe Daily Tribune, 08/12/2025, Staff Report
LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. – Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team hazardous fuels reduction (forest thinning) projects are underway around Lake Tahoe and scheduled to continue through fall 2025, conditions and weather permitting. Multiple partners including the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California, California Tahoe Conservancy, Liberty Utilities, NV Energy, Nevada Division of Forestry, North Lake Tahoe and Tahoe Douglas fire protection districts, and the USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit are working together to protect Lake Tahoe communities by reducing excess vegetation (fuels) that can feed unwanted wildfires. For project details, including location, land ownership, lead agency, start date and expected duration, view the Lake Tahoe Basin Project Map at Tahoe Living With Fire, which highlights current and upcoming projects.
Forest health is a top priority of the Lake Tahoe Environmental Improvement Program, a landscape-scale collaboration and partnership between nearly 80 public and private organizations to achieve the environmental goals of the region. To date, partners have treated nearly 100,000 acres in Lake Tahoe Basin forests to reduce hazardous fuels.