May is Wildfire Preparedness Month at Lake Tahoe, and we’re highlighting the comprehensive, coordinated work happening year-round in the Tahoe Basin to improve forest health and protect communities from wildfire.
The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency helped form the Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team in 2008 after the Angora Fire to streamline planning and accelerate the pace and scale of forest fuel reduction projects. Since then, partner agencies have reduced hazardous fuels on more than 77,000 acres in and around Tahoe Basin communities. Below are just a few of the projects within the team’s four strategic priorities that were recently completed or are currently underway.
Image: The Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team includes 21 federal, tribal, state, and local conservation, land management, and fire agencies.
