In The News – Fall prescribed fire program begins in Lake Tahoe
September 24, 2024 | Member Submitted
Originally published in the Tahoe Daily Tribune, 09/24/2024, Written by Katelyn Welsh
Smoke may start to arise on the west shore of Tahoe as the Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team begins its fall prescribed fire program on Tuesday, Sept. 24.
If conditions and weather are favorable, California State Parks will conduct an understory burn at the entrance to Sugar Pine Point State Park on Lake Tahoe’s west shore.
This may come as a surprise as the basin and surrounding communities are just starting to relax after the Davis Fire in recent weeks burned thousands of acres at Tahoe’s doorstep near Mt. Rose. Even closer, a lightening strike caused the small Kings Fire above Incline Village last week, but agencies are on course with typical prescribed burn schedules.
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