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Lake Tahoe EIP

Máyala Wáta Restoration Project (Phase 2)

Project Number
01.02.01.0095
Action Priority
Restore Priority Meadows, Wetlands, and Lake Tahoe Tributaries
Implementers
Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California
Primary Contact
Cale Pete (cale.pete@washoetribe.us)
Stage
Implementation
Duration
2019 - 2027
Watershed Restoration Program Restore Priority Meadows, Wetlands, and Lake Tahoe Tributaries
The Máyala Wáta Restoration project seeks to restore approximately 283 acres of meadow habitat in Meeks Meadow though a number of techniques including conifer removal, vegetative treatments, and cultural prescribed fire. The overall goals for the project is to increase the density and frequency of culturally significant plants for traditional uses, and to get the Washoe people back on their homelands in the Tahoe Basin.

Key Accomplishments

  • Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment: 170 acres
  • Educational and Interpretive Programs Produced: 2

Threshold Categories

  • Vegetation Preservation
Pre -Conifer removal (Timing: Before) (~5,402 KB) Credit: John Peltier Photography Pre -Conifer removal

Location

Expenditures

Expenditures by Funding Source to Date: $1,424,206
(Estimated Cost: $1,864,500)
U.S. Forest Service (USFS - LTBMU): $1,067,006

Proposition 68 (CTC): $228,339

Wildfire Resilience (CTC): $128,861

Photos

Before
Pre -Conifer removal, hand thinning volunteer engagement (Timing: Before) (~1,356 KB) Credit: John Peltier Photography
Pre -Conifer removal, hand thinning volunteer engagement
During
One of Fourteen piezometers in the 300 acre meadow , logging fluctuations in groundwater levels (Timing: During) (~1,485 KB) Credit: John Peltier Photography
One of Fourteen piezometers in the 300 acre meadow , logging fluctuations in groundwater levels
Downloading groundwater data (Timing: During) (~205 KB) Credit: Rhiana Jones
Downloading groundwater data
After
Meeks Meadow after around 100 acres of 283 acres of project area have been mechanically treated in fall 2025. (Timing: After) (~4,517 KB) Credit: Josh Alessi
Meeks Meadow after around 100 acres of 283 acres of project area have been mechanically treated in fall 2025.
Aerial drone footage of Meeks Meadow after around 120 acres have been mechanically thinning in fall 2025. (Timing: After) (~2,387 KB) Credit: California Tahoe Conservancy
Aerial drone footage of Meeks Meadow after around 120 acres have been mechanically thinning in fall 2025.
Learn more at restoretahoe.org
Project Fact Sheet Data as of 05/08/2026