South Shore Hazardous Fuels Reduction and Ecosystem Restoration

Conduct hazardous fuel reduction and forest ecosystem health treatments for the south shore area of the Lake Tahoe Basin. These fuel reduction treatments would cover the National Forest areas from Emerald Bay east to Burke Creek and would focus on the Urban Wildland Interface. These treatments would reduce the level of hazardous fuels within the defense and threat zones. This includes the use of mechanical harvesters and chainsaws for thinning to reduce live tree densities and mechanical chipping to reduce the amount of existing dead and down biomass.