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Bon Pland Hazardous Fuels Reduction
Project Number
02.01.01.0107
Action Priority
Reduce Hazardous Fuels
Implementers
Nevada Tahoe Resource Team – Nevada Division of Forestry, Nevada Tahoe Resource Team
Primary Contact
Anna Higgins (ahiggins@forestry.nv.gov)
Stage
Implementation
Duration
2019 - 2025
Community Wildfire Protection Program
Reduce Hazardous Fuels
This project is an 85 acre fuel break located on both the north and south side of Bon Pland Creek. This is the first major drainage south of Tunnel Creek. The proposed treatment will augment fuel reduction completed from Sand Harbor north to Tunnel Creek east of Highway 28. Project area is located in the lower reaches, west end, of the drainage.
Key Accomplishments
- Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment: 106 acres
- Acres of Habitat Protected: 89 acres
- Acres of Habitat Restored or Enhanced: 81 acres
- Acres of SEZ Restored or Enhanced: 3 acres
Threshold Categories
- Vegetation Preservation
Location
Expenditures
Expenditures by Funding Source to Date: $228,631
(Estimated Cost: $299,200)
(Estimated Cost: $299,200)
Tahoe Bonds Act (NDSL): $74,641
U.S. Forest Service (USFS - LTBMU): $153,990
Photos
Before
Dense conifers in bottom of drainage increase fuel load from the ground to the tree canopies.
Bon Pland stream bottom riparian vegetation diminishing due to increased density of conifers.
During
View looking west in treated area. Species include sugar pine, ponderosa, Jeffrey pine, Incense cedar and white fir.
North side of Bon Pland drainage showing treated and untreated area.
Project Fact Sheet Data as of 04/25/2024