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Lake Tahoe EIP

Airport Eastside Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project-Phase II

Project Number
02.01.01.0121
Action Priority
Reduce Hazardous Fuels
Implementers
City of South Lake Tahoe
Primary Contact
John Dickinson (jdickinson@cityofslt.us)
Stage
Planning/Design
Duration
2021 - 2024
Community Wildfire Protection Program Reduce Hazardous Fuels
Hazardous fuels reduction in the wildland urban interface (WUI). Specific to this project is improving controllability of fuel along U.S. Highway 50 (Community evacuation route) and to provide defensible space to critical airport infrastructure (apron areas used during wildland fire events and airport structures adjacent to areas in yellow.) 100’ is defensible space Concludes protecting the eastside of the airport property boundary full length. Total project treatment area is 20.65 acres. This project is undergoing a scope change to include a CEQA Tahoe Program Timberland Environmental Impact analysis for hazardous fuels reduction work funded by Round 18 by SNPLMA -Still in progress

Key Accomplishments

Accomplishments to be provided upon completion of project

Threshold Categories

  • Vegetation Preservation
Proposed Treatment Area Map (Timing: Before) (~2,345 KB) Credit: City of South Lake Tahoe Proposed Treatment Area Map

Location

Expenditures

Expenditures by Funding Source to Date: $20,000
(Estimated Cost: $200,000)
U.S. Forest Service (USFS - LTBMU): $20,000

Photos

Before
Before Hazardous Fuels reduction around Lisa Maloff Way Right of Way (Timing: Before) (~4,187 KB) Credit: City of South Lake Tahoe
Before Hazardous Fuels reduction around Lisa Maloff Way Right of Way
Before Photo of monoculture unhealthy forest along HWY 50 (Timing: Before) (~4,945 KB) Credit: City of South Lake Tahoe
Before Photo of monoculture unhealthy forest along HWY 50
Create Defensible Space around critical airport buildings and infrastructure such as where fuel is stored (Timing: Before) (~6,375 KB) Credit: City of South Lake Tahoe
Create Defensible Space around critical airport buildings and infrastructure such as where fuel is stored
Close up of unhealthy monoculture forest requiring treatment (Timing: Before) (~238 KB) Credit: City of South Lake Tahoe
Close up of unhealthy monoculture forest requiring treatment
Project Fact Sheet Data as of 05/02/2024