Lake Tahoe Basin Prescribed Fire Annual Pile Burns
Project Number
02.02.02.0004
Action Priority
Implement Prescribed Fire
Implementers
U.S. Forest Service - Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Primary Contact
Brian Garrett (brian.garrett@usda.gov)
Stage
Completed
Duration
2008 - 2017
Forest Restoration Program
Implement Prescribed Fire
The purpose of the project is to reduce fuel loading to safe and acceptable levels within the wildland urban interface (WUI) and to re-introduce low to moderate intensity fire back into a fire adapted ecosystem for improvement of forest health and wildlife habitat.
Key Accomplishments
Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment: 8,149 acres
Threshold Categories
Vegetation Preservation
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Location
Expenditures
Expenditures by Funding Source to Date: $5,837,000 (Estimated Cost: $6,500,000)
Southern Nevada Public Land Ma... (BLM): $1,737,000