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Prescribed Fire - LTBMU
Project Number
02.02.02.0002
Action Priority
Implement Prescribed Fire
Implementers
U.S. Forest Service - Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Primary Contact
Brian Garrett (brian.garrett@usda.gov)
Stage
Implementation
Duration
2005 - 2028
Forest Restoration Program
Implement Prescribed Fire
Use of prescribed fire to reduce fuels, restore ecosystem function and improve forest health and wildlife habitat, using pile burnings and underburning. 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.
Key Accomplishments
- Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment: 12,992.3 acres
Threshold Categories
- Vegetation Preservation
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Location
Expenditures
Expenditures by Funding Source to Date: $16,210,605
(Estimated Cost: $21,000,000)
(Estimated Cost: $21,000,000)
Lake Tahoe Restoratio... (USFS - LTBMU): $1,500,000
Southern Nevada Publi... (USFS - LTBMU): $6,696,605
U.S. Forest Service (USFS - LTBMU): $8,014,000
Photos
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Project Fact Sheet Data as of 05/24/2025