SNPLMA Round 16 Sub Grant - NV Regional Fuels Reduction Project
Project Number
02.01.01.0093
Action Priority
Reduce Hazardous Fuels
Implementers
North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District
Supporting Agencies
Incline Village General Improvement District, U.S. Bureau of Land Management
Primary Contact
Jason Furmaniak (jfurmaniak@nltfpd.net)
Stage
Implementation
Duration
2016 - 2024
Total Project Cost
$1,073,250
Funding Request
$0
Community Wildfire Protection Program
Reduce Hazardous Fuels
This project will reduce hazardous fuels on lands within the Wildland Urban Interface Defense Zone of Incline Village, NV. An estimated 286 acres will be treated using hand thinning, and another 150 will be treated with understory prescribed fire. It will serve to compliment near-by fuels reduction projects, and previous treatments where 1st entry hand-thinning has been completed. The project is located near critical water treatment facilities, which are critical for fire-flow in the event of a wildfire, and potential evacuation centers should wildfire be active in the area.
Targeted Performance Measures
Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment
Threshold Categories
Vegetation Preservation
Hand thinning to reduce ladder fuels and promote a more natural forest.
Location
Targeted Funding
Secured Funding: Incline Village General Impr... (IVGID), $100,000
Secured Funding: Southern Nevada Public Land Ma... (BLM), $973,250
Photos
During
Recently hand thinned forest.
Teamwork!
Evidence of hand thinning to remove medium sized trees to promote the health of larger dominant trees.
Evidence of hand thinning to remove small trees and shrubs.
Crew member felling diseased and out competed tree to improve general forest health.