Nevada Tahoe Resource Team – Nevada Division of Forestry, Nevada Tahoe Resource Team
Supporting Agencies
Nevada Tahoe Resource Team – Nevada Division of State Lands, U.S. Forest Service - Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Primary Contact
Anna Higgins (ahiggins@forestry.nv.gov)
Stage
Implementation
Duration
2019 - 2025
Total Project Cost
$299,200
Funding Request
$0
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.
Targeted Performance Measures
Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment
Acres of Habitat Protected
Threshold Categories
Vegetation Preservation
Marlette Peak Hand Crew (NDF) building piles in Spring 2023.
Location
Targeted Funding
Secured Funding: Lake Tahoe Restoratio... (USFS - LTBMU), $249,920
Secured Funding: Tahoe Bonds Act (NDSL), $49,280
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.