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Lake Tahoe EIP

Hazardous Fuel Reduction Surrounding Water Delivery Infrastructure

Project Number
02.01.02.0018
Action Priority
Implement Defensible Space on Public and Private Parcels and Utility Corridors
Implementers
South Tahoe Public Utility District
Supporting Agencies
U.S. Forest Service - Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Primary Contact
Donielle Morse (dmorse@stpud.us)

Stage
Planning/Design
Duration
2021 - 2025
Total Project Cost
$1,075,000
Funding Request
$500,000
Community Wildfire Protection Program Implement Defensible Space on Public and Private Parcels and Utility Corridors
The Tahoe Water for Fire Suppression partnership consists of 17 water service agencies within the Tahoe Basin. This partnership works together to promote fire protection. This project is a basin-wide programmatic approach to protecting water infrastructure by providing fuels reduction activities at each of the partner agencies water delivery infrastructure sites. Upon completion of the Vegetation Management Plan, fuels reduction implementation can begin at the recommended water service agency sites throughout the Basin.

Targeted Performance Measures

  • Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment

Threshold Categories

  • Vegetation Preservation

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Targeted Funding

Secured Funding: USFS Forest Health Fu... (USFS - LTBMU), $500,500

Targeted Funding: California Tahoe Conservancy (CTC), $500,000

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Project Fact Sheet Data as of 05/03/2024