Community Wildfire and Evacuation Planning Meeting Thursday, April 25th – South Tahoe Middle School

PRESS RELEASE Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team For Immediate Release April 18, 2019 Community Wildfire and Evacuation Planning Meeting Thursday, April 25th – South Tahoe Middle School Contact: Carlie Murphy, Tahoe Resource Conservation District, 530-543-1501 ext. 114 SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – Wildfires are becoming larger, more destructive, and deadlier than ever before. With summer […]

Widespread prescribed fire operations continue in Tahoe Basin

October 31, 2018 For Immediate Release Contact: U.S. Forest Service, Lisa Herron (530) 543-2815 SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – California State Parks, Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District and the U.S. Forest Service will continue prescribed fire operations over the next several weeks in multiple locations around Lake Tahoe. Operations may take place near Glenbrook on […]

TRPA recognizes 9 Lake Tahoe projects for Best of the Basin awards

STATELINE, Nev. – Nine projects were honored as “Best in the Basin” Wednesday during the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) board meeting. For 28 years TRPA’s program has showcased projects around the lake that demonstrate exceptional planning, implementation, and compatibility with Tahoe’s natural environment and communities. The Best in Basin award winners: Angora Ridge and […]

Prescribed fire operations today on Tahoe’s West and South Shores

October 17, 2018 For Immediate Release Contact: U.S. Forest Service, Lisa Herron (530) 543-2815 SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – Weather and conditions permitting, California State Parks and the U.S. Forest Service may conduct prescribed fire operations in Sugar Pine Point State Park on the West Shore and near Twin Peaks on the South Shore beginning […]

Agencies to begin Lake Tahoe fall prescribed fire program

October 10, 2018 For Immediate Release Agencies to begin Lake Tahoe fall prescribed fire program Contact: U.S. Forest Service, Lisa Herron (530) 543-2815 SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – The Lake Tahoe Basin Fall Prescribed Fire Program will begin as early as this week under the management of the Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team, which includes […]