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Basics
The North Tahoe and Meeks Bay Community Wildfire Protection Plan Implementation Project reduced hazardous vegetation on 137 acres in the wildland-urban interface. The areas targeted for treatment included 514 priority acres of private and local government land in both North Tahoe Fire Protection District (NTFPD) and Meeks Bay Fire Protection District, however 137 acres were treated as part of this project. Recent interagency planning efforts identified this acreage as a priority to serve the goals of the Lake Tahoe Basin Multi-Jurisdictional Fuel Reduction and Wildfire Prevention Strategy, and to complete treatments identified in the Lake Tahoe Basin Community Wildfire Protection Plan, 2015
Completed
2015
2019
2023
$590,000
April Shackelford (shackelford@ntfire.net)
05/06/2016
01/02/2024
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02.01.01.0077 - North Tahoe and Meeks Bay CWPP Implementation
Performance Measures
Expected Performance Measures
Expected Performance Measures
| Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment | [Initial or Maintenance Treatment: Initial] | 135 | acres |
Reported Performance Measures
Reported Performance Measures
| Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | Total | Units | ||||
| Initial or Maintenance Treatment | Property Ownership | Treatment Type | Treatment Zone | ||||||
| Initial | Local public lands (fire districts, counties, GIDs, PUDs, etc.) | Chipping | Community Defense Zone | 2 | 2 | acres | |||
| Initial | Local public lands (fire districts, counties, GIDs, PUDs, etc.) | Hand Thinning | Community Defense Zone | 80 | 57 | 137 | acres | ||
| Initial | Local public lands (fire districts, counties, GIDs, PUDs, etc.) | Prescribed Burning | Community Defense Zone | 135 | 135 | acres | |||
| Total | 80 | 57 | 135 | 2 | 274 | acres | |||
| Educational and Interpretive Programs Produced | ||||||||
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| 2019 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | Total | Units | |||
| Primary EIP Program | Program Objective | Program Status | ||||||
| Forest Ecosystem Health and Hazardous Fuels Reduction | Education and Interpretation | Delivered | 1 | 1 | number | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | number | ||
| No accomplishments to report for: | |
| Year(s) | 2021 |
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| Explanation | Funding challenges were taking place in 2021 due to limited funds available for the project since inception, and the increased costs for getting work done. At this time, and special account reserve funding was being secured to burn piles the following year. Piles were left on the landscape for an additional year this time period, but were successfully burned in 2022. |
Funding
Expected Funding
Expected Funding
$590,000
$620,000
($30,000)
| Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North Tahoe Public Utility District (NTPUD) | $80,000 | $80,000 | $0 |
| Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (BLM) | $540,000 | $540,000 | $0 |
| Grand Total | $620,000 | $620,000 | $0 |
Reported Expenditures
Reported Expenditures
| Total | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Tahoe Public Utility District | $58,259 | $0 | $10,851 | $6,693 | $29,162 | $11,553 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act | $545,999 | $6,005 | $90,000 | $0 | $197,013 | $252,981 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Unknown or Unassigned | $925 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $925 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Grand Total | $605,183 | $6,005 | $100,851 | $6,693 | $227,100 | $264,534 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Photos
Example pre-treatment conditions
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NTPUD - Gentry Project
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NTPUD - Gentry Project
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NTPUD Gentry Project
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NTPUD Gentry Project
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NTPUD Gentry Project
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NTPUD Gentry Tank
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Hand Piling Teamwork
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Crew members working at Gentry Site
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Piles burning at Gentry Site
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Igniting piles at Regional Park
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Pile ignition
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Burn pile burn!
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Piles burning at Regional Park
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Moonlit piles burning at dusk near soccer field at the Regional Park.
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Stakeholder Meeting with Congressman McClintock, Cal-Fire, USFS, North Lake Tahoe FPD, North Tahoe FPD, and others in attendance.
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Forest Fuels Manager in 7th grade classroom at North Tahoe Middle School teaching about the natural fire return interval and the importance of defensible space.
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Other Details
Watersheds
No watersheds set for this project.
Threshold Categories
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The project will alter stand densities to reduce competition among desired tree species, and improve resistance to insects and disease. The treatment prescription will favor the retention of and provide regeneration opportunities for fire-tolerant tree species, such as Jeffrey and ponderosa pine, to promote a structurally diverse forest stand better suited for a wide variety of species. The resulting stands will also be better suited for subsequent entries utilizing prescribed understory fire, which can better contribute to habitat needs by emulating historic patch size and variation.
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Wildfire has the potential to damage or destroy suitable habitat for wildlife. Native plants are also at risk as noxious weeds and invasive species tend to spread rapidly following wildfires. The project will reduce the risk of stand-replacing fire in critical habitat areas. Biological reviews will identify species of concern and mitigations for protecting habitat.
Local and Regional Plans
Related Projects
Related Projects
02.01.01.0077 - North Tahoe and Meeks Bay CWPP Implementation is associated with following groups of projects.
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Notes
Notes
| 12/27/2023 3:40 PM | April Shackelford | All project deliverables are now complete. Some piles were chipped in 2023 that did not adequately ignite during the pile burn operation in 2022. In May 2023, North Tahoe Fire partnered with the Sierra Watershed Educational Program to deliver educational outreach on the natural fire return interval and the importance of defensible space while living in a fire prone ecosystem. We are glad to have this SNPLMA Round 15 project complete and to be able to update the CWPP to put this acreage into Complete status |
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| 01/05/2023 11:07 AM | April Shackelford | Due to a budgetary shortfall piles could not be burned in 2021. However, additional funding was secured during late winter 2021/2022, and pile burning took place in late November and early December 2022 when environmental conditions were conducive to safe and effective pile burning. All 137 acres of piles were burned. At the North Tahoe Regional Park 80 acres were burned, and 37 acres were burned at the Gentry site just north of Highway 267 near Stewart Way. Both properties are owned by the North Tahoe Public Utilities District and their financial support was critical to make the grant dollars go further to get these piles burned and off the landscape. This project has one unfulfilled deliverable to hold an educational workshop for kids. This workshop is being planned and will take place in May 2023 with 8th grade students. That activity will finish out this project. |
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| 01/15/2021 11:13 AM | Eric Horntvedt | Hand thinning is nearing completion. 137 acres have been cut and piled, and there are only 8 additional acres left to thin. Prescribed pile burning is expected to take place as early as spring 2021 & fall/winter 2021. |