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Overview
Basics
Basics
The member organizations of the Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team are partnering to implement a comprehensive, coordinated management strategy across 12,000 acres of community forests in the Lake Tahoe Basin. These forests contain over 15,000 federal, state, local government, and privately managed vacant lots interspersed among homes and critical infrastructure. The project enables all-lands defensible space, fuel reduction and forest restoration throughout vulnerable neighborhoods in the wildland-urban interface. Through public-private partnerships, residents are engaged in stewardship and monitoring, and efficiency is improved by prioritizing and sharing resources across jurisdictions.
Implementation
2018
2022
2027
$20,000,000
Milan Yeates (milan.yeates@tahoe.ca.gov)
03/01/2018
01/20/2026
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Organizations
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Performance Measures
Expected Performance Measures
Expected Performance Measures
| Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment | None | acres |
Reported Performance Measures
Reported Performance Measures
| Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment | |||||||||
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Total | Units | ||||
| Initial or Maintenance Treatment | Property Ownership | Treatment Type | Treatment Zone | ||||||
| Initial | California Tahoe Conservancy | Chipping | Community Defense Zone | 22.35 | 41.4 | 70 | 124.72 | 258.47 | acres |
| Initial | California Tahoe Conservancy | Hand Thinning | Community Defense Zone | 22.35 | 41.4 | 85.28 | 185.93 | 334.96 | acres |
| Initial | California Tahoe Conservancy | Prescribed Burning | Community Defense Zone | 0.8 | 0.8 | acres | |||
| Initial | Local public lands (fire districts, counties, GIDs, PUDs, etc.) | Hand Thinning | Community Defense Zone | 8.33 | 8.33 | acres | |||
| Initial | Local public lands (fire districts, counties, GIDs, PUDs, etc.) | Prescribed Burning | Community Defense Zone | 7.01 | 7.01 | acres | |||
| Initial | U.S. Forest Service | Chipping | Community Defense Zone | 6.5 | 6.5 | acres | |||
| Initial | U.S. Forest Service | Hand Thinning | Community Defense Zone | 1.5 | 6.5 | 8 | acres | ||
| Total | 46.2 | 95.8 | 163.61 | 318.46 | 624.07 | acres | |||
Funding
Expected Funding
Expected Funding
$20,000,000
$12,941,820
$7,058,180
($4,000,000 identified as )
| Total | |||
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| Lake Tahoe Restoration Act (USFS - LTBMU) | $2,597,340 | $597,340 | $2,000,000 |
| Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (BLM) | $4,008,480 | $4,008,480 | $0 |
| Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (USFS - LTBMU) | $2,336,000 | $336,000 | $2,000,000 |
| Wildfire Resilience (CTC) | $8,000,000 | $8,000,000 | $0 |
| Grand Total | $16,941,820 | $12,941,820 | $4,000,000 |
Reported Expenditures
Reported Expenditures
| Total | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | |
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| Lake Tahoe Restoration Act | $58,123 | $0 | $56,823 | $0 | $0 | $1,300 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act | $347,303 | $160,393 | $0 | $0 | $111,910 | $15,000 | $38,000 | $22,000 | $0 |
| Wildfire Resilience | $1,688,724 | $717,825 | $542,751 | $278,409 | $149,739 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Grand Total | $2,094,150 | $878,218 | $599,574 | $278,409 | $261,649 | $16,300 | $38,000 | $22,000 | $0 |
Photos
A Lake Tahoe Basin home within a managed community forest.
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Placer County South-Chipping
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Example Lake Tahoe neighborhood showing patchwork ownership pattern.
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Placer County South Chipping
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Placer County South Chipping
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Placer County South Chipping
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Other Details
Watersheds
No watersheds set for this project.
Threshold Categories
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Reduces forest fuels in critical wildland-urban interface areas.
Local and Regional Plans
Related Projects
Related Projects
02.01.01.0120 - Community Forestry and Fire Protection is associated with following groups of projects.
External Links
Notes
Notes
| 01/07/2026 2:47 PM | Jason Pollard | Implementation 2025- Al Tahoe/Sierra Tract Fuel Hazard Reduction- Contractor. 23.10 acres of hand thinning and chipping on 127 Conservancy-owned urban lots completed. CA State Wildfire Resilience Funding- $173,250 7.18 acres of hand thinning and chipping on 22 Forest Service urban lots was also completed under this fuel reduction project. Performance measures and expenditures for work completed under this fuel reduction project on Forest Service land is captured under EIP number 02.01.01.0097. Link to Urban Forest Defense Zone project: https://www.laketahoeinfo.org/Project/DetailByName/Urban_Forest_Defense_Zone_Fuels_Reduction_and_Healthy_Forest_Project |
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| 01/07/2026 2:46 PM | Jason Pollard | Implementation 2025- Placer County South Piling- Private contractor (Calaveras Healthy Impact Product Solutions-CHIPS) 25.26 acres of hand thinning and chipping on 63 Conservancy-owned urban lots completed. CA State Wildfire Resilience Funding- $252,600.00 9.38 acres of hand thinning and chipping on 17 Forest Service urban lots was also completed under this fuel reduction project. Performance measures and expenditures for work completed under this fuel reduction project on Forest Service land is captured under EIP number 02.01.01.0097. Link to Urban Forest Defense Zone project: https://www.laketahoeinfo.org/Project/DetailByName/Urban_Forest_Defense_Zone_Fuels_Reduction_and_Healthy_Forest_Project |
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| 01/07/2026 2:46 PM | Jason Pollard | Implementation 2025- Placer County South Chipping- Private contractor. 51 acres of hand thinning and chipping on 191 Conservancy-owned urban lots completed. SNPLMA Round 18, CA Community Forestry- $160,393.03 11.75 acres of hand thinning and chipping on 39 Forest Service urban lots was also completed under this fuel reduction project. Performance measures and expenditures for work completed under this fuel reduction project on Forest Service land is captured under EIP number 02.01.01.0097. Link to Urban Forest Defense Zone project: https://www.laketahoeinfo.org/Project/DetailByName/Urban_Forest_Defense_Zone_Fuels_Reduction_and_Healthy_Forest_Project |
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| 01/07/2026 2:46 PM | Jason Pollard | Implementation 2025- Tahoe Hills Fuel Hazard Reduction- Tahoe Conservancy staff and Cal Fire AEU resources. 0.8 acres of pile burning completed on 3 Conservancy-owned urban lots. 7.01 acres of pile burning completed on 20 El Dorado County owned urban lots. CA State Wildfire Resilience Funding- estimated cost $4000. |
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| 01/07/2026 2:45 PM | Jason Pollard | Implementation 2025- North Upper Truckee Fuel Hazard Reduction- CCC, Cal Fire crews, contractor. 25 acres of hand thinning and chipping on 93 Conservancy-owned urban lots completed, 8.62 acres of hand thinning and piling completed on 16 Conservancy-owned urban lots. CA State Wildfire Resilience Funding- $262,975 6.04 acres of hand thinning and chipping on 19 Forest Service urban lots and 3 acres of hand thinning and piling on 5 Forest Service urban lots was also completed under this fuel reduction project. Performance measures and expenditures for work completed under this fuel reduction project on Forest Service land is captured under EIP number 02.01.01.0097. Link to Urban Forest Defense Zone project: https://www.laketahoeinfo.org/Project/DetailByName/Urban_Forest_Defense_Zone_Fuels_Reduction_and_Healthy_Forest_Project |
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| 12/20/2024 12:47 PM | Jason Pollard | Implementation 2024- North Upper Truckee Fuel Hazard Reduction- CCC, Cal Fire crews, private contractor. 44.42 acres of hand thinning and chipping on 161 Conservancy-owned urban lots completed, 3.34 acres of hand thinning and piling completed on 10 Conservancy-owned urban lots. 2.025 acres of hand piles were burned on 6 Conservancy-owned lots. CA State Wildfire Resilience Funding- $389,438 24.35 acres of hand thinning and chipping on 96 Forest Service urban lots and .4 acres of hand thinning and piling on 1 Forest Service urban lot was also completed under this fuel reduction project. Performance measures and expenditures for work completed under this fuel reduction project on Forest Service land is captured under EIP number 02.01.01.0097. Link to Urban Forest Defense Zone project: https://www.laketahoeinfo.org/Project/DetailByName/Urban_Forest_Defense_Zone_Fuels_Reduction_and_Healthy_Forest_Project |
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| 12/13/2024 9:09 AM | Jason Pollard | Implementation 2024- Tahoe Hills Fuel Hazard Reduction- Private contractor. 10.10 acres of hand thinning and piling completed on 28 Conservancy-owned urban lots. 8.25 acres of hand thinning and piling completed on 24 El Dorado County owned urban lots. Funded by Lake Tahoe Restoration Act via the Tahoe Conservancy-Forest Service Good Neighbor Authority agreement- $56,885.00. 5.65 acres of hand thinning and piling on 11 Forest Service urban lots was also completed under this fuel reduction project. Performance measures and expenditures for work completed under this fuel reduction project on Forest Service land are captured under EIP number 02.01.01.0097. Link to Urban Forest Defense Zone project: https://www.laketahoeinfo.org/Project/DetailByName/Urban_Forest_Defense_Zone_Fuels_Reduction_and_Healthy_Forest_Project |
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| 12/13/2024 9:07 AM | Jason Pollard | Implementation - 2024 Gardner Mountain/Tahoe Keys Fuel Hazard Reduction- Private Contractor 25.55 acres of hand thinning and chipping on 100 Conservancy-owned urban lots completed, CA State Wildfire Resilience Funding- $72,669 8.53 acres of hand thinning and chipping on 33 Forest Service urban lots was also completed under this fuel reduction project. Performance measures and expenditures for work completed under this fuel reduction project on Forest Service land is captured under EIP number 02.01.01.0097. Link to Urban Forest Defense Zone project: https://www.laketahoeinfo.org/Project/DetailByName/Urban_Forest_Defense_Zone_Fuels_Reduction_and_Healthy_Forest_Project |
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| 12/11/2024 11:54 AM | Jason Pollard | Implementation 2024- Fallen Leaf Fuel Hazard Reduction- Private contractor 4 acres of hand thinning and piling completed on 2 Conservancy-owned urban lots. CA State Wildfire Resilience Funding- $45,000 |
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| 12/07/2023 9:47 AM | Jason Pollard | Implementation 2023- North Upper Truckee Fuel Hazard Reduction- CCC Hand Thin and Chip, Cal Fire crews, private contractor. 12.2 acres of hand thinning and chipping on Conservancy Land Completed, 1.9 acres of hand thinning and chipping on USFS-LTBMU land completed. CA State Wildfire Resilience Funding- $74,703 |
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| 12/07/2023 9:44 AM | Jason Pollard | Implementation 2023- Gardner Mountain/Tahoe Keys Fuel Hazard Reduction- Private Contractor. 4.5 acres of hand thinning and chipping on Conservancy Land Completed, .5 acres of hand thinning and chipping on USFS-LTBMU land completed. CA State Wildfire Resilience Funding- $13,200 |
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| 12/07/2023 9:42 AM | Jason Pollard | Implementation 2023- Ski Run Bijou Fuel Hazard Reduction- CCC Hand Thin and Chip. 22.8 acres of hand thinning and chipping on Conservancy Land Completed. CA State Wildfire Resilience Funding- $119,722 |
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| 12/07/2023 9:14 AM | Jason Pollard | Implementation 2023- Chiapa Fuel Hazard Reduction- CCC Hand Thin and Chip. 2 acres of hand thinning and chipping on Conservancy Land Completed, 4.6 acres of hand thinning and chipping on USFS-LTBMU land completed. CA State Wildfire Resilience Funding- $70,784 |
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| 01/10/2023 11:29 AM | Jason Pollard | Planning 2022 Forest Service, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit- Urban Forest Defense Zone NEPA planning complete. Decision Memo signed August 2022. SNPLMA Funded- $111,910.00 |
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| 01/10/2023 11:29 AM | Jason Pollard | Implementation 2022- Chiapa Fuel Hazard Reduction- 23.85 acres- CCC Hand Thin and Chip. 22.35 acres of hand thinning and chipping on Conservancy Land completed, 1.5 Acres of hand thinning on USFS- LTBMU Land completed, slash staged for chipping on FS land. CA State Wildfire Resilience Funding- $149,739.00 |