Overview

Basics

Basics
This North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District project reduces hazardous fuels on at least 150 acres, but not more than 544 acres of local government owned land in the wildland-urban interface of Incline Village, Nevada to mitigate wildfire risk to the community and improve forest health. The project promotes community protection and forest health by utilizing prescribed understory fire to cost-effectively reduce hazardous fuels and to protect life, property, and the environment from the effects of catastrophic wildfire. Understory burns restore resilient landscapes by reintroducing natural disturbance to a fire-adapted ecosystem.

Completed
2016
2017
2022
$300,000

Ryan Dominguez (RDominguez@nltfpd.net)
12/16/2019
10/19/2023
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Location Information Location Notes
The project will take place at several separate locations within Incline Village on land owned by the Incline Village General Improvement District.

Organizations

EIP Details

EIP Basics

02.02.02.0008 - SNPLMA 15 Incline Village Prescribed Fire Project

Performance Measures

Expected Performance Measures

Expected Performance Measures
Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment [Initial or Maintenance Treatment: Maintenance], [Property Ownership: Local public lands (fire districts, counties, GIDs, PUDs, etc.)], [Treatment Type: Prescribed Burning], [Treatment Zone: Community Defense Zone] 91.93 acres
Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment [Initial or Maintenance Treatment: Maintenance], [Property Ownership: Local public lands (fire districts, counties, GIDs, PUDs, etc.)], [Treatment Type: Hand Thinning], [Treatment Zone: Community Defense Zone] 58.07 acres

Reported Performance Measures

Reported Performance Measures
Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Total Units
Initial or Maintenance Treatment Property Ownership Treatment Type Treatment Zone
Maintenance Local public lands (fire districts, counties, GIDs, PUDs, etc.) Hand Thinning Community Defense Zone 31.08 33.61 64.69 acres
Maintenance Local public lands (fire districts, counties, GIDs, PUDs, etc.) Prescribed Burning Community Defense Zone 56.1 67.2 0 123.3 acres
Total 31.08 33.61 56.1 67.2 0 187.99 acres
Educational and Interpretive Programs Produced
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Total Units
Primary EIP Program Program Objective Program Status
Forest Ecosystem Health and Hazardous Fuels Reduction Education and Interpretation Delivered 1 0 1 2 number
Total 0 0 1 0 1 2 number
People Served
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Total Units
Primary Service Type
Education or Interpretation Program 88 0 10 98 number
Total 0 0 88 0 10 98 number

Funding

Expected Funding

Expected Funding
$300,000
$400,000
($100,000)

Total
Incline Village General Improvement District (IVGID) $200,000 $200,000 $0
Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (BLM) $200,000 $200,000 $0
Grand Total $400,000 $400,000 $0

Reported Expenditures

Reported Expenditures
Total 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016
Incline Village General Improvement District $186,613 $0 $2,262 $44,825 $82,056 $47,681 $9,789 $0
Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act $277,330 $0 $898 $12,065 $164,112 $95,361 $4,894 $0
Grand Total $463,943 $0 $3,160 $56,890 $246,168 $143,042 $14,683 $0

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Watersheds

No watersheds set for this project.

Threshold Categories

  • The primary deliverable for this project is to reduce hazardous fuels on at least 150 acres.

Local and Regional Plans

No Local and Regional Plans set for this project.

Related Projects

Related Projects

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Notes

Notes
01/26/2021 5:45 PM April Shackelford Hand thinning did not take place over the 2020 calendar year. Understory prescribed fire could not be conducted because dry conditions lasted late into the year, and crews remained busy with wildland fire calls and other project work. This year, all treatments that took place were pile burning. In total 59.4 acres were treated with pile burning in November and December. Pile burn treatment units and acres are as follows: DP 5, 13, 16 (27.9), DP 20, 22, 27, 27.5 (24.6), WS 5 (4.2), Loma Ct (1.7) and two pump station properties (1.0). With this activity completed, a total of 192.2 acres were treated with either hand thinning or prescribed fire, exceeding the based deliverable of 150 treated acres by 42.2 acres.
In 2020 it was planned that an interpretive presentation of a prescribed fire project would be held with local community members and stakeholders. However, impacts and uncertainty associated with the Covid-19 Pandemic prevented this activity from happening. It is still planned for Summer 2021 when there should be fewer restrictions and people can gather more safely. This is the final remaining deliverable. The project is planned for close out beginning in July 2021 (FY 2022 Q1).
12/19/2019 11:39 AM April Shackelford This project began in 2017 with a first entry hand thinning and pile burning effort for hazardous fuels located on the upslope bank of First Creek. The work took place primarily on the western side of the creek, but also in a small section on the eastern side. Areas further away from the stream zone received second entry hand thinning and pile burning.
In 2018, a shrubby slope was retreated with hand thinning and pile burning is to follow. A maintenance treatment on this slope was needed to reduce fuel loading down slope of a populated neighborhood, and roughly 165 homes. Fuels in this location become hazardous more quickly due to their south-facing sunny location. Also in 2018 a few small areas near the Apollo Neighborhood were treated with pile burning to compliment near-by treatments and defensible space work.
Areas near Wood Creek and Hwy 431 received a maintenance treatment in 2019 resulting in 5.5 acres treated. Burn conditions were favorable in 2019 to conduct understory fire on 31 acres between Lariat Circle and Tyner Way.
Pile burning is planned for this project in 2020.
This project also funded a presentation and a fuels treatment map for stakeholders and other interested individuals at the Nevada Prescribed Fire Alliance meeting in 2018. Then in 2019 it funded a presentation for 8th grade students about Fire Adapted Communities and the importance of fuels reduction treatments in their community. In 2020 a field trip will be conducted to allow interested parties to view these treatments while hearing about treatment methods and fire ecology.