Project
02.01.01.0106 - South Tahoe Fuels Treatment Project
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Overview

Basics

Basics
The South Tahoe Fuels Treatment Project area is located on the South Shore of Lake Tahoe in El Dorado County, on National Forest System Lands (NFS) within the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU). Elevations of the project area range from 6,230 feet to 7,800 feet. The project would primarily consist of forest thinning and vegetation treatments in areas that have been previously treated within the past 15-25 years to reduce fuels for forest fires and promote healthy and resilient forest stands. Some areas of the project would be treated for the first time. The project area is approximately 3,737 acres of NFS lands located in the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) and general forest.

Implementation
2018
2019
2028
$16,020,000
Brian Garrett (brian.garrett@usda.gov)
03/05/2019
01/24/2024
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Organizations

Organizations
U.S. Forest Service - Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (USFS - LTBMU) Brian Garrett - U.S. Forest Service - Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (USFS - LTBMU)

EIP Details

EIP Basics

EIP Basics
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02 - Forest Health
02.01 - Community Wildfire Protection Program
Reduce Hazardous Fuels
02.01.01.0106 - South Tahoe Fuels Treatment Project

This project is on the EIP 5-year list.

Performance Measures

Expected Performance Measures

Expected Performance Measures
Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment [Initial or Maintenance Treatment: Initial], [Property Ownership: U.S. Forest Service], [Treatment Type: Hand Thinning], [Treatment Zone: Community Defense Zone] 737 acres
Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment [Initial or Maintenance Treatment: Initial], [Property Ownership: U.S. Forest Service], [Treatment Type: Mechanical Thinning], [Treatment Zone: Community Defense Zone] 3000 acres

Reported Performance Measures

Reported Performance Measures
Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Total Units
Initial or Maintenance Treatment Property Ownership Treatment Type Treatment Zone
Initial U.S. Forest Service Hand Thinning Community Defense Zone 15 0 15 acres
Initial U.S. Forest Service Mechanical Thinning Community Defense Zone 465 0 0 465 acres
Total 15 0 465 0 0 480 acres
Tons of Biomass Utilized
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Total Units
Property Ownership Type of Utilization
U.S. Forest Service Energy Generation 1,069 0 0 1,069 tons
Total 0 0 1,069 0 0 1,069 tons

Funding

Expected Funding

Expected Funding
$16,020,000
$14,020,000
$2,000,000
($2,000,000 identified as )
Total
Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (BLM) $11,000,000 $9,000,000 $2,000,000
U.S. Forest Service (USFS - LTBMU) $5,020,000 $5,020,000 $0
Grand Total $16,020,000 $14,020,000 $2,000,000

Reported Expenditures

Reported Expenditures
Total 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act $114,000 $65,000 $49,000 $0 $0 $0 $0
U.S. Forest Service $5,300,000 $80,000 $200,000 $1,600,000 $750,000 $2,600,000 $70,000
Grand Total $5,414,000 $145,000 $249,000 $1,600,000 $750,000 $2,600,000 $70,000

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Threshold Categories

  • Project designed to improve forest vegetation resilience to wildfire, drought, insects and disease.

Local and Regional Plans

Related Projects

Related Projects

02.01.01.0106 - South Tahoe Fuels Treatment Project is associated with following groups of projects.

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Notes

Notes
01/12/2024 4:58 PM Brian Garrett The Al Tahoe Contract - 690 acres was delayed due to the need to revisit field work in 2023. Field work was updated, contract prep was completed, and the contract was advertised for award. Contract award is anticipated to occur in 2024 and implementation on the 690 acre project will begin in the 2024 field season. Field prep for the Taylor Creek (287 acre) contract was completed in 2023, contract prep and award is expected for 2024, with implementation beginning in 2024. Preliminary contract layout was completed for the Cathedral contract, 268 acres, in 2023. Field preparation for Cathedral will be conducted in 2024 and contract award is expected for 2025.
01/12/2023 12:39 PM Brian Garrett The LTBMU in partnership with GBI implmeneted 465 acres of mechanical forest thinning and fuels reduction along Pioneer Trail (Montreal WT contract). This project was funded by the LTBMU and Calfire CCI grant awarded to the CTC. The LTBMU also finalized the field layout, marking and cruising on 690 acres that will be advertised as the Al Tahoe contract, which is planned to be awarded and begin implementaiton in 2023.
02/11/2022 7:22 AM Brian Garrett South Tahoe Fuels is being implemented through partnership with Great Basin Institute. GBI awarded contract for 465 acres of mechanical thinning, inlcuding 1069 tons of biomass removal. The project was anticiipated to start in the 2021 field season and be completed in the 2022 field season, but Caldor Fire and other factors prevented the project from starting. GBI and the Forest Service conducted additional project layout for future contracts and conducted resource survey work in the project area.
12/31/2020 8:52 AM Brian Garrett Additional funding provided to complete resource surveys and conduct project layout. Contract for Montreal Whole Tree mechanical treatments ready for award in 2021, Great Basin Institute Stewardship Agreement.
01/13/2020 8:50 AM Brian Garrett Increase amount spent on project to $2,600,000 - funding spent on surveys, project layout and staff time and Stewardship Agreement with the Great Basin Institute for implementation of mechanical thinning units.
03/04/2019 9:05 PM Brian Garrett $70,000 federal fuels funding secured for planning in 2018; $2,095,000 of federal fuels funding secured for implementation/surveys in 2019