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02.01.02.0018 - Hazardous Fuel Reduction Surrounding Water Delivery In...
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Overview

Basics

Basics
The Tahoe Water for Fire Suppression partnership is a collaborative effort among 17 water service agencies within the Tahoe Basin focused on projects that critical water infrastructure and enhancing fire suppression capability. Following completion of the basin-wide Vegetation Management Plan (completed by another project), this project consists of the implementation phase that advances fuels reduction activities at priority water delivery infrastructure sites identified across the Basin. The Plan identified 39 critical facilities managed by STPUD, TCPUD, and NTPUD. Project activities include tree removal, tree thinning, and brush removal to reduce wildfire risk.

Implementation
2021
2025
2026
$922,514
Donielle Morse (dmorse@stpud.us)
04/09/2019
01/27/2026
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Location Information Location Notes
The programmatic approach to fuels reduction at each partner water agency results in a basin-wide implementation of fuels reduction activities. As each agency completes the fuels reduction for their service district, an EIP project with that specific information, including exact locations, will be entered into the EIP Tracker.

Organizations

Organizations
California Tahoe Conservancy (CTC) Whitney Brennan - California Tahoe Conservancy (CTC)
South Tahoe Public Utility District (STPUD) Donielle Morse - South Tahoe Public Utility District (STPUD)
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
Implement Defensible Space on Public and Private Parcels and Utility Corridors
02.01.02.0018 - Hazardous Fuel Reduction Surrounding Water Delivery Infrastructure

This project is on the EIP 5-year list.

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
2025 Total Units
Initial or Maintenance Treatment Property Ownership Treatment Type Treatment Zone
Initial Local public lands (fire districts, counties, GIDs, PUDs, etc.) Biomass Removal General Forest 3 3 acres
Initial Local public lands (fire districts, counties, GIDs, PUDs, etc.) Chipping General Forest 1 1 acres
Total 4 4 acres

Funding

Expected Funding

Expected Funding
$922,514
$922,514
$0
($1,000,000 identified as )
Total
California Tahoe Conservancy (CTC) $917,514 $417,514 $500,000
USFS Forest Health Funding (USFS - LTBMU) $1,005,000 $505,000 $500,000
Grand Total $1,922,514 $922,514 $1,000,000

Reported Expenditures

Reported Expenditures
Total 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
California Tahoe Conservancy $97,709 $97,709 $0 $0 $0 $0
South Tahoe Public Utility District $230 $230 $0 $0 $0 $0
U.S. Forest Service $85,747 $85,747 $0 $0 $0 $0
Grand Total $183,686 $183,686 $0 $0 $0 $0

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Threshold Categories

  • This project is intended to reduce forest fuels while also protecting water infrastructure for fire suppression activities.

Local and Regional Plans

Related Projects

Related Projects

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Notes

Notes
01/15/2026 3:45 PM Jennifer Marshall The California Conservation Corps (CCC) has begun work on this project. They have completed defensible space work on three of the thirty-nine facilities.
08/18/2025 4:47 PM Jennifer Marshall Correction made to the financial information and the expenditures.
08/13/2025 4:24 PM Jennifer Marshall 7/28/2025: STPUD secured funding in the amount of $417,514 from the CTC to implement fuels reduction activities outlined in the VMP on non-USFS land. This work will be complete by 12/31/2026.
01/17/2025 2:57 PM Jennifer Marshall 2024 Update:
Fuels reduction planning is complete, and implementation work will begin in spring 2025.
01/25/2024 12:31 PM Beth Vollmer 2023 Update:
Implementation of the fuels reduction work is dependent upon the completion of the Fuels Treatment at Critical Infrastructure Sites project (Vegetation Management Plan) 02.01.01.0127 - Fuels Treatment at Critical Infrastructure Sites. Once that project is complete, fuels reduction work on identified land will begin and continue through summer 2025.
01/17/2023 9:21 AM Yesenia Pacheco The next phase of this project is to complete a Vegetation Management Plan (VMP) for the priority infrastructure treatment sites identified in the 2021 FVA on the California side. A Registered Professional Forester will be contracted to develop a VMP that will include treatment plans for each high-priority site. STPUD, TCPUD, NTPUD, and Lukins Brothers Water Company will use the VMP for fuel reduction/defensible space planning and implementation.