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North Tahoe Fire Protection District will reduce hazardous fuels on at least 300 acres, but not more than 700 acres of highest priority WUI Defense Zone areas within North Tahoe and Meeks Bay Fire Protection Districts as identified in the Lake Tahoe Basin Community Wildfire Protection Plan. These treatments will improve forest health and reduce the threat of catastrophic wildfire, protecting life, property, and critical infrastructure in the Lake Tahoe Basin.
Implementation
2019
2025
2029
$2,776,162
April Shackelford (shackelford@ntfire.net)
04/07/2021
01/26/2026
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02.01.01.0114 - NTFPD Wildland Urban Interface Hazardous Fuels Reduction (NTFPD WUI HFR)
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 | Community Defense Zone | 1.7 | 1.7 | acres |
| Maintenance | Private | Biomass Removal | Community Defense Zone | 7 | 7 | acres |
| Total | 8.7 | 8.7 | acres | |||
Funding
Expected Funding
Expected Funding
$2,776,162
$2,776,162
$0
| Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (BLM) | $2,776,162 | $2,776,162 | $0 |
| Grand Total | $2,776,162 | $2,776,162 | $0 |
Reported Expenditures
Reported Expenditures
| Total | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act | $195,025 | $135,143 | $29,468 | $30,414 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Grand Total | $195,025 | $135,143 | $29,468 | $30,414 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Photos
Hwy 28 @ Brockway Springs Before 1
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Hwy 28 at Brockway Springs After 1
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Hwy 28 @ Brockway Springs Before 2
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Hwy 28 @ Brockway Springs After 2
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Within HOA - Point 1 Before
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Within HOA - Point 1 After
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Within HOA - Point 2 Before
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Within HOA - Point 2 After
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Other Details
Watersheds
No watersheds set for this project.
Threshold Categories
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cost-effective hazardous fuel reduction treatments help protect life, property, critical infrastructure and the environment from the effects of catastrophic wildfire. The project will restore forest health by acting as a surrogate for frequent, low intensity wildfire that burned Lake Tahoe Basin forests prior to Comstock logging and fire suppression in the late 1800s.
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Project will protect source water quality by preventing the rapid transport of nutrient loaded sediment that occurs after catastrophic wildfire.
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Treatments are designed to mitigate the risk of stand-replacing wildfire, which can destroy suitable wildlife habitat. The implementation process includes conducting comprehensive surveys. In regard to resilient vegetative communities, the Nomination will reduce stand densities and alter species composition therefore reducing the competition for light, nutrients, and water. This will result in a more open, diverse stand that is more resilient to insects, disease, and the effects of a changing climate.
Local and Regional Plans
Related Projects
Related Projects
02.01.01.0114 - NTFPD Wildland Urban Interface Hazardous Fuels Reduction (NTFPD WUI HFR) is associated with following groups of projects.
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Notes
Notes
| 01/09/2026 11:17 AM | April Shackelford | In 2025, we successfully completed the 8.7 acre Brockway Springs Fuels Reduction Sub-Project, as a component to this larger 300-700 acre project. We are presently engaged with an archeologist and a biologist in preparation for the remaining acreage. With their reports in hand, we will adjust parameters accordingly to ensure CEQA compliance. The majority of the vegetation management planning has otherwise been completed. We look forward to finalizing this planning and selecting contractors to complete the work. Once these planned acres are complete we'll reach the 300 acre goal and with some luck, we may be able to treat additional acreage before we reach the end of the period of performance in 2029, or run out of funding. Assistance from the Tahoe Resource Conservation District (TRCD), their Registered Professional Forester, and Forestry Technician have been paramount in getting this work planned. North Tahoe Fire is extremely grateful for this assistance and partnership. | ||
| 01/13/2025 7:25 PM | April Shackelford | It has been a busy year planning for this project, while keeping up with other priorities. We are working on agreements and vegetation management plans across eight private properties and two water districts to reduce fuels on at least 300 acres. Compliance with CEQA has been time consuming as a clear path forward is still being established. However substantial clarity has been gained over the past year. We have established assistance funds to cover costs for archeological and biological surveys that will assist in project planning. We look forward to working with consulting firms to incorporate avoidance areas or other seasonal restrictions to ensure CEQA compliance. We remain eager to get this project into implementation phase. | ||
| 12/27/2023 6:27 PM | April Shackelford | We entered into our agreement with SNPLMA early in 2023. Planning, design, and landowner engagement took place throughout the rest of the year. We sent potential treatment areas to our archeologist with SNPLMA and look forward to their assistance in gaining cultural compliance. A few fuels reduction projects are beginning to emerge on private property. We are working to gain full cultural and environmental compliance for these areas and begin implementation of this project. | ||
| 01/06/2023 9:04 AM | April Shackelford | Over the last quarter we held a pre-work meeting with our representative from the BLM - SNPLMA Division. She was introduced to our team here and the roles we will serve for this grant project. Then, some of the properties that will likely be treated for fuels reduction were visited. A Notice of Award was received, however there are a few clerical errors we are addressing before presenting the grant to the Fire District Board for acceptance. A list of properties has been compiled that are likely to receive treatment. We look forward to getting the Assistance Agreement fully executed so we can engage with the planning process for this grant. |