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Overview
Basics
Basics
The Máyala Wáta Restoration project seeks to restore approximately 283 acres of meadow habitat in Meeks Meadow though a number of techniques including conifer removal, vegetative treatments, and cultural prescribed fire. The overall goals for the project is to increase the density and frequency of culturally significant plants for traditional uses, and to get the Washoe people back on their homelands in the Tahoe Basin.
Implementation
2019
2025
2027
$1,864,500
Cale Pete (cale.pete@washoetribe.us)
09/13/2021
02/19/2026
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Organizations
Organizations
EIP Details
EIP Basics
EIP Basics
Performance Measures
Expected Performance Measures
Expected Performance Measures
| Acres of Habitat Restored or Enhanced | [Action Performed: Restored], [Habitat Type: Wet Meadows] | 200 | acres |
| Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment | [Initial or Maintenance Treatment: Initial], [Property Ownership: U.S. Forest Service], [Treatment Type: Mechanical Thinning], [Treatment Zone: General Forest] | 200 | acres |
| Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment | [Initial or Maintenance Treatment: Initial], [Property Ownership: U.S. Forest Service], [Treatment Type: Hand Thinning], [Treatment Zone: General Forest] | 100 | acres |
| Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment | [Initial or Maintenance Treatment: Initial], [Property Ownership: U.S. Forest Service], [Treatment Type: Prescribed Burning], [Treatment Zone: General Forest] | 300 | 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 | U.S. Forest Service | Mechanical Thinning | General Forest | 170 | 170 | acres |
| Total | 170 | 170 | acres | |||
| Educational and Interpretive Programs Produced | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Total | Units | |||
| Primary EIP Program | Program Objective | Program Status | |||
| Stewardship | Education and Interpretation | Produced | 2 | 2 | number |
| Total | 2 | 2 | number | ||
Funding
Expected Funding
Expected Funding
$1,864,500
$2,558,557
($694,057)
| Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Proposition 68 (CTC) | $380,454 | $380,454 | $0 |
| U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) | $300,000 | $300,000 | $0 |
| U.S. Forest Service (USFS - LTBMU) | $1,678,103 | $1,678,103 | $0 |
| Wildfire Resilience (CTC) | $200,000 | $200,000 | $0 |
| Grand Total | $2,558,557 | $2,558,557 | $0 |
Reported Expenditures
Reported Expenditures
| Total | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proposition 68 | $228,339 | $79,002 | $57,115 | $29,453 | $34,009 | $28,760 | $0 | $0 |
| U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| U.S. Forest Service | $1,067,006 | $1,067,006 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Wildfire Resilience | $128,861 | $128,861 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Grand Total | $1,424,206 | $1,274,869 | $57,115 | $29,453 | $34,009 | $28,760 | $0 | $0 |
Photos
Pre -Conifer removal
(Timing: Before) (~5,402 KB)
Washoe Environmental Protection staff and Washoe Tribal Youth Worker conducting ground water measurements in Meeks Meadow in the summer of 2023.
(Timing: During) (~176 KB)
Washoe Environmental Protection staff conducting ground water measurements in Meeks Meadow in the spring of 2024.
(Timing: During) (~402 KB)
Aerial drone footage of Meeks Meadow after around 120 acres have been mechanically thinning in fall 2025.
(Timing: After) (~2,387 KB)
Pre -Conifer removal, hand thinning volunteer engagement
(Timing: Before) (~1,356 KB)
Washoe Environmental Protection staff conducting ground water monitoring surveys in the fall of 2023.
(Timing: During) (~177 KB)
Mayala Wata 2024 site tour with California Tahoe Conservancy
(Timing: During) (~2,749 KB)
Washoe contractor beginning to mechanically thin Meeks Meadow with a cut-to-length rubber wheeled log harvester in the summer of 2025.
(Timing: During) (~3,460 KB)
Washoe contractor transferring timber cut from Meeks Meadow with log forwarder to staging area for later truck haul down to Washoe Headquarters in the summer of 2025.
(Timing: During) (~2,343 KB)
Downloading groundwater data
(Timing: During) (~205 KB)
Mayala Wata 2024 site tour with California Tahoe Conservancy
(Timing: During) (~3,375 KB)
Meeks Meadow after around 100 acres of 283 acres of project area have been mechanically treated in fall 2025.
(Timing: After) (~4,517 KB)
One of Fourteen piezometers in the 300 acre meadow , logging fluctuations in groundwater levels
(Timing: During) (~1,485 KB)
Meeting with property owners in summer 2024 at Meeks Meadow to discuss use of private road.
(Timing: During) (~5,392 KB)
Other Details
Watersheds
No watersheds set for this project.
Threshold Categories
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The Máyala Wáta Restoration project will remove encroached conifers from a montane meadow to increase the groundwater levels for meadow vegetation with cultural significance to the Washoe Tribe. Vegetation monitoring will continue as funding allows to asses changes in composition over time.
Local and Regional Plans
Related Projects
Related Projects
01.02.01.0095 - Máyala Wáta Restoration Project (Phase 2) is associated with following groups of projects.
External Links
- California Naturalist Conference 2022 Presentation
- CTC August 2025 Newsletter
- CTC presentation
- Living with Fire Podcast
- Nevada Today Article
- Record Courier Article
- South Tahoe Now Article
- Tahoe Central Sierra Initiative Summer 2025 Newsletter
- Tahoe Magazine Article
- Washoe Tribe - TRPA Mayala Wata News Article
Notes
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