Overview

Basics

Basics
The Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District will treat approximately 17 acres of US Forest Service lands to the South and East of the Skyland community. Treatment will consist of hand treatment and forest fuels mastication to create a “Shaded Fuel Break” as defined by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group; Fuel breaks built in timbered areas where the trees on the break are thinned and pruned to reduce the fire potential yet retain enough crown canopy to make a less favorable microclimate for surface fires.

Implementation
2022
2023
2025
$150,000

Keegan Schafer (kschafer@tahoefire.com)
03/28/2023
03/05/2024
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Location Information Location Notes
Project area is to the South and East of Skyland neiborhood.

Organizations

EIP Details

EIP Basics

02.01.01.0134 - Skyland Shaded Fuel Break

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] 35 acres
Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment [Initial or Maintenance Treatment: Initial], [Property Ownership: U.S. Forest Service], [Treatment Type: Mastication], [Treatment Zone: Community Defense Zone] 35 acres
Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment [Initial or Maintenance Treatment: Maintenance], [Property Ownership: U.S. Forest Service], [Treatment Type: Prescribed Burning], [Treatment Zone: Community Defense Zone] 35 acres

Reported Performance Measures

Reported Performance Measures
Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment
2023 Total Units
Initial or Maintenance Treatment Property Ownership Treatment Type Treatment Zone
Initial U.S. Forest Service Mechanical Thinning Community Defense Zone 17 17 acres
Total 17 17 acres

Funding

Expected Funding

Expected Funding
$150,000
$0
$150,000

No funding sources identified for this project.

Reported Expenditures

Reported Expenditures
Total 2023 2022
U.S. Forest Service $100,000 $100,000 $0
Grand Total $100,000 $100,000 $0

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Watersheds

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Threshold Categories

  • The Skyland Community sits just North of a popular beach attraction. Thousands of visitors a year utilize US HWY 50 to access the lakes beaches. This project aims to enhance the scenic view on the HWY corridor while decreasing the hazardous fuel loading for the community of Skyland and visitors to the area.
  • The Skyland Community sits just North of a popular beach attraction. Thousands of visitors a year utilize US HWY 50 to access the lakes beaches. This project aims to decrease the hazardous fuel loading for the community of Skyland and visitors to the area.

Local and Regional Plans

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Notes

Notes
11/01/2023 11:34 AM Keegan Schafer The shaded fuel break South of Skyland HOA has been completed. 200 feet off of the private boundary has been hand-thinned and masticated reducing surface fuels by 75%.