Prescribed burning to continue around Lake Tahoe

If conditions are favorable next week, North Lake Tahoe and Tahoe Douglas fire protection districts, California State Parks, California Tahoe Conservancy, and the U.S. Forest Service may continue prescribed fire operations on April 24, 2017.

Scheduled operations would be near Meeks Bay, Tahoe City, Kings Beach, Incline Village, Glenbrook, Round Hill, Lower Kingsbury Grade, South Lake Tahoe, and Meyers. Weather permitting, operations may continue over the next several weeks.

The following locations match the map above:

A) 30 acres near Glenbrook
B) 5 acres on Lower Kingsbury
C) 32 acres on west side of Incline Villag
D) 4 acres near NTFPD Station 51
E) 30 acres in Burton Creek State Park
F) 5 acres at Sugar Pine Point State Park
G) 15 acres at Sunset Stables
H) 50 acres at Logan Creek Drive and Highway 50
I) 30 acres at Grass Lake Road and SR89
J) 40 acres at Fallen Leaf Lake Rd and SR89
K) 40 acres at SR267 at Brockway Summit
L) 30 acres at Ski Run Blvd and Pioneer Trail

To receive prescribed fire notifications, send an email to pa_ltbmu@fs.fed.us. To view a map with project locations and details, visit the Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team (TFFT) website at http://www.tahoefft.org.

Each prescribed fire operation follows a prescribed fire burn plan, which considers temperature, humidity, wind, moisture of the vegetation, and conditions for the dispersal of smoke. This information is used to decide when and where to burn. When conditions meet the prescription, state and local air pollution control districts issue a burn permit allowing operations to proceed.

The TFFT gives as much advance notice as possible before burning, but some operations may be conducted on short notice.