New Forest Fire Management Officer announced for USFS Lake Tahoe

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A new forest management officer (FMO) has arrived in Lake Tahoe to assume the duties left vacant by the retiring Steve Burns.

Carrie Thaler has arrived and on the job. She has relocated from the Las Vegas area where she held the district FMO position at the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area for the past four years. She was also recently District Ranger for the Santa Rosa Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and has been the incident commander for one of the Nevada Type 3 Incident Management Teams for the last three years. Carrie also spent time as a training officer for the Los Padres National Forest managing the Vanderberg Interagency Training Center.

“We are excited to welcome Chief Thaler to the Tahoe Basin,” said LTBMU Forest Supervisor, Jeff Marsolais. “Carrie will be an integral part of our interagency emergency response community and will provide vital leadership and direction for the Basin’s wildland fire program.”

Carrie earned a Bachelor of Science in business administration from the University of New Hampshire and is currently working toward completing her natural resources certificate at Northern Arizona University.

“I feel very fortunate to have the opportunity to work here on the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit,” said Thaler. “And I’m excited to apply my previous experience with high public use areas in Las Vegas to the complex fire program here in the Lake Tahoe Basin.”

In her spare time, Thaler enjoys spending time with her husband and her family and friends. She also likes climbing, snowboarding and enjoying the outdoors.