mastication
Forest Service project to impact a part of Tahoe Rim Trail
Submitted by paula on Thu, 09/04/2014 - 9:19pm
On Monday, the U.S. Forest Service will start a mastication project on the Northwest shore of Lake Tahoe that will impact a portion of the Tahoe Rim Trail.
For the next 6 weeks, including weekends, staff will be in the area near Page Meadows. They'll be using a piece of equipment called a masticator which reducing the amount of material left behind after a tree thinning project. The machinery may cause flying debris to be thrown up to 500 feet.
Forest Service Beings Mastication Project on North Shore
Submitted by paula on Sun, 05/25/2014 - 9:32pm
The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit began a mastication project last week on the North Shore of Lake Tahoe off of Fairway Drive near Tahoe City.
The project will eliminate material left behind after thinning for fuels reduction and involves using a masticator, which is a large lawn-mower type of heavy equipment that runs over debris and chops it up into smaller pieces.
