Prescribed burns to continue in Lake Tahoe Basin

Prescribed fire operations are scheduled to continue around the Lake Tahoe Basin on Monday, March 21, weather permitting.

The areas on the map scheduled to be burned, weather permitting:

A) Burton Creek State Park between North Tahoe High School and Rocky Ridge Properties, 35 acres of hand piles to be burned by California State Parks starting 3/21/16.

B) Sugar Pine Point State Park - Hwy 89 across from General Creek Campground, 12 acres to be burned by California State Parks starting 3/21/16.
C) Sand Harbor Pile Burn - Sand Harbor, East side of Highway 28, 2 acres to be burned by the Nevada Division of Forestry starting 3/21/16.
D) Camp Galilee, 200 acres of hand piles to be burned by the US Forest Service starting 3/21/16.
E) Angora - Panther Rd in South Lake Tahoe, 5 acres to be burned by US Forest Service starting 3/21/16.
F) Panther - Hwy 89 North of Spring Creek, 10 acres of hand piles to be burned by US Forest Service starting 3/21/16.
G) Twin Peaks - Lake Tahoe Blvd/Sawmill Rd, 125 acres to be burned by US Forest Service starting 3/21/16.
H) GLB08 = Hwy 50 @ Montreal Canyon, 28 acres of hand piles to be burned by US Forest Service.

For more details, visit the prescribed burn website.

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.

Smoke from prescribed fire operations is normal and may continue for several days after an ignition depending on the project size and environmental conditions. Agencies coordinate with state and local county air pollution control districts and monitor weather conditions closely prior to prescribed fire ignition. They wait for favorable conditions that will carry smoke up and out of the Basin. Crews also conduct test burns before igniting a larger area, to verify how effectively fuels are consumed how smoke will travel.

Before conducting prescribed fire operations, agencies post road signs around areas affected by prescribed fire, send email notifications and update the local fire information line at 530-543-2816. To receive prescribed fire notifications, send an email to pa_ltbmu@fs.fed.us. For more information on prescribed fire operations and smoke management tips, visit http://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/ltbmu/RxFireOps.