Prescribed fire operations to continue next week around Lake Tahoe

If conditions are favorable next week, the Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District, California State Parks and the U.S. Forest Service are scheduled to continue prescribed fire operations starting Monday, April 17. If favorable, operations are scheduled near Meeks Bay, Tahoe City, Glenbrook, Round Hill, Lower Kingsbury Grade, South Lake Tahoe, and Meyers. Weather permitting, operations may continue over the next several weeks.

The following areas are scheduled:

A) 30 acres in the Glenbrook Area - Tahoe Douglas Fire District

B) 40 acres in the Edgewood Creek Area - Tahoe Douglas Fire District
C) 15 acres in the Lower Kingsbury Area - Tahoe Douglas Fire District
D) 30 acres in Burton Creek State Park - California State Parks
E) 5 acres at Sugar Pine Point State Park - California State Parks
F) 20 acres in the HWY 50 and Logan Creek Drive - USFS
G) 20 acres in the Hwy 89/ Grass Lake Road area - USFS
H) 100 acres in the Gardner Street area - USFS

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.