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.
