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California State Parks WUI Fuel Reduction and Prescribed Fire Program

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Project Overview

Basics

Forest and Community Resilience & Health
Forest Resilience
Fuels Reduction
California State Parks WUI Fuel Reduction and Prescribed Fire Program
Implementation
Reduce hazardous fire fuels and implement prescribed fire within wildland-urban interface (WUI) areas of Burton Creek State Park (SP), Sugar Pine Point SP, and Emerald Bay SP. Forest fuel reduction project work will include forest thinning with hand crews, chipping (and removal of wood chips), stacking burn piles, pile burning and/or understory burning. Project will treat a minimum of 200 acres, up to a maximum of 354 acres in: Burton Creek SP (up to 88 acres), Sugar Pine Point SP (up to 196 acres), and Emerald Bay SP (up to 70 acres). The State Parks crew will be funded by both LTRA funds, and matching funds provided by State Parks.
2019
2021
2027
1/28/2026

Project Attributes

Footprint Acres
None

Location

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This project is being implemented at multiple Park Units around the Lake. These are: Burton Creek SP Sugar Pine Point SP D.L. Bliss SP Emerald Bay SP
  • El Dorado
  • Not in a National Forest
  • General Creek-Frontal Lake Tahoe (1605010104)
  • Lake Tahoe (16050101)
  • WUI Defense

Organizations

Funders
  • California Department of Parks and Recreation
  • U.S. Forest Service - Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Lead Implementer
  • California Department of Parks and Recreation

Contacts

Ryan Howard (Ryan.Howard@parks.ca.gov)

Performance Measures

Expected Performance Measures

Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment Critical Zone: Unspecified Treatment Phases: Unspecified Treatment Type: Hand Thinning 80 acres
Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment Critical Zone: Unspecified Treatment Phases: Unspecified Treatment Type: Prescribed Burning 60 acres

Reported Performance Measures

Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment
Critical Zone Treatment Phases Treatment Type Total 2025 2024 2023 2022 Units
Unspecified Unspecified Hand Thinning 198 83 53 46 16 acres
Unspecified Unspecified Prescribed Burning 92.5 47.5 39 N/A 6 acres
Unspecified Unspecified Chipping 113 25 32 40 16 acres
Unspecified Unspecified Mechanical Thinning 18.5 18.5 N/A N/A N/A acres
Total 422 174 124 86 38 acres

Financials

Budget

$610,020.00
$610,020.00
$0.00
$0.00
Total
California Department of Parks and Recreation (CDPR) $110,022.00 $0.00 $110,022.00
Lake Tahoe Restoration Act (USFS - LTBMU) $499,998.00 $0.00 $499,998.00
Total $610,020.00 $0.00 $610,020.00
Comment: None provided

Reported Expenditures

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Total
California Department of Parks and Recreation (CDPR) $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $12,000.00 $12,000.00 $12,000.00 $24,000.00 $0.00 $60,000.00
Lake Tahoe Restoration Act (USFS - LTBMU) $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $55,000.00 $67,000.00 $100,000.00 $200,000.00 $0.00 $422,000.00
Grand Total $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $67,000.00 $79,000.00 $112,000.00 $224,000.00 $0.00 $482,000.00
Note: None provided

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Photos

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    Burton Creek State Park (Timing: Before) (~3,772 KB) Credit: California State Parks

    Burton Creek State Park
    (Timing: Before) (~3,772 KB)
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    Emerald Bay State Park (Timing: Before) (~3,485 KB) Credit: California State Parks

    Emerald Bay State Park
    (Timing: Before) (~3,485 KB)
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    Sugar Pine Point State Park (Timing: Before) (~3,281 KB) Credit: California State Parks

    Sugar Pine Point State Park
    (Timing: Before) (~3,281 KB)

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