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SNPLMA Round 16 Sub Grant - NV Regional Fuels Reduction Project

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Project Overview

Basics

Forest and Community Resilience & Health
Community Wildfire Protection
Wildland Urban Interface Hazardous Fuel Reduction
SNPLMA Round 16 Sub Grant - NV Regional Fuels Reduction Project
Completed
This project has reduced hazardous fuels on lands within the Wildland Urban Interface Defense Zone of Incline Village, NV. 298 acres was treated using hand thinning, and understory burning. It has served to complement near-by fuels reduction projects, and previous treatments where 1st entry hand-thinning has been completed. The project is located near critical water treatment facilities, which are critical for fire-flow in the event of a wildfire, and potential evacuation centers should wildfire be active in the area.
2016
2019
2024
1/22/2025

Project Attributes

Footprint Acres
None

Location

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  • Washoe
  • Not in a National Forest
  • Third Creek-Frontal Lake Tahoe (1605010101)
  • Lake Tahoe (16050101)
  • WUI Defense

Organizations

Funders
  • Incline Village General Improvement District
  • Private
  • U.S. Bureau of Land Management
Lead Implementer
  • North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District

Contacts

Jason Furmaniak (jfurmaniak@nltfpd.net)

Performance Measures

Expected Performance Measures

Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment Critical Zone: Unspecified Treatment Phases: Unspecified Treatment Type: Prescribed Burning Not Provided
Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment Critical Zone: Unspecified Treatment Phases: Unspecified Treatment Type: Hand Thinning Not Provided
Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment Critical Zone: Unspecified Treatment Phases: Unspecified Treatment Type: Hand Thinning Not Provided
Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment Critical Zone: Unspecified Treatment Phases: Unspecified Treatment Type: Prescribed Burning Not Provided

Reported Performance Measures

Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment
Critical Zone Treatment Phases Treatment Type Total 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 Units
Unspecified Unspecified Prescribed Burning 99.1 61 14.1 24 N/A N/A N/A acres
Unspecified Unspecified Hand Thinning 281.56 N/A 33.46 34 32.6 69.6 111.9 acres
Total 380.66 61 47.56 58 32.6 69.6 111.9 acres

Financials

Budget

$1,073,250.00
$1,073,250.00
$0.00
$0.00
Total
Incline Village General Improvement District (IVGID) $100,000.00 $0.00 $100,000.00
Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (BLM) $973,250.00 $0.00 $973,250.00
Total $1,073,250.00 $0.00 $1,073,250.00
Comment: None provided

Reported Expenditures

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Total
Private Property Owners (Private) $0.00 $0.00 $3,805.00 $4,675.00 $17,831.00 $17,777.00 $13,189.00 $37,773.00 $1,091.00 $96,141.00
Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (BLM) $0.00 $0.00 $11,335.00 $62,831.00 $233,500.00 $139,948.00 $131,471.00 $82,008.00 $10,124.00 $671,217.00
Grand Total $0.00 $0.00 $15,140.00 $67,506.00 $251,331.00 $157,725.00 $144,660.00 $119,781.00 $11,215.00 $767,358.00
Note: None provided

Pillars of Resilience

Pillars of Resilience

Project Details

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Notes

01/09/2025 6:40 AM System In January of 2024 61 acres of pile burning was completed. This project is now complete with a total of 298 acres treated.
12/22/2023 10:32 AM System In 2023 47.56 acres were treated on the SNPLMA Rd. 16 NV Regional Fuels Reduction Project. A 33.46 acre hand thinning operation was completed as well as a 14.1 acre understory burn. All that remains to complete this project is pile burning which will be completed January-March of 2024.
01/14/2022 12:53 PM System Despite Covid and another exceptionally busy fire season, work progressed satisfactorily over Federal FY 2022. A total of 81.1 acres were treated with hand thinning over the year and 84.6 acres of piles were burned. Late in 2020 hand thinning was completed in four treatment units along the Diamond Peak Ridge (24.9), the PR/PW Boundary Unit (6.5), and in the NM5 Wagon Camp Units (14.9). The winter months allowed for pile burning in Lower NM4 (23.3), NM3 (45.2), T7 HOA Units (11.4), and in two small units that house power and water infrastructure (4.7). The latter part of Summer 2021 allowed for hand thinning at the 1400 Tunnel Creek Unit (1.3), and a partial treatment of the SM 6 & 8 Unit (13.8). An additional 19.7 acres were hand thinned along the primary utility line and a distribution line that serves the community. This corridor intersects the project boundary and connects to the power infrastructure unit mentioned above.
This brings total acres treated with hand thinning to 232.9 of the 286 base deliverable (81.4% complete). However, 65.0 of those acres await pile burning at the time of this writing. Two areas of approximately 40 acres each are prepared for understory prescribed fire. If fuel moisture and winds become favorable over the next 2-3 years, these important treatments will be carried out as part of this project. Additional units are prepared for hand thinning that will allow us to reach the base deliverable if we are unable to implement understory prescribed fire.
Public outreach was challenging again this year due the Covid-19 Pandemic. Outside visitors were not allowed in schools and considerations for safety led to the postponing of public outreach events as well. However, planning is underway to host an educational presentation with local students in May 2022. The field trip will take place later in 2022 or 2023.
01/14/2021 11:48 AM System Progress continued in 2020 on this project. Piles built in 2019 on 19 acres of private property were burned successfully in January 2020. Additional acres of piles from 2019 await burning at the time of this writing, but should be burned during the first quarter of 2021.
In 2020 hand thinning took place on 69.6 acres of private property and land owned by the Incline Village General Improvement District.

Additional hand thinning units have been established for the 2021 field season and work should proceed accordingly. The project is on target to meet end goal deliverables on time and on budget.

12/09/2019 2:02 PM System The NV Regional Fuels Reduction Project is comprised of seven property owners. In 2019 NLTFPD worked with 6 of the 7 land owners to complete hand thinning on 112 acres. The majority of this work (45.2 acres) occurred on property owned by Incline Village General Improvement District, followed by the T7 Property Owners Association where a total of 38.6 acres were treated. The remaining 28.1 acres treated in 2019 are owned by 4 separate landowners. An even cost share was provided by all owners. NLTFPD has begun planning with the largest landowner and hand thinning will begin on roughly 60 acres in 2020. Pile burning will be implemented on acres treated in 2019, and additional sites are being planned and prepared for understory prescribed fire throughout the project area.
01/14/2019 3:28 PM System Work has been planned for this project and implementation will begin in 2019.

External Links

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Photos

Photos

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    14.1 Acre Understory Burn Conducted November 2023 (Timing: Unknown) (~150 KB) Credit: NLTFPD

    14.1 Acre Understory Burn Conducted November 2023
    (Timing: Unknown) (~150 KB)
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    Crew member felling diseased and out competed tree to improve general forest health. (Timing: During) (~5,517 KB) Credit: A. Shackelford

    Crew member felling diseased and out competed tree to improve general forest health.
    (Timing: During) (~5,517 KB)
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    Evidence of hand thinning to remove medium sized trees to promote the health of larger dominant trees. (Timing: During) (~5,427 KB) Credit: A. Shackelford

    Evidence of hand thinning to remove medium sized trees to promote the health of larger dominant trees.
    (Timing: During) (~5,427 KB)
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    Evidence of hand thinning to remove small trees and shrubs. (Timing: During) (~5,468 KB) Credit: A. Shackelford

    Evidence of hand thinning to remove small trees and shrubs.
    (Timing: During) (~5,468 KB)
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    First entry hand thinning work (Timing: During) (~6,156 KB) Credit: A. Shackelford

    First entry hand thinning work
    (Timing: During) (~6,156 KB)
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    Good pile structure (Timing: During) (~5,290 KB) Credit: J. Higgins

    Good pile structure
    (Timing: During) (~5,290 KB)
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    Hand thinning to reduce ladder fuels and promote a more natural forest. (Timing: During) (~5,192 KB) Credit: A. Shackelford

    Hand thinning to reduce ladder fuels and promote a more natural forest.
    (Timing: During) (~5,192 KB)
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    Recently hand thinned forest. (Timing: During) (~5,602 KB) Credit: A. Shackelford

    Recently hand thinned forest.
    (Timing: During) (~5,602 KB)
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    Teamwork! (Timing: During) (~3,220 KB) Credit: A. Shackelford

    Teamwork!
    (Timing: During) (~3,220 KB)
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    The project compliments work being done by NV Energy to increase fuels reduction efforts along powerline corridors (Timing: During) (~5,817 KB) Credit: J. Higgins

    The project compliments work being done by NV Energy to increase fuels reduction efforts along powerline corridors
    (Timing: During) (~5,817 KB)

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