Lakeview Lookout Community Wildfire Protection Plan Implementation Project
Strategy
Wildland Urban Interface Hazardous Fuel Reduction
Lead Implementer
North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District
Funders
Private, U.S. Forest Service - Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Project Primary Contact
Ryan Dominguez
Project Stage
Completed
Duration
2017 - 2019
Community Wildfire Protection
Wildland Urban Interface Hazardous Fuel Reduction
This fuels reduction project was on four privately owned lots at the edge of a neighborhood in the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Defense Zone. Overcrowded and/or diseased trees were thinned. Dense pockets of shrubs were also thinned. These materials, along with dead and downed woody debris were piled over the summer and burned in the following fall/winter.
Key Accomplishments
- Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment: 26.00 acres
Pillars of Resilience
- Fire Adapted Communities
Pre-Treatment Conditions 3
Credit: NLTFPD