North Lake Tahoe Defense Zone Improvement Project
Strategy
Wildland Urban Interface Hazardous Fuel Reduction
Lead Implementer
North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District
Funders
Incline Village General Improvement District, Nevada Energy, North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District, Private, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service - Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, Washoe County, NV
Project Primary Contact
Jason Furmaniak
Project Stage
Implementation
Duration
2023 - 2028
Community Wildfire Protection
Wildland Urban Interface Hazardous Fuel Reduction
The North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District (NLTFPD) will reduce hazardous fuels on 210-620 acres and plan for additional hazardous fuels removal on federal and non-federal lands in the wildland-urban interface of Incline Village and Crystal Bay, NV to mitigate the wildfire risk to the community and improve forest health. The project will be accompanied by two public outreach activities that will showcase fuels reduction treatments and provide education on forest health, fuels treatments, and Fire Adapted Community concepts. These activities will create a better informed and more prepared Fire Adapted Community in Incline Village and Crystal Bay, NV, an area with extreme wildfire risk.
Key Accomplishments
- Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment: 206.44 acres
Pillars of Resilience
- Fire Adapted Communities
- Fire Dynamics
- Forest Resilience
Before Photo 19.8 Acre Understory Burn Part of the SNPLMA Rd. 18 Defense Zone Improvement Project
Credit: NLTFPD