NV Energy Resilience Corridors Projecct
Strategy
Defensible Space and Home Hardening
Lead Implementer
U.S. Forest Service - Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Funders
Nevada Energy, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service - Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Project Primary Contact
Brian Garrett
Project Stage
Implementation
Duration
2022 - 2028
Community Wildfire Protection
Defensible Space and Home Hardening
The project will create resilient forests adjacent to approximately 28 miles of NV Energy utility infrastructure on the Nevada side of the Tahoe Basin. The project is designed to treat in 3 zones, Zone 1 is the area immediately adjacent to utility infrastructure (15'), Zone 2 is up to 175' from utility infrastructure and Zone 3 can extend up to 1000' feet from the utility infrastructure. The project will thin forest to improve forest health, remove trees that could grow into or fall on power lines and reduce hazardous fuels.
Key Accomplishments
- Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment: 852.70 acres
Pillars of Resilience
- Fire Adapted Communities
Expenditures
Expenditures by Funding Source to Date: $14,392,000.00
Lake Tahoe Restoratio... (USFS - LTBMU): $2,500,000
Southern Nevada Publi... (USFS - LTBMU): $6,567,000
U.S. Forest Service (USFS - LTBMU): $325,000
Nevada Energy (NV Energy): $5,000,000
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Project last updated 1/23/2025