Fuels Reduction Projects
INCLINE VILLAGE & CRYSTAL BAY PROJECT INFORMATION
The Tahoe Network of Fire Adapted Communities Project:
This project implements the SNPLMA Strategic Plan Goals and Objectives by integrating and connecting with other Lake Tahoe Basin projects that cross agency boundaries, span private and public property and landscapes, and expand prior phases of hazardous fuels reduction and wildfire prevention treatments. This nomination was developed in coordination with the Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team (TFFT) and the Multi-Agency Coordinating Group (MAC). Through the coordinated implementation of the Lake Tahoe Basin Multi-Jurisdictional Fuel Reduction and Wildfire Prevention Strategy (Multi-Jurisdictional Strategy), this Project will promote Fire Adapted Communities in areas of high wildfire threat by fostering strong working partnerships between private property owners and agencies conducting defensible space and fuel reduction projects and implementation of fire prevention in vulnerable communities.
Defense Zone Improvement Project:
This project will reduce hazardous fuels on 210-620 acres in the wildland-urban interface of Incline Village and Crystal Bay, NV to mitigate the wildfire risk to the community and improve forest health. Wildfire mitigation goals on 210-620 acres will be achieved utilizing treatment methods which include hand thinning, mechanical thinning and understory burning. To date, 205 acres have been treated.
Before and after photos of a 19.8-acre understory burn completed November 2023 in the Wood Creek Drainage as part of the Defense Zone Improvement Project.
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Urban Lots Fuels Reduction:
North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District has an ongoing agreement to conduct wildfire fuels reduction on Urban Lots in Incline Village and Crystal Bay owned by the United States Forest Service and the Nevada Division of State Lands. This cooperative agreement allows all three organizations to work together to achieve common wildfire mitigation goals. From 2023-2024 North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District has conducted fuels reduction operations on 212 Urban Lots totaling 95.7 acres owned by both the United States Forest Service and the Nevada Division of State Lands.
Before and after photos of fuels reduction operations on an Urban Lot completed September 2024
Agency Partnerships:
- Incline Village Improvement District (IVGID)
- Nevada Division of Forestry
- Nevada State Lands
- US Forest Service
- Tahoe Resource Conservation District
- Washoe County