North tahoe fire protection district will reduce hazardous fuels on at least 300 acres, but not more than 700 acres of highest priority WUI defense zone areas within north tahoe and meeks BAY fire…

The North Tahoe Fire Protection District will receive $2.7 million under a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Bureau of Land Management Nevada Region on December 23, 2022. The funding supports hazardous fuels reduction on 300-700 acres of high priority wildland urban interface defense zones in North Tahoe and Meeks Bay Fire Protection Districts as identified in the Lake Tahoe Basin Community Wildfire Protection Plan. Treatments will improve forest health and reduce catastrophic wildfire risk, protecting life, property, and critical infrastructure in the Lake Tahoe Basin through December 2028. The work furthers goals of the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act's (SNPLMA) community and connectivity strategic plan objectives by building on a regional approach to prioritize fuel reductions across federal, state, local, and private lands through a collaborative regional effort.

North tahoe fire protection district will reduce hazardous fuels on at least 300 acres, but not more than 700 acres of highest priority WUI defense zone areas within north tahoe and meeks BAY fire protection districts as identified in the lake tahoe basin community wildfire protection plan. These treatments will improve forest health and reduce the threat of catastrophic wildfire, protecting life, property, and critical infrastructure in the lake tahoe basin. The land identified for treatment includes land owned and managed by the state of california, counties, local jurisdictions, and both small and large private landowners. The project area was developed using both the lake tahoe basin community wildfire protection plan (cwpp) and the lake tahoe basin multi jurisdictional fuel reduction and wildfire prevention strategy (multi jurisdictional strategy). The final treatment areas, selected from the project area, will be the highest priorities as identified in the above mentioned plans and endorsed through the tahoe fire and fuels team (tfft), a voluntary association of basin fire agencies, land managers, and regulators. In addition to furthering lake tahoe basin fuel reduction goals, addressing the serious threat of catastrophic wildfire, and responding to the unprecedented number, size and destruction caused by wildfires this project also promotes three southern nevada public land management act (snplma) strategic plan goals the project promotes connectivity by building upon a regional approach to treat priority areas identified in the cwpp and also linking previously treated areas identified in the multi jurisdictional strategy. Thus, building on the success of the tfft in delivering collaboratively developed and prioritized wildfire prevention and fuel hazard reduction programs. This project unites diverse ownerships to connect federal, state, local and private fuels reduction treatments, as well as establishes buffers around critical infrastructure to ensure adequate fire suppression capability, such as watery delivery and storage. The project promotes community by protecting public health and safety, and by providing educational opportunities that strengthen communication and support between agencies and the public. IT will help create resilient fire adapted communities that can withstand a wildfire without loss of life or property. The project timeframe is six years. Ntfpd will initiate implementation within one year, conduct the majority of implementation within the first five years, and will finalize implementation in year six for any remaining biomass disposal needs (prescribed burning, transporting biomass).treatments proposed in this project will occur on forested parcels owned and managed by the state of california, counties, local jurisdictions, and both small and large private landowners. All parcels identified for treatment are of the highest priority WUI defense zone treatments as identified in the cwpp and strategy.with regards to snplma R18 NT06, north tahoe fire protection district has no overlaps or duplication between this application and any of our federal applications or funded projects, including in regards to activities, costs, or time commitment of key personnel.i certify that north tahoe fire protection district elects to use to 10 DE minimis rate and meets the following eligibility criteria to use the 10 DE minimis indirect cost rate 1.the award recipient has never received a federally negotiated indirect cost rate for any federal awards.2.the project costs will be consistently charged as either indirect or direct and will not be double charged or inconsistently charged as both.3.the proper use and application of the DE minimis rate is the responsibility of the award recipient. The awarding federal agency may perform a financial monitoring review to ensure compliance with 2 CFR part 200.