The North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District will reduce hazardous fuels on 210-620 acres and plan additional hazardous fuels removal on non-federal lands in Incline Village and Crystal Bay, Nevada to mitigate wildfire risk and improve forest health through a $1.8 million cooperative agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management Nevada Region. Funded by the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act program, which supports community-based conservation partnerships, the district will...
The Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District will receive $532,470 through a Cooperative Agreement awarded on December 27, 2022 by the Bureau of Land Management Nevada Region under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act program (CFDA 15.235). The funding will support a 90-115 acre fuels reduction project along Highway 50 in the Lake Tahoe Basin from 2023 to 2028. Treatments will include thinning and removal of fuels in two areas prone to heavy traffic and near homes to modify potential...
The City of South Lake Tahoe will receive $911,120 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management Nevada Region to conduct hazardous fuel reduction activities. Under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act program, the City will reduce fuels across approximately 149.82 acres of city-owned properties. This will decrease wildfire severity, improve defensible space, and enhance forest ecosystem health near critical infrastructure like the airport, schools, and...
The Tahoe Resource Conservation District will receive $10,017,490 through December 2028 under a Cooperative Agreement from the Bureau of Land Management Nevada Region's Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act program to deliver a coordinated Lake Tahoe Basin Fire Adapted Communities project. The Tahoe RCD will partner with local fire protection districts to provide up to 25,000 defensible space inspections and 15,000 residential chipping services on private properties, corresponding to fuel...
The California Tahoe Conservancy and USDA Forest Service will implement a coordinated hazardous fuels reduction strategy in community forests on the California side of the Lake Tahoe Basin through a $4.3 million cooperative agreement awarded by the Bureau of Land Management Nevada Region. Under the six-year award beginning August 2022 through the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act program (CFDA 15.235), the awardees will reduce hazardous fuels on 650-850 acres of small, forested...
The California Tahoe Conservancy will reduce hazardous fuels on 950 to 1,250 acres of high-priority wildland urban interface areas on the California side of the Lake Tahoe Basin through a $5.99 million cooperative agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act. Focusing on three geographic regions, the Conservancy will treat Conservancy-owned parcels over one acre adjacent to communities to reduce catastrophic wildfire threats, protect...
The Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District will implement hazardous fuels reduction, defensible space creation, ecological improvements, and habitat restoration on 100 to 200 acres of land along the Mount Rose Corridor in Nevada. Funded activities under the $801,838 cooperative agreement from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management include removing dead brush and timber, thinning live brush and timber, eliminating ladder fuels, and restoring aspen stands. Additional work...
The Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District (TMFPD), in collaboration with the Carson City Fire Department (CCFD), has been awarded a $779,497.87 cooperative agreement from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance Program Activities (CFDA 15.228). The award will support a comprehensive wildfire mitigation initiative in the high-risk communities of New Washoe City, East Washoe Valley, and Northeast Carson City, Nevada. Key program elements include public...
The Carson City Fire Department will collect approximately 1,000 tons of biomass over six years from defense zones in Carson City, Nevada through a $397,290 cooperative agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act grant program. Funds will support delivery of collection bins for use by homeowners to create defensible space by reducing hazardous fuels. This will lower wildfire risks and foster ecosystem resilience by decreasing ignition...
The North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District was awarded a $3.9 million project grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Assistance to Firefighters Grant program (CFDA 97.044) on September 22, 2022. The grant will support the district's efforts to enhance public and firefighter safety with respect to fire and fire-related hazards through the completion date of September 21, 2024. The goal of the Assistance to Firefighters Grant program is to improve first responder safety...
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.