Prescribed Burn Program at Lower Truckee River

Prescribed Burn Program at Lower Truckee River

The California Tahoe Conservancy (CTC) proposes a program of prescribed burns within its holdings in the Lower Truckee River Watershed of the Lake Tahoe Basin. The program would reintroduce fire as a forest restoration management tool to modify and reduce project area fuel material, restore a resilient forest structure, and improve wildlife habitat. The program would include a series of planned controlled burns conducted over a period of up to several years. A sequence of follow-up burns would be required within a period of seven to twelve years to maintain the desired habitat. More intensive treatments will occur along the project area margins to create an area, defensible against the spread of wildfires, between the adjacent developed properties and CTC land. Burn sites within the 30-acre project area would be kept under control through the manual construction of fire barrier lines and use of existing roads and cleared areas as control lines. Emergency suppression equipment would be available at the project site for immediate response if the burn goes out of its prescribed limits. A smoke management plan, fire escape plan, and public information plan have been developed to address the potential hazards posed by a prescribed burn on the project site and to protect public health and safety.

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Air Resources Board, Major Industrial Projects, Cal Fire, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 3 (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan South Lake Tahoe Region 6 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics, Department of Water Resources, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency

Aesthetics, Air Quality, Cultural Resources, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Public Services, Vegetation, Wildfire, Wildlife