Fuels Management

North Tahoe Fire Protection District maintains an active Forest Fuels and Defensible Space Program engaged in Fire Adapted Communities, and Fuels Reduction Projects.

Fire Adapted Communities and Firewise Sites

  • Defensible Space Education and Compliance

  • Maintaining a free curbside chipping program

  • Public outreach on defensible space & evacuation preparedness

  • Providing green waste dumpsters for neighborhood events

Current Fuels Reduction Projects:

  • River Road Project 1

  • SNPLMA Round 18

    • Brockway Springs

    • Chinquipin Hillslope

    • Old Mill

    • NT Regional Park

    • Vedanta Society

Carnelian Woods Pile Burn Project Highlights Important Partnerships and Lessons

https://www.sierrasun.com/news/carnelian-woods-pile-burn-project-highlights-important-partnerships-and-lessons/