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1. Spider Pig Landing Piles - USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit. In the vicinity of Fallen Leaf Lake, Camp Richardson Corrals, Fallen Leaf Lake Road and Highway 89. Burn Type: Landing Piles. Total Acreage: 5.00 .Planned Ignition: 02/02-05/2021. Duration of Ignition and Smoke Production: 3-5 days of ignition. Smoke will be visible for 1 to 2 weeks as piles burn down. Estimated Direction of Smoke Travel: North/Northeast/East Communities or Smoke Sensitive Areas: Smoke may be visible throughout the Tahoe Basin and surrounding communities and Southlake Tahoe and Spring Creek
2. Homer J Landing Piles - USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit. In the vicinity of Spring Creek. Mattole Road and Spring Creek Road. Burn Type: Landing Piles. Total Acreage: 5.00. Planned Ignition: 02/03-05/2021. Duration of Ignition and Smoke Production: 3-5 days of ignition. Smoke will be visible for 1 to 2 weeks as piles burn down. Estimated Directi
Load of plastic sleds and trash picked up. Photo supplied by Kenny Curtzwiler.
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - We ve seen the stories and photos of trash left behind by the large number of people spending time in the snow from Truckee to South Lake Tahoe. A growing problem is the people finding whatever patch of snow is available, normally in areas not previously used for snow play.
Controlling the trash has become an issue. Clean Tahoe, the South Lake Tahoe program tasked with keeping the community litter and trash free, hits whatever areas their staff can, but this means one person tackling the problem. The League to Save Lake Tahoe has its Blue Crew volunteer teams being training currently to get out to these winter hot spots, and other groups are out trying to remove what people should have taken with them when heading home.