The USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU) has received $850,000 from the first round of funding from the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) to work on five local projects. All of the planned projects will improve the visitor experience by reducing deferred maintenance and enhancing recreational infrastructure.
“The Great American Outdoors Act is a major investment in our public lands that will help us tackle deferred maintenance and infrastructure projects on National Forest lands at Lake Tahoe,” said Forest Supervisor, Bill Jackson. “Maintaining and improving our public facilities is a key factor in the Forest Service’s ability to deliver sustainable recreational benefits to the American public.”
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The USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will begin issuing personal use fuelwood permits on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. To obtain a permit, give them a call at 530-543-2600. Leave a message with your name and phone number and they will get back to you at their earliest convenience.
Permits have specific conditions and complete information will be provided when the permit is issued. Maps to designated cutting areas will also be provided and must be in the permit holder’s possession along with the valid permit when cutting.
The permit is for the collection of “down-dead” wood in designated fuelwood areas within the Lake Tahoe Basin. Down-dead means the tree is down on the ground and dead, rather than dead and standing. Cutting any standing tree, whether dead or green, is not allowed.
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While there are some incredible hotels and lodging facilities in the Tahoe Basin, one great way to experience the area is through camping. Whether it’s tent camping, traveling in an RV or if a rustic cabin is preferred, there are many beautiful options.
Whether you live here year round or come especially to enjoy the outdoors, the following is a list of campsites around the basin.
Some campgrounds have just opened for the season and the rest will be opening soon.
Fire restrictions for Tahoe National Forest and the USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will be noted on their respective websites, and those restrictions will likely be ramped up through the summer after a dry winter.
A snowy e-bike ride.
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. With the rising popularity of e-bikes, the USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit has released a new proposal that would build new trails and expand access on existing trails.
Forest Service officials are weeding through hundreds of comments and discovering they are split down the middle. Half the people approve, half don’t.
The Basin Wide Trails Analysis proposal aims to improve overall trail accessibility and improve user experience.
“We have proposed three new trailheads in the proposal month,” said Jacob Quinn, one of LTBMU project leads. “Some of that is designed to address congestion at existing parking areas, but the other thing that we’re trying to do is to put public access points on public land. So discourage people parking in the back of neighborhoods to access trail systems; to actually put them on public land in appropriate locations.”
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