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California and the West are just months removed from one of the worst wildfire seasons in modern history. Climate change is ramping up the hazards, and a dry winter suggests another tough year is coming. by Dale Kasler and Nicole Blanchard, The Sacramento Bee / February 25, 2021 CALISTOGA, CA - SEPTEMBER 29: Firefighters watch the Glass Fire slowly creep across a clearing along Silverado Trail (CA-29) on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020 in Calistoga, CA. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times) TNS
(TNS) - On a crisp, breezy February morning near Lake Tahoe, a crew of five firefighters descended on a snow-covered, heavily-forested park straddling the California- Nevada border.
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North Lake Tahoe and Tahoe Douglas fire protection districts and the USDA Forest Service will continue prescribed fire operations this week in the Lake Tahoe Basin, conditions and weather permitting. Smoke may be visible.
1. USFS (Rose 06) - North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District. East of Fairview Blvd, south of SR431, Incline Village, NV. Burn Type: Hand Piles. Total Acreage: 22.00 . Planned Ignition: 02/15-03/05/2021. Duration of Ignition and Smoke Production: 1 day of ignition, 1 day of burn down time. Estimated Direction of Smoke Travel: North/Northeast/East. Communities or Smoke Sensitive Areas:
Smoke may be visible throughout the Tahoe Basin and surrounding communities.
Conditions and weather permitting, Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team members, North Lake Tahoe and Tahoe Douglas fire protection districts, will continue prescribed fire operations this week in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Smoke may be visible. 1. Van Sickle - Tahoe Douglas Fire District. Van Sickle Bi-State Park, Stateline, CA. Burn Type: Hand Piles.
TRPA Tahoe Blue Crew. Photo provided
STATELINE, Nev. - Using the MLK Day of Service to volunteer, staff from the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) spent Monday picking up trash around the informal sled hill between Heavenly Village and Harrah s Tahoe.
The 11 volunteers picked up 68.5 lbs of trash equaling 90 gallons of volume. TRPA is part of the League to Save Lake Tahoe Blue Crew and have committed their volunteers to working in the area twice a month. They ll be back later this week to clean along Montreal Road and Van Sickle Bi-State Park.
Another Tahoe Blue Crew team is currently being trained to work in the same area on opposite weekends of TRPA. This way the popular area for families to use for snow play and sledding can be kept free of trash.