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Washoe Tribe Secures Collaborative Funding for a Lake Tahoe Community Liaison
(Lake Tahoe, CA) - The Wá∙šiw (Washoe) are a sovereign tribal nation who are the original inhabitants of DáɁaw Ɂága (Lake Tahoe) and its surrounding areas. Lake Tahoe is the Tribe’s most sacred pl...
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From Tahoe Daily Tribune...
Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team forest thinning projects are underway in the Lake Tahoe Basin. These projects are expected to continue for the next several weeks with some projects continuing through the fall, conditions and weather permitting.
Homewood Mountain Resort is prepping to start its Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project after the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board unanimously approved it earlier this summer.
From South Tahoe Now...
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From Tahoe Guide...
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From Folsom Times...
A quick response by two different fire agencies prevented a fire from getting out of hand late Monday night in El Dorado Hills.
From CalMatters...
Some residents in El Dorado County were being ordered to evacuate while others received evacuation orders Saturday afternoon after a vegetation fire broke out in Placerville that is threatening several homes.
Folsom firefighters swiftly contained a grass fire that broke out in the early morning of July 5 near a residential area in the city.
A fast response by Folsom firefighters stopped the forward progress of a quickly moving vegetation fire that initially threatened structures in a Folsom neighborhood on the afternoon of July 4.
Residents in areas of El Dorado County have been given evacuation orders due to a growing wildfire Tuesday afternoon.
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The USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is scheduled to begin mechanical forest thinning (fuels reduction) on Monday, July 1, 2024, on approximately 355 acres located on the West Shore of Lake Tahoe near Blackwood Canyon and Paige Meadows.
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