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In Memory Of
Helen Stuart August 19, 1926 - February 19, 2024
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California wildfires are becoming larger, more frequent and more ferocious. ‘Malibu Burning’ author Robert Kerbeck shares simple steps you can take to protect your home.
Fires, floods, earthquakes—California’s got it all. And CERT volunteers are ready to step in.
As California insurance companies have revoked the fire policies of thousands of homeowners, the state has taken steps to get them covered again.
Making it through the earthquake is the easy part. The hard part is surviving in the chaos that follows.
The climate change era has created a whole new set of terms for a wide variety of storms and other weather phenomena. Here are some of the most important.
California residents can turn to these public and private entities to help prepare for wildfires and protect their property.
Community service districts can do most anything a city government can do. Here’s how they work and how to start one.
The pesky mosquito can be deadly as well as annoying. Here’s how local governments in California have been waging war on mosquitoes for more than a century.
California will soon add a new emergency hotline service with the number 988. Here’s the story behind that new service, and the original 911 number.
Since long before the COVID-19 pandemic, states have possessed broad authority to protect public health, even to suspend laws and commandeer private property. Here’s why, and how it works.
What does it mean when firefighters call a fire "contained?" Here's a brief guide to commonly used fire prevention terminology.
From CalMatters...
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.
From Sierra Sun...
The California Office of Emergency Services has announced it will award a $4,932,000 grant to the Fire Safe Council of Nevada County to help low-income residents harden their homes against wildfires.
Truckee Fire announced the third round of recipients of its annual Measure T community wildfire prevention grants to support forest fuel reduction and wildfire preparedness projects.
The Olympic Valley Public Service District has launched a wildfire prevention initiative known as the OV-4 Olympic Valley Community Wildfire Buffer Project.
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.
Placer County has issued a health advisory in the Carnelian Bay area of Lake Tahoe following a sewage spill that reached the lake yesterday evening.
California Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot came to Olympic Valley recently and highlighted the completion of a 120-acre shaded fuel break along the North Ridge in a post on X.
The agencies that sampled water at El Dorado Beach and Nevada Beach last week have detected no toxins associated with harmful algal blooms in the lake. These are sites viral social media posts purported could be where a dog ingested harmful cyanobacteria and later died.
In collaboration with the Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team, the Tahoe Resource Conservation District announced the Forest Vegetation Interactive Map that highlights forest restoration and fuels reduction treatment accomplishments of the TFFT and the Lake Tahoe Environmental Improvement Program (EIP).
From Tahoe Guide...
Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team reminds homeowners of the importance of creating and maintaining defensible space. University of Nevada, Reno Extension’s Living With Fire Program published a new Living With Fire Defensible Space Guide on how to keep resident spaces safe.
On July 10, the Nevada County Board of Supervisors approved the Good Neighbor Agreement between the USDA, Tahoe National Forest and the Nevada County Office of Emergency Services for a decade-long collaboration to advance county-wide fuels reduction and forest health initiatives.Â
In order for future broadband funding to go where it is needed most, Nevada County needs residents' help to determine whether the current broadband map accurately reflects service at their home or business.
Headed to the Lake Tahoe Basin for a summer camping trip? Black bear biologists who work in the Tahoe Basin every day have some advice and thoughts to share to help keep Tahoe bears wild.Â
LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. – Summer is in full swing and so are fire restrictions in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Please "Know Before You Go" and check the fire restriction status in your area.
As we move into summer and the vegetation dries out, the Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team would like the public to remember the importance of creating and maintaining defensible space.
Due to the increasing risk of wildfires, Sierra Pacific Industries will close its California forestlands to public access beginning Fri., June 28. SPI has forestlands in the Coldstream Creek and Martis Peak areas, along with the Jackson Meadows area.
From Los Angeles Times...
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