Forest restoration and fuels reduction treatments have been largely prioritized in forest areas in and around Tahoe Basin communities but are also being expanded to other forest areas further out ...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – The USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is scheduled to begin hazardous fuels reduction mastication treatments in Meyers near the Pioneer Trail and U ...

The fuels reduction treatment plans got underway after the Peak 2 fire, which sparked right at the edge of the proposed project area, Bianchi said. “There was a high probability, looking at the ...

"Fuel reduction treatments are designed to reduce fire behavior and provide firefighters with safer opportunities to spot-protect homes, and qualitative observations during the Wallow Fire suggest ...

Fuel reduction treatments should simultaneously take place in the overstory, understory, and on the ground to adequately reduce fire severity. Share: Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIN Email.

"Burning Questions Answered: New review examines 30 years of fuel treatment effects on wildfire severity" includes an overview of the research methods, key findings, management considerations, and ...

The Prineville BLM started a hazardous fuel reduction treatment in 2020 in Crooked River Ranch under the Dingell Act of 2019. With this project, over 360 acres of juniper were thinned, piled and ...

Fuel treatments to slow wildfires are more common on the east side of the Cascades and in southern Oregon, ... fuel reduction wasn’t always the reason for doing it,” McGovern said. ...

“With fuel reduction treatments like this one, we have the ability to control these fires without aircraft, without huge expense, with staff that are already on duty and rigs we already own ...