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Tahoe National Forest’s Truckee & Sierraville Ranger Districts to Begin Fall Prescribed Fire Operations as Conditions Permit
 
Tahoe National Forest, Calif. – The Truckee and Sierraville Ranger Districts on the Tahoe National Forest will conduct prescribed fires this fall/winter to reduce build-up of hazardous fuels and to continue restoring forest ecosystems. This year’s fire season is again a good reminder of the importance of prescribed fire, especially in our fire prone environment. 

The goals of these projects are to reduce the severity and intensity of future wildfires. These project areas provide a safer environment for firefighters to engage a wildfire and provide added protection for communities in the wildland urban interface (WUI). Another goal is to re-establish natural ecosystems using fire. 

For more information, or to receive prescribed fire notifications via e-mail, call or email the following contacts:
Truckee Ranger District-
Robert Hilfer, Acting District Fuels Specialist
(530) 587-3558 #251 or [email protected];

Sierraville Ranger District-
Ruby Burks, District Fuels Specialist
(530) 994-3401 #6621 or [email protected].

For more information on prescribed fire on the Tahoe National Forest, visit www.fs.usda.gov/tahoe or to participate in the conversation at twitter.com/Tahoe_NF and www.facebook.com/TahoeNF.
If you would like to learn more about prescribed fire vs. wildfire, please visit www.smokeybear.com/prescribed-fires.asp.