Environmental Assessment Completed

Carnelian Fuels Reduction and Healthy Forest Restoration Project

Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Placer, California Lake Tahoe Basin Mgt Unit

Combination of mechanical, hand, and prescribed burning treatments to reduce surface fuels and conifer density within the WUI surrounding communities of Cedar Flat, Carnelian Bay, Tahoe Vista, and Kings Beach.

Location

Project area surrounds communities along the north shore of Lake Tahoe including Cedar Flat, Carnelian Bay, Tahoe Vista, and Kings Beach within the WUI

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
05/17/2010
2
Objection Period Start
07/13/2012
3
Decision
08/2012 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
10/2012 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityHfra Title I: Wildland-Urban Interface
Notice and Comment Regulation218
Project ActivityFuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Timber Sales (Green)
Carnelian Hazardous Fuels Reduction and Healthy Forest Restoration ProjectDecision Signed Date: 08/20/2012
ForestsLake Tahoe Basin Mgt Unit
DistrictsLake Tahoe Basin Mgt Unit
Legal Land DescriptionTownship 16 N. Range 17 E. Sections 8,9,10,16,17,18,19,20, and 21; T 17N. R 6E. Sections 1,2,5 and 6
Fuels managementForest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)