Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team members, the Nevada Division of Forestry and Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District, will continue burning piles on the East Shore of Lake Tahoe this week, conditions and weather permitting.
Smoke will be present. View smoke management tips and the current air quality index at AirNow, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Forest Service Fire and Smoke Map and the prescribed fire map with details at Tahoe Living With Fire.
Prescribed fires are a vital forest management tool used by land managers to help protect communities by removing fuels that can feed unwanted wildland fires. Burning excess vegetation also benefits forest health by making room for new growth which provides forage for wildlife, recycling nutrients back into the soil and reducing the spread of insects and disease.