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Truckee Ranger District Roadside Hazardous Fuel Reduction

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Truckee Road with Pines and snow capped mountains

What

The Truckee Ranger District Roadside Hazardous Fuel Reduction project is a collaboration between the U.S. Forest Service’s Tahoe National Forest and the Nevada County Office of Emergency Services (OES) to treat approximately 110 acres of fuels along priority roads. These roads have been identified as necessary to providing critical and strategic wildfire suppression operations but are currently overgrown with dense vegetation. The largest and healthiest trees will be retained and are intended to benefit from the removal of small, dying, diseased and/or dead trees and thick brush. 

 The long-term goal of this project is to establish and maintain a network of shaded fuel breaks, enhance public safety, and protect public drinking water resources.

Project Partners and Funding

Through the use of a Good Neighbor Agreement with the Tahoe National Forest, OES is administering the project with technical assistance from the Truckee Ranger District.

Funding for this project comes from the Truckee Meadows Water Authority and OES, while the USFS is dedicated staffing resources to make this project successful. 

Where

This phase of the project will take place on over four miles of USFS roadways southwest of Stampede Reservoir. This area is approximately eight miles north of Truckee placing it in the Wilderness-Urban Interface and can considered a high-use recreation area due to its proximity to the Stampede Reservoir and Sagehen Creek Trailhead.

Project Timeline

July 2024 USFS and OES enter into a Good Neighbor Agreement (GNA).
 May 2025 Vegetation treatment contractor is selected.
February 2025 USFS and OES develop treatment plans and prescription. June 2025 Implementation begins. 
March 2025 A Best Value Bid is released to regional contractors.  Summer 2025 Project completed. 

 Impact

This project is one of many identified by the Truckee Ranger District’s 2023 Decision Memo permitting the installation of nearly 112 miles of strategic roadside fuel breaks in the vicinity of Boca, Prosser, and Stampede reservoirs on the fringe of the nearby town of Truckee. The need to establish and maintain safe ingress/egress routes for first responders and the public was identified by OES’ Community Wildfire Protection Plan. Targeting key roadways and managing vegetative conditions that drive extreme wildfire behavior can mitigate future wildfire severity and spread and potentially reduce the risk of catastrophic loss.

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