Tag: wildfire

Above-average wildfire potential is projected through at least August 2026 across the Lake Tahoe region, because the unusually warm and sporadic winter dried out fuels earlier than normal.

In Tahoe/Truckee, insurance — not inspections — is now the biggest hurdle in home sales, as wildfire risk and tighter coverage can delay, reshape, or derail deals entirely.

Tahoe City is looking to become a Firewise community, the first town in the Tahoe Basin. North Tahoe Fire’s Michael Haran shares details on what’s to come.

North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District is accelerating fuels-reduction work across its 1,632-acre “halo,” a wildfire-mitigation buffer surrounding Incline Village and Crystal Bay now entering its next phase of intensive management.

Readers comment on Moonshine Ink’s August stories and opinion pieces about North Tahoe incorporation, lack of performing arts venues, summer tourist season, and more.

Ron Grassi worries that Tahoe’s wildfire evacuation plans can’t handle peak summer crowds, putting residents and visitors at risk. He urges better planning by government officials.

Months after the federal government initiated widespread Forest Service layoffs and stalled funding, ripple effects are still disrupting wildfire preparedness and fuels reduction in Tahoe.

A wildfire scientist argues that a bill to improve forest management supported by California Sen. Alex Padilla is in actuality a radical logging bill that would put communities at greater risk.

By banning fire from federal forests, dense woods of dying trees and undergrowth now fuel intense, fast-moving wildfires that are difficult to control without strategic thinning and prescribed burns. But there is a way forward.

Truckee Town Council member Courtney Henderson writes about the April meeting with Rep. Kevin Kiley to urge Congress to release funding for wildfire mitigation projects, and why it’s of utmost importance.