Angora residents, Forest Service work on life after the fire

By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal

When the Cain family rebuilt their Tahoe Mountain home, leveled during the Angora Fire of June 2007, most windows were installed facing east.

In that direction, many trees survived, their trunks scarred by fire but with canopies now green with healthy needles.

The U.S. Forest Service has plans for the Angora burn area. Photo/Kathryn Reed

To the west, looking toward Angora Ridge, the forest is dead. Bare tree trunks rise from the snow like huge, blackened toothpicks.