USFS thinning project to disturb recreationists
The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will begin forest thinning operations on National Forest System lands on the west side of Fallen Leaf Lake on Friday.
Operations will take place south of the dam and will move closer to the dam in a couple of weeks.
The Forest Service will issue a forest order to close a portion of the area from 7am until 6pm daily from Aug. 19-Oct. 11 for public safety due to heavy equipment operations and the felling of trees. Hazards may be present even when operations have ceased for the day and the closure is not in effect. Individuals disregarding the closure order may be cited, with subsequent fines or jail time.
The treatment method for this area will be cut-to-length thinning, in which trees are cut and processed on site by a harvester which removes the limbs and tops and cuts the tree into lengths for transport by a forwarder to a landing location. Also, there will be some roadway vegetation and tree clearing off of Cathedral Road to facilitate the access and safety needs for the road.
The forest thinning is part of the South Shore Fuel Reduction and Healthy Forest Restoration Project, which will treat approximately 10,000 acres between Cascade Lake and Stateline.
Hmm as opposed to a forest fire burning the town down. Oh I get it
“…recreationists”?
They have been taking down trees at an alarming rate just south of Celio Ranch. My husband reports log trucks and box trucks full of wood chips going by daily. There is also a pretty big stack of logs on the side of the road on So Upper Truckee about 1/4 mile from Hwy 50.
While I am in favor of forest thinning I think they could do a better job of deciding where to do the thinning. Along North Upper Truckee Rd from Hwy 50 and heading toward town would be a good place to consider. Lots of tightly grouped, very small trees. This is not a healthy forest and is also great fuel for a fire.
Just sayin’
Re. “recreationists”: I didn’t think it was a real word either, but….
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/recreationist
It also appears in my unabridged Random House dictionary, so I’m munching humble pie.