Lake Tahoe West Restoration Partnership

Lake Tahoe West Restoration Partnership

The Lake Tahoe West Restoration Partnership (Lake Tahoe West) is a collaborative effort to restore the resilience of forests, watersheds, and communities on 59,000 acres of Lake Tahoe's west shore.

PROJECT UPDATES

*New* Lake Tahoe West Story Map

Visit our interactive story map to learn about Lake Tahoe West's approach to restore forests and watersheds on 59,000 acres of Lake Tahoe's west shore.

Lake Tahoe West Restoration Project

The proposed Lake Tahoe West Restoration Project will restore forests, meadows, streams, and wildlife habitat across the west shore of the Lake Tahoe Basin. Led by the USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, California Tahoe Conservancy, and Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, the project is based on the comprehensive Lake Tahoe West Landscape Restoration Strategy. View the Scoping Notice / Notice of Preparation and other project documents at the Forest Service's Lake Tahoe West project page.

PROJECT RESOURCES

Major Work Products

• Scoping Notice / Notice of Preparation for the Lake Tahoe West Restoration Project (April 10, 2020)
• Landscape Restoration Strategy (December 2, 2019)
• Landscape Resilience Assessment (December 11, 2017) (PDF, 12MB)
  • 2-page Overview (pdf)

Supporting Resources

• Lake Tahoe West story map - narrative, maps, and images demonstrating Lake Tahoe West's approach to restore the west shore
• Lake Tahoe West Interactive Web Map - an interactive map that allows the user to view the Lake Tahoe West project area, land ownership, proposed restoration treatments, and other information
  
• Project Description and Map (PDF)
• Project FTP Site. Contains stakeholder meeting materials and essential project documents.
• Lake Tahoe West Stakeholder Committee Members
• Lake Tahoe West Visual Arts Projects:
  • Postcards to the Future Forest
  • Reading Forest

PROJECT OVERVIEW

The forests, lakes, and alpine peaks of Lake Tahoe’s west shore make it one of America’s iconic landscapes. The region as a whole is home to 54,000 residents and attracts over 6.4 million annual visitors.

Wildfire, drought, and insects and disease epidemics—pressures that are amplified by climate change—threaten forests, watersheds, and communities across the Lake Tahoe West landscape.

The goal of Lake Tahoe West is to restore the resilience of the west shore's forests, watersheds, recreational opportunities, and communities to such threats. The planning area includes approximately 59,000 acres of federal, state, local, and private lands, from Emerald Bay to Squaw Valley.

Lake Tahoe West is a multi-stakeholder collaborative initiative convened by California Tahoe Conservancy, U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, California State Parks, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team, and National Forest Foundation.

Lake Tahoe West Science Symposium - May 19 & 29, 2020

Lake Tahoe West hosted a Science Symposium to present findings from the LTW modeling effort and discuss how results inform future resilience and management of the Lake Tahoe basin landscape.

• Science Symposium Agenda, Day 1 Slides, and Day 2 Slides
• Watch the Symposium:

Upcoming STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE MEETINGS

September 1, 2020, 1-4pm - Virtual Meeting. Agenda.

Stakeholder Committee meetings are open to the public throughout this multi-year effort. RSVP from public parties is requested (but not required) by three business days before the meeting. Please email btiffany@nationalforests.org to RSVP.

Stakeholder Group Meeting Summaries

• July 27, 2020 - Meeting Summary
• June 2, 2020 - Lessons Learned Workshop Summary and Survey Results
  
• March 3, 2020 - Meeting Summary
• February 4, 2020 - Meeting Summary
• December 11, 2019 - Meeting Summary
• November 5, 2019 - Meeting Summary
• October 7, 2019 - Meeting Summary
• September 3, 2019 - Meeting Summary
• August 27, 2019 - Meeting Summary
• August 6, 2019 - Meeting Summary
• July 10, 2019 - Meeting Summary
• June 25, 2019 - Meeting Summary
• May 7, 2019 - Meeting Summary
• March 26, 2019 - Meeting Summary
• February 12, 2019 - Meeting Summary
• December 4, 2018 - Meeting Agenda
• November 14, 2018 - Meeting Summary
• October 2, 2018 - Meeting Summary
• October 9, 2018 - Field Visit Summary
• September 4, 2018 - Meeting Summary
• August 14, 2018 - Meeting Summary
• July 10, 2018 - Meeting Summary
• June 12, 2018 - Field Visit Summary
• June 5, 2018 - Meeting Summary
• May 1, 2018 - Meeting Summary
• April 3, 2018 - Meeting Summary
• February 6, 2018 - Meeting Summary
• January 9, 2018 - Meeting Summary
• December 5, 2017 - Meeting Summary
• November 7, 2017 - Meeting Summary
• October 4, 2017 - Field Visit Summary
• October 3, 2017 - Meeting Summary
• September 6, 2017 - Meeting Summary
• August 10, 2017 - Webinar Summary
• July 6, 2017 - Meeting Summary
• June 7, 2017 - Field Visit Summary
• June 6, 2017 - Meeting Summary
• May 2, 2017 - Webinar Summary
• April 4, 2017 - Meeting Summary
• March 7, 2017 - Meeting Summary
• February 7, 2017 - Meeting Summary
• November 30, 2016 - Project Kick-off Meeting Summary

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This initiative is generously supported by two Proposition 1 planning grants from the California Tahoe Conservancy to the National Forest Foundation, agreement number CTA 15 018L, and a State Fire Assistance grant from the U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region, grant award number 17-DG-11052012-145.

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CONTACT

Sarah Di Vittorio, Ph.D. | sdivittorio@nationalforests.org | 530-902-8281

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