Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District fire personnel plan to ignite 7 acres of hand piles at East Stampede Dam and Stampede Station today. Smoke will be visible but impacts will be minimal.

Tahoe National Forest, Sierraville Ranger District fire personnel plan to ignite 10 acres of grapple piles in the Independence Lake area. Smoke will be visible, but impacts will be minimal.

Tahoe National Forest fire personnel will be igniting 9.5 acres of hand piles in the East Stampede area today, Dec. 13, 2023. Smoke may be visible from Truckee.  Smoke impacts will be minimal and carefully monitored.

01/11/2024 -Pile Burning is active at:

• Devils Creek (machine piles)- 5 miles north of Crystal Lakes subdivision; at the intersection of CR-80C and FSR-182
• Lump Gulch - Along Hwy 119 NW of Rollinsville

01/10/2024 - Pile Burning is active at:

• Forsythe II (Emory Road) 
• Shoshoni Road, north of Rollinsville
• Yankee Hill Map
  • Intersection of HWY 119 and HWY 46, East of HWY 119, and South of HWY 46 

Tahoe National Forest fire personnel will be igniting 6.25 acres of hand piles at Captain Roberts Boat Ramp - Stampede Reservoir and 1.6 acres at Stampede Station today, Dec. 11, 2023. Smoke will be visible but impacts will be minimal.

Ignitions are complete on the remaining 12 acres of piles for a total of 137 acres treated. Crews will now hold, patrol and monitor for the foreseeable future until the piles are called out.

Oct. 9, 2023—With Friday's wind event behind them, fire crews are continuing with ignitions today. Their goal is to finish the remaining piles from 12 acres of thinning, completing pile burning in the unit. Although no new snow has fallen, on-site snow in the area has remained and conditions are conducive to burning.

The National Weather Service spot forecast for the has temperatures in the low 30s, minimum humidity in the mid 30s and winds of 5 to 10 mph. There is a slight chance for snow showers, mainly this morning.

Tahoe National Forest fire personnel will be igniting 11.5 acres of handpiles today, Dec. 8, 2023 near the Captain Roberts Boat Ramp at Stampede Reservoir. Smoke may be visible with impacts minimal.

01/06/2024 - 

• 2:00 p.m. Ignitions have ceased for the day. Crews burned 460 piles.
• 10:20 a.m. crews are proceeding with ignitions at the Fair piles

01/05/2024 - 

• 1:00 p.m. Ignitions have ceased for the day. Crews burned 360 hand piles over 10 acres.
• 10:30 a.m. Crews are proceeding with ignitions.

01/04/2024 - 

• Grand County (Sulphur Ranger District) locations with possible ignitions as soon as Thursday, January 4: Fair Tracts

Dec. 7, 2023-Fire crews completed ignitions on most of the Ojo Sarco Unit today, leaving piles from just 12 acres of thinning untouched. The remaining piles are in a gully with no snow around them. 

Crews will continue patrolling and holding on Friday but will not conduct ignitions due to forecasted winds. The unit is completely surrounded by control features, such as Highway 76 and containment lines. 

A chance of snow over Friday night might bring suitable conditions for burning the remaining piles Saturday. If not, they will be addressed in the future. 

Forest Service crews were joined by a number of local cooperators. Members of the Ojo Sarco Volunteer Fire Department patrolled neighborhoods to speak to residents while fire personnel from the Latir Volunteer Fire Department, Red River, Taos County and the Forest Stewards Guild’s All-Hands All-Lands Burn Team were assigned to firing and holding groups. A Picuris Pueblo engine crew was on standby as a contingency resource. 

This work is part of the Green Fuelwood Areas Project to provide residents with fuelwood opportunities and address forest health and resiliency. The area was a public green fuelwood gathering area in 2016, followed by thinning, piling and burning of underbrush. Dead and down fuelwood gathering has been ongoing. 

Operational updates for this project are posted to InciWeb and Carson National Forest social media (Facebook, X).