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County and Forest Service highlight roadside shaded-fuel projects and Good Neighbor Agreement for Tahoe National Forest
Summary
Nevada County emergency services and Tahoe National Forest officials updated supervisors on collaborative hazardous-vegetation mitigation in eastern Nevada County, reporting community debris drop-off efforts and a 110‑acre roadside shaded-fuel reduction project enabled by a Good Neighbor Agreement.
Nevada County emergency management and the Tahoe National Forest told the Board of Supervisors on Aug. 12 that multi-agency partnerships are expanding local fuel-reduction work in eastern Nevada County and that a Good Neighbor Agreement with the Forest Service is enabling projects on federal land.
Alex Kibble Toole, the county’s director of emergency services, and Alex Garretts, the county’s forestry projects manager, described three levels of work: household-level debris drop-off and bin delivery for residents, community-scale coordination and a quarterly wildfire stakeholders group, and landscape-scale roadside shaded-fuel breaks implemented through the Good Neighbor Agreement with the Tahoe National Forest’s…
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