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The
Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit lies within a unique Sierra Nevada geologic basin, along
the border of California and Nevada. It encompasses over 150,000 acres of National Forest lands, and ranges in
altitude above sea level from 6,225 feet at lake level to 10,881 feet at Freel Peak, overlooking the City of
South Lake Tahoe.
The USDA Forest Service established the LTBMU in 1973. The name of the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
reflects a unique sort of National Forest, as unique as the resources of the Tahoe Basin.
Enjoy all the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit has to offer, but above all, demonstrate your concern and
good stewardship of these special public lands and resources.
Organizational Overview
The purpose of the
LTBMU is to protect Lake Tahoe and its famed water quality
by specially managing a diverse range of resources, particularly the complex
watershed systems that form the basin surrounding the lake.
Conservation, restoration and protection programs also include forest health and
hazard fuels management, habitat, and wilderness management to name a few.
The
LTBMU has become known for pioneering programs and techniques in watershed
management, environmental education and resource interpretation programs,
fisheries and stream restoration.
Cultural Heritage
The Heritage Resource Program of the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit seeks
to promote knowledge about and appreciation for our nation's diverse
cultural heritage. We protect significant heritage resources and promote
heritage awareness through a balance of inventory, evaluation, monitoring,
preservation, public interpretation, education, collaboration, and
consultation.
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Diverse Recreation
From sparkling lakeside beaches, to high country alpine meadows and trails, the LTBMU provides some of the
finest outdoor recreation in the nation, combined with breathtaking scenery. Whether you prefer the
solitude of nature, camping, hiking, mountain biking, or water-sports, the LTBMU
and its many basin partners provide some of the most diverse opportunities
in all seasons of the year.
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LTRA Erosion Control Grant Program
The LTRA Erosion Control Grants Program
provides Federal Assistance to local governments for erosion and
sediment control projects that are located on non-Federal lands and that
provide benefit to Federal land.
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Fire & Fuels Management
The Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit has organized the Vegetation, Urban Lot, Fire, and Fuels programs under a single
staff area in order to better coordinate hazardous fuels reduction and forest health thinning. These programs are
overseen by staff officer Dave Marlow.
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Watershed Restoration
The watershed restoration program rehabilitates and restores disturbed areas
in the forest. Stream channels, roads, and upland areas are treated to reduce or eliminate soil erosion.
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Wildlife
The wildlife program manages a diversity of habitats that will ensure the persistence of viable native and desirable non-native fish, wildlife, and plant populations in the basin.
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