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Fencing to Protect Angora Urban Lots

South Lake Tahoe, CA. --The Forest Service plans to protect urban lots in the Angora Fire area by installing low profile fencing. The fencing will help to visually define urban lot boundaries, so that construction traffic and other vehicles can easily avoid them. The Forest Service expects to install the wood fences on approximately 50 lots in the fire area.

About a foot in height, the fencing is designed to deter people from driving onto the lots, while still allowing for pedestrian access. Vehicle intrusion onto the lots threatens to destroy vegetation that has begun to re-grow since the fire. Vehicle use may also compact the soil, which could hamper Forest Service efforts to reforest, expected to begin in the spring of 2009.

The fencing should also help to prevent other unauthorized uses of urban lots, which can damage resources on these sites.

Hazard Tree Information for Angora Homeowners

Concerned About A Possible Hazard Tree?

South Lake Tahoe, CA. --The US Forest Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU) has received questions from homeowners in the Angora Fire area about possible hazard trees that still remain on lots close to where they are rebuilding their homes

Urban Lot Management Program

The Forest Service initiated the Urban Lot Management Program in 1991 to address management issues on urban intermix parcels acquired through the Santini-Burton Purchase Program. The Forest Service manages these lands with an emphasis on protecting water quality conditions and community open space. The California Tahoe Conservancy and the Nevada Division of State Lands also have programs for acquisition and management of urban intermix parcels.

*Throughout the content of this website urban intermix parcels and urban lots will be used interchangeably.

This photo shows an urban lot acquired under the Santini-Burton
Purchase Authority, located in South Lake Tahoe, CA.

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