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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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