Prescribed burns will continue over the next several weeks around Lake Tahoe.
Recent precipitation and low temperatures have provided ideal conditions and opportunities for firefighters to burn in multiple locations, according to a press release from the Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team.
Smoke from these operations may be present throughout the Lake Tahoe Basin.
North Lake Tahoe and Tahoe Douglas fire protection districts and the USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit are scheduled to continue burning this week in numerous locations.
Forest Service firefighters completed burning piles on 160 acres near Watson Creek on the North Shore that will help prevent future severe wildfires near those communities. No further ignitions will take place in those areas.
