Forest health work is underway at Van Sickle Bi-State Park to reduce wildfire risk and improve safety and habitat.
The Forest Service plans an understory burn near South Lake Tahoe to reduce wildfire risk and improve forest health.
The team says smoke will be present.
Prescribed fires are an important tool used by land managers to help protect communities by removing excess vegetation (fuels) that can feed wildland fires.
Officials are asking people not to report the smoke - fire departments are aware of the project.
The Tahoe Fire & Fuels Team (TFFT) will continue burning piles this week around Lake Tahoe, weather and other conditions permitting.
Prescribed fire managers in The Lake Tahoe Basin Fall's area will begin the fire program as early as next week. The management team includes Fire and Fuel Teams, from local, state and federal fire and land management agencies.
The Forest Service is conducting a prescribed burn in Dog Valley west of Reno. Crews expect to burn about 50 acres on Thursday.