Thanks to the perseverance of several local residents, The Olympic Valley Firewise Council, funding from the Resort at Squaw Creek, Friends of Olympic Valley and Palisades Tahoe as wells as the leadership of the Olympic Valley PSD, we are pleased to announce…..

First Fuels Reduction Projects in Olympic Valley get funding

“Two major components of the Olympic Valley Public Service District (District) Fuels Management Program include the preparation of the Olympic Valley Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) and securing funds to implement forest fuels reduction projects in forested areas in Olympic Valley and along the Truckee River corridor. The CWPP is intended to prioritize areas for hazardous fuel reduction treatments and address issues such as wildfire response, hazard mitigation, community preparedness, and structure protection.

A draft version of the Plan was utilized to identify high priority projects eligible for funding in the 2022 CALFIRE grant cycle. In early February 2022, the District applied to CALFIRE for a Fire Prevention Grant for the Olympic Valley Fuel Reduction Project and it has recently been awarded. The awarded project encompasses 120-acres located on the northern ridgeline of the Valley, and is estimated to cost $540,000 and take three years to complete.

The project team will spend the remainder of 2022 planning, permitting, and bidding the work, which is scheduled to begin in 2023.

Additionally, the District has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation’s Forest Futures Program. These grant funds will be used to permit and plan for fuel reduction work along the south ridge and in the Squaw Creek corridor to thin the lodgepole stand at the S-turns on Olympic Valley Road. The work for this grant is scheduled for completion in 2023″