Project
02.01.02.0014 - Liberty Utilities Resilience Corridors Project
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Overview

Basics

Basics
The Liberty Utilities Resilience Corridors Project area is located along utility corridors throughout the Lake Tahoe Basin area in El Dorado County on National Forest System Lands (National Forest). The project planning area is focused on lands in the wildland adjacent to utility infrastructure (powerlines). This project will undertake fuels reduction treatments along utility corridors owned and operated by Liberty Utilities in California, focused on infrastructure located in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Previous utility corridor treatments have taken place in the built environment, and so this project aims to reduce fuels and create healthy forests in previously untreated areas.

Implementation
2019
2020
2032
$16,900,000
Brian Garrett (brian.garrett@usda.gov)
03/22/2019
01/24/2024
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Location Information Location Notes
All Liberty infrastructure located outside the built environment.

Organizations

Organizations
U.S. Forest Service - Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (USFS - LTBMU) Brian Garrett - U.S. Forest Service - Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (USFS - LTBMU)

EIP Details

EIP Basics

EIP Basics
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02 - Forest Health
02.01 - Community Wildfire Protection Program
Implement Defensible Space on Public and Private Parcels and Utility Corridors
02.01.02.0014 - Liberty Utilities Resilience Corridors Project

This project is on the EIP 5-year list.

Performance Measures

Expected Performance Measures

Expected Performance Measures
Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment [Initial or Maintenance Treatment: Initial], [Property Ownership: U.S. Forest Service], [Treatment Type: Hand Thinning], [Treatment Zone: Threat Zone] 3400 acres
Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment [Initial or Maintenance Treatment: Maintenance], [Property Ownership: U.S. Forest Service], [Treatment Type: Mechanical Thinning], [Treatment Zone: Community Defense Zone] 1000 acres
Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment [Initial or Maintenance Treatment: Initial], [Property Ownership: U.S. Forest Service], [Treatment Type: Mechanical Thinning], [Treatment Zone: Threat Zone] 2000 acres

Reported Performance Measures

Reported Performance Measures
Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment
2020 2021 2022 2023 Total Units
Initial or Maintenance Treatment Property Ownership Treatment Type Treatment Zone
Initial U.S. Forest Service Hand Thinning Threat Zone 15 0 15 acres
Initial U.S. Forest Service Mechanical Thinning Threat Zone 0 0 208 0 208 acres
Total 0 0 223 0 223 acres

Funding

Expected Funding

Expected Funding
$16,900,000
$14,262,000
$2,638,000
($2,638,000 identified as )
Total
Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (BLM) $13,638,000 $11,000,000 $2,638,000
U.S. Forest Service (USFS - LTBMU) $3,262,000 $3,262,000 $0
Grand Total $16,900,000 $14,262,000 $2,638,000

Reported Expenditures

Reported Expenditures
Total 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act $2,401,300 $0 $2,400,000 $1,300 $0 $0 $0
U.S. Forest Service $3,407,000 $0 $45,000 $100,000 $1,000,000 $1,540,000 $722,000
Grand Total $5,808,300 $0 $2,445,000 $101,300 $1,000,000 $1,540,000 $722,000

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Related Projects

Related Projects

02.01.02.0014 - Liberty Utilities Resilience Corridors Project is associated with following groups of projects.

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Notes

Notes
01/14/2024 9:36 AM Brian Garrett The 625 Mechanical contract operated in 2023, completing 190 of the 208 acres of treatments under the contract, contract will be completed in 2024. The LTBMU entered into a Stewardship Agreement with NFF for contract prep and contract award support for the project utilizing SNPLMA grant funds. NFF worked with Liberty and USFS to complete field prep for several contracts. The Phase 2 hand thin contract (287 acres) was planned for award in 2023, but was delayed due to White Bark Pine listing, this contract is planned to be awarded and implemented in 2024. 3 separate mechanical contracts located in South Lake Tahoe were prepped for award, contract award for these has been delayed because of gaps in heritage surveys. NFF, Liberty and the Forest Service are finalizing the heritage work and plan to award one or more mechanical contracts in 2024, approximately 475 acres of mechanical treatment.
01/16/2023 10:46 AM Brian Garrett 15 acres of handthin was completed along the 625 powerline. The 625 mechanical contract was awarded by partner National Forest Foundation in October 2022 to implement 208 acres of mechanical thinning. This is being shown as a 2022 acomplishment in the EIP tracker, however it will be a FY23 accomplishment for the Forest Service.
02/11/2022 7:44 AM Brian Garrett This project is being implemented through partnership with the National Forest Foundation and in coordination with Liberty Utitlities. Project field prep was conducted throughout the 2021 field season, 208 acres of mechanical thinning was prepared for contract award and 300 acres was prepared for hand thinning work. Resource surveys were conducted in the project area in 2021. Caldor Fire and other factors slowed progress on the project for several weeks. Contract awards and implementation expected in 2022.
12/31/2020 9:11 AM Brian Garrett Project field preparations and resource surveys were conducted in FY20 in preparation of a contract award in 2021. Stewardship Agreement with National Forest Foundation was established to support implementation of forest thinning activity.
01/13/2020 8:58 AM Brian Garrett NEPA decision signed in September of 2019. Project implementation will begin as early as 2020. Funding spent on resource surveys and environmental analysis.
03/22/2019 11:08 AM Brian Garrett Project planning initiated in March of 2019. Anticipate decision by July 2019, with potential for some implementation to begin in 2019.