Today at about 3:15pm there was a fire response plus deputies to a fire at the end of Sahara Drive near Pretoria Road, about 150 yards from Carnelian Woods unit 76. The fire was just off Carnelian Woods property and on California Tahoe Conservancy property. According to Brent Armstrong, Fire Marshal for North Tahoe Fire,...Read More

This winter the waterline tiles and coping around the pool were damaged. Regulations require that these be repaired before the pool is opened. We are working diligently to bring in a contractor, and if all goes well we expect the pool to open May 30 on a five-day-a-week schedule. On June 15, when summer staff...Read More

The Sugar Pine Foundation will plant over 350 Sugar Pine seedlings on the “undeveloped lots” (top of Silver Pine, above the locked gates)  area of the Carnelian Woods property on Thursday, May 9, 2024 between 10 am and 2pm (weather permitting).  Volunteers from Carnelian Woods, Agate Bay, and neighboring areas are cordially invited to attend and help...Read More

Ignitions did not go as planned today due to travel delays and other factors. We are still looking at basically 10 acres of piles remaining on the Carnelian Woods property. With the snow already on the ground and the current and predicted storm systems, it is unlikely that we’ll burn these last 10 acres this...Read More

The conditions are right so NTFD is planning on bringing in the love this Valentine’s Day with more pile burning Wednesday and Thursday. We have a goal of 10 acres this week which would essentially complete the pile burning on Carnelian Woods property. There have been a few difficult piles that we may burn next...Read More

NTFD pile burning operations went well January 29-31. We completed all 19.5 acres (around Carnelian Woods upper units), reaching our goal for the week and completing most of the work for this project. There are 11.3 acres of piles remaining on the 78-acre total project. Depending on the incoming storms we will attempt to burn...Read More

NTFD has some additional resources available and is planning to resume pile burning again on Monday and Tuesday before the storm arrives. The goal is between 10 and 19.5 acres in the western most part of the project area (around the upper units of Carnelian Woods). April Shackelford NTFD Forest Fuels ManagerRead More

NTFD is planning to resume pile burning on Thursday. We are setting a goal of 21 acres in the western most part of the project area (around the upper units of Carnelian Woods). Conditions are not the most favorable for quick ignitions, but we will have a full crew on Thursday and will give it...Read More

NTFD is planning to resume pile burning on Thursday and Friday continuing at the top of the project area on Agate Bay Water Property. The goal is to burn about an acre of piles over the two day period. April Shackelford NTFD Forest Fuels ManagerRead More

NTFD is planning to resume pile burning on Thursday and Friday. This time near the top of Agate Road on Agate Bay Water Property, and down near the creek to complete some acreage from last week’s pile burning. The goal is to burn about six acres of piles over the two day period. April Shackelford...Read More