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Alder Creek, 89 Wildland Urban Interface
Thins and clears hazardous fuels on about 2,934 acres of National Forest land near Truckee and along Highway 89 to reduce high-severity wildfire risk and improve forest health in the wildland urban interface.2
Facts from USDA Forest Service public records, each linked by number to its source; checked November 13, 2026. Section notes by ePlan.
At a glance
- Where
- North of the Town of Truckee along Alder Creek and Highway 89 toward Sagehen Summit, including Klondike Flat and Hobart Mills; Nevada County, California.1
- Size
- Approximately 2,934 acres of National Forest System land treated (under the 3,000-acre limit)2
- Lead agency
- USDA Forest Service, Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District2
- Review
- Categorical exclusion, documented in a decision memo2
- Legal citation
- Section 605 of HFRA (16 U.S.C. 6591d), FSH 1909.15, 32.3(9), Wildfire Resilience2
- Status
- Completed; decision signed July 1, 20221
Timeline
Documents USDA Forest Service published
- PDFSigned Alder 89 Scoping LetterPosted December 8, 2022
- PDFFinal DM Alder 89 SignedPosted November 11, 2022
- PDFAppendix B Resource Protection MeasuresPosted October 11, 2022
- PDFAppendix C Scoping CommentsPosted July 1, 2022
- PDFAppendix A MapsPosted July 1, 2022
- PDFAlder 89 WUI Proposed ActionPosted May 1, 2022
- PDFAlder89WUI Scoping ProposedAction Map2of2 WUI 11x17Posted April 5, 2022
- PDFAlder89WUI Scoping ProposedAction Map1of2 Treatments 11x17Posted March 28, 2022
What the documents say
Final DM Alder 89 Signed
- Project Information
- Names the Truckee District Ranger as responsible official, Nevada County, the area north of Truckee along Highway 89, WUI zones, a goshawk PAC and riparian areas.2
- Applicable Category
- Fits the HFRA 605 Wildfire Resilience category, with checks including under 3,000 acres treated, no new permanent roads, and scoping conducted.2
- Purpose and Need: Why do we need to act?
- Overcrowded plantations from the 1960 Donner Ridge Fire and dense fir need thinning near Tahoe Donner housing and the Highway 89 corridor to cut high-severity fire risk.2
- Proposed Action: What are we proposing to do?
- Treats about 2,934 acres with ladder and surface fuel treatments across the area and variable density thinning on 1,887 acres, with a 24-inch cap in the Hobart Mill goshawk PAC.2
Signed Alder 89 Scoping Letter
- Scoping letter
- Starts public scoping on the roughly 2,988-acre project area, asks for comments by April 1, 2022, and expects a Decision Memo in June 2022.3
Alder 89 WUI Proposed Action
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Sources
- Alder Creek, 89 Wildland Urban Interface Project: Forest Service project pagefs.usda.gov
- Final DM Alder 89 Signedusfs-public.app.box.com
- Signed Alder 89 Scoping Letterusfs-public.app.box.com
- Alder 89 WUI Proposed Actionusfs-public.app.box.com