by elementsmtnco | Jun 2, 2022 | Elements Mountain Journal, Truckee Tahoe Tips
Clean Up The Lake got their start with Donner Lake in 2020 and (since they have recently finished their 72 Mile Clean up of Lake Tahoe removing over 25,000 pounds of trash) they are excited to be returning to Donner Lake. What was initially going to be a monitoring...
by elementsmtnco | May 31, 2022 | Defensible Space, Elements Mountain Journal, Forestry
Defensible Space is the area around a structure where combustible vegetation that can fuel wildfire has been cleared, reduced or replaced. This space acts as a barrier between a structure and an advancing fire. In January 2005, California State law extended the...
by elementsmtnco | May 26, 2022 | Defensible Space, Elements Mountain Journal, Forestry
Why Forest Mastication Is Important As we mentioned in our What Is Defensible Space? article, combustible vegetation that can fuel wildfire needs to be cleared or reduced. Forest fuel is one of the primary factors for why wildfires become catastrophic. In this article...
by elementsmtnco | May 18, 2022 | Elements Mountain Journal, Truckee Tahoe Tips
Join us for the 19th annual Truckee Day on Saturday, June 4th to show our love for our amazing community by rallying together to clean up our streets! Volunteers will meet at us at our office – 17356 Northwoods Blvd Truckee, CA – between at 8:00 am and 10:00 am to...
by elementsmtnco | May 17, 2022 | Elements Mountain Journal
Our judges have made the final selections for the winners of our Mountain Life Photo Competition with three winners of each category and one overall winning image! The winners will be announced at 7:00 PM at the event on Thursday, May 19, 2022 from 6:00 PM –...
