Caldor Fire
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Sep 24, 2026
Miranda GreenHOST
So the idea of getting rid of that fuel so that bigger trees don't burn makes sense from a, you know, a basic perspective.
Miranda GreenHOST
And when I talked to Hugh, he actually pointed to a fire that burned near Lake Tahoe called the Calder Fire back in 2021 as an example of where thinning actually worked.
Hugh SaffordSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They didn't have a single structure burned down when this massive fire burned through Lake Tahoe, which was due largely to mechanical and hand thinning that had been done.
Hugh SaffordSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
There were some places in the landscape where they had piled fuels that had been created by the hand thinning and they had not disposed of them by the time the fire hit the landscape.
Miranda GreenHOST
So the idea of getting rid of that fuel so that bigger trees don't burn makes sense from, you know, a basic perspective.
Miranda GreenHOST
And when I talked to Hugh, he actually pointed to a fire that burns near Lake Tahoe called the Calder Fire back in 2021 as an example of where thinning actually worked.
Hugh SaffordSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They didn't have a single structure burned down when this massive fire burned through Lake Tahoe, which was due largely to mechanical and hand thinning that had been done.
Hugh SaffordSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
There were some places in the landscape where they had piled fuels that had been created by the hand thinning and they had not disposed of them by the time the fire hit the landscape.