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CALDOR FIRE CLOSURE - The Caldor Fire Closure has been reduced and a new forest order issued to reflect the changes. All roads, trails, and facilities within the fire closure area are closed. This includes Morman Emigrant Trail. Forest Order 03-21-19.
- Note: The new fire closure order opens the area south of Highway 88 except the Horse Canyon/Thunder Mountain trails area which still has ongoing suppression repair activities. This opens the Kirkwood Mountain Resort, Caples, and Silver Lake areas. Along Highway 50 the northern closure border has been reduced to Highway 50 (was Granite Springs road) until about Silver Fork where the closure boundary goes north. The closure boundary around Wrights Lake has been tightened opening the area north of it and the closure now runs from Wrights Lake east to the Desolation Wilderness boundary and continues along to the Forest boundary opening Desolation Wilderness (some access points may still be closed i.e. Wrights Lake campground, trailheads, and Wrights Lake road are still within the Fire Closure area and not open to the public due to ongoing supression repair activities.) The Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit has lifted their Backcountry Closure.
Recreation Facility Status - For information on which facilities are open or closed.
Roads Status - For information on which roads are open or closed.

CALDOR FIRE RELATED INFORMATION

Caldor Fire Information Line: (530) 303-2455
Inciweb: inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7801/
Caldor Fire Maps: inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/maps/7801/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/eldoradonf
Twitter: twitter.com/EldoradoNF
Wildfire Cameras: www.alertwildfire.org/tahoe/

BURNED AREA EMERGENCY RESPONSE (BAER)

Emergency Stabilization-Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) is a rapid assessment of burned watersheds by a BAER team to identify imminent post-wildfire threats to human life and safety, property, and critical natural or cultural resources on National Forest System lands and take immediate actions to implement emergency stabilization measures before the first post-fire damaging events. Fires result in loss of vegetation, exposure of soil to erosion, and increased water runoff that may lead to flooding, increased sediment, debris flows, and damage to critical natural and cultural resources.

Caldor Post-Fire BAER Information: inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7842/
BAER Overview presentation
Caldor Post-Fire BAER Assessment Report Summary (pdf)

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Photo of exterior of Plummer Guard station.

A piece of Eldorado National Forest is lost in the Caldor Fire: Plummer Guard Station.

Caldor Fire Recovery

Recovery after a major wildfire is a long term process. The first steps involve repairing areas damaged by fire suppression, and mitigating safety hazards such as fire weakened trees, burning stump holes, damaged utilities, and hazmat concerns. Recovery also includes the Burned Area Emergency Response, information on access to recreation residences and the forest, debris cleanup, the rebuilding process for recreation residences, and future Caldor Fire restoration and management activities.