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For more information on timber sales, contact the Tahoe National Forest Headquarters 530-265-4531.
About Us
The Tahoe National Forest is located in the northern Sierra Nevada (east of Sacramento) and extends from the foothills across the Sierra crest to the California state line. It includes over 850,000 acres of public land interspersed with 350,000 acres of private land in a checker board ownership pattern.
Rivers, snow capped peaks and dense forests offer outstanding recreation year round. A complex set of ecosystems are found as the terrain ascends from 1,500 feet along the western boundary to over 9,000 feet along the crest. The forest provides a variety of resources and opportunities and is managed by the Forest Service. For more information on accessible recreation facilities on the Tahoe National Forest follow this link. More.....
Motorized Vehicle Use Maps
The Motor Vehicle Use Map displays National Forest System routes (roads and trails) or areas designated open to motorized travel.
Welcome to the Tahoe National Forest where are many things to see and do! The Tahoe National Forest is located in the northern Sierra Nevada (east of Sacramento) and extends to the foothills across the Sierra Crest to the California state line. Tahoe National Forest includes more than 850,000 acres of public land intermixed with 350,000 acres of private land. Continued...
When visitors come to Tahoe National Forestoffice locations, they have an opportunity to enhance their visit by viewing many exciting items with an all-natural theme. You’ll find posters displaying nature, maps, valuable artifacts and more!
FRENCH MEADOWS, Calif. – The U.S. Forest Service today announced final approval of the French Meadows Forest Restoration Project, an innovative forest health project aimed at reducing wildfire risk in a critical municipal watershed. This landscape-scale project, covering 30,000 acres of public and private land around French Meadows Reservoir, west of Lake Tahoe, is a public-private partnership that can serve as a model for increasing the pace and scale of ecologically-based forest management and fuels reduction throughout the Sierra Nevada.
Tahoe National Forest has restricted off-highway vehicles in the Foresthill OHV area.The U.S. FOREST SERVICE issued this closure that went into effect November 27, 2018
Welcome to the Tahoe National Forest where are many things to see and do! The Tahoe National Forest is located in the northern Sierra Nevada (east of Sacramento) and extends to the foothills across the Sierra Crest to the California state line. Tahoe National Forest includes more than 850,000 acres of public land intermixed with 350,000 acres of private land. 
