Blackwood Canyon wildfire alert camera closes major surveillance gap

Blackwood Canyon wildfire alert camera closes major surveillance gap

PLACER COUNTY, Calif. – The Tahoe Fund and Tahoe Prosperity Center have partnered to install a new wildfire alert camera in Blackwood Canyon, closing a major gap in regional wildfire surveillance. In addition to scoping the west shore, the camera also monitors across the Lake Tahoe to Incline Village, Nev. Installed last week, the camera joins a network of ALERT Wildfire cameras already around the basin. The network has helped responding agencie…