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(From: US Forest Service - Tahoe National Forest (CA) )

US Forests in California:
Angeles	Inyo	Lassen	Modoc	Sequoia	Six Rivers
Cleveland	Klamath	Los Padres	Plumas	Shasta-Trinity	Stanislaus
Eldorado	Lake Tahoe BMU	Mendocino	San Bernardino	Sierra	Tahoe

Tahoe National Forest (TNF - Forest #17) "Grass Valley" KMB 7-6-0

The Tahoe National Forest was originally established as the Lake Tahoe Forest Reserve on April 13, 1899. The name was changed to Tahoe Forest Reserve on October 3, 1905 and then to the Tahoe National Forest in 1907 when all Forest Reserves were redesignated "National Forests." .The Tahoe National Forest is found in the north central Sierra Nevada. It stretches from the foothills overlooking the Sacramento Valley on the west across the Sierra crest to the state line. Of the 1,208,993 acres within the boundary, 811,740 acres, or 67%, are National Forest System lands. The other 397,253 acres are owned by private individuals, corporations, or other governmental agencies. In most cases, these lands have been privately held since before the creation of the National Forest. The landownership of the Tahoe appears as a checkerboard on maps and is a result of early railroad grants.

One of the incentives that the Federal Government gave to railroads in the 19th century to spur development and construction of rail routes was to grant land titles to the railroads of some public domain lands along the right of way. When the transcontinental railroad was built over Donner Pass in the 1860s, the Central Pacific Railroad received alternate sections of land for each mile of track laid, and much of this land is still owned by the successors in interest of the original railroad. Much of the acreage is privately managed timberland. The Tahoe has an active land exchange program. These land exchanges are generally made to consolidate ownership of watersheds or other natural areas to facilitate better integrated resource management.

The Tahoe National Forest is the home to the Placer Big Trees grove, the most northerly stand of naturally occurring Giant Sequoias (Sequoiadendron giganteum). The Tahoe has 84,000 acres of old growth forest. It includes Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii), Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa), White fir (Abies concolor), Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana), California Incense cedar (Calocedrus decurrens), California Black Oak (Quercus kelloggii), Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta), and Red fir (Abies magnifica).

With breathtaking mountain peaks, lush meadows filled with wildflowers, historic mining towns, destination vacation spots at Goodyears Bar, Downieville, Sierra City, Truckee, Yuba River, the Lakes Basin Area and the Jackson Meadows Region, the Tahoe National Forest is one of the most popular recreation forests in the US.

The Tahoe National Forest is divided into the Yuba River (District 3), American River (District 4), Sierraville (District 6) and Truckee (District 7) Ranger Districts with the Forest Supervisor's Office in Nevada City.

RADIO SYSTEM

The Tahoe National Forest has a Forest Net, a Fire Net and a Service Net. Radios have channels enabling direct or simplex communications the Forest Net and Fire Net, but only repeater operation on Service Net. At one time this forest used a combination of UHF and VHF - Low to link remote bases. Yes, lowband for links. The remote bases were located at White Cloud, Grouse Ridge, Ruby Bluff, Sardine Peak, Verdi Peak, Squaw Peak and Duncan Peak. White Cloud was the hub of the system and it was linked to the Supervisor's Office and dispatch by phone lines. It is not known if microwave is being used now, but the use of lowband for links has probably ended. If microwave is being used it is in combination with UHF linking as several people have reported receiving UHF being used for links.

Other

The Tahoe uses the district number, function number, position number identifier system for non-fire personnel. Dispatching for the forest is co-located with Cal Fire in a building at the Grass Valley Airport air attack base. The Grass Valley Interagency Command Center provides dispatch services not only for the Tahoe National Forest and CAL FIRE Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit's 12 fire stations, but also for 26 other Fire Departments, emergency medical services and air ambulance helicopters. The center identifies as "Grass Valley."

Channel Plan

**Tahoe National Forest Channel Lineup**
Channel	Tone(s)	Rx	Tx	Alpha Tag	Description
1		168.7750	168.7750	TNF1 Frst Dir	Tahoe NF - Forest Net Direct
2	1-10	168.7750	171.5750	TNF2 Frst Rpt	Tahoe NF - Forest Net Repeater
3		168.1750	168.1750	TNF3 Fire Dir	Tahoe NF - Fire Net Direct
4	1-10	168.1750	170.6000	TNF4 Fire Rpt	Tahoe NF - Fire Net Repeater
5		167.6000	167.6000	A/G14 CA2 P	National Air-Ground 14 - CA Zone 2 Primary
6		168.0500	168.0500	NIFC T1	NIFC Tac 1
7		168.2000	168.2000	NIFC T2	NIFC Tac 2
8		168.6000	168.6000	NIFC T3	NIFC Tac 3
9		164.1375	164.1375	NIFC T4	NIFC Tac 4
10	??	171.5000	172.4000	TNF Serv Rpt	Tahoe NF - Service Net Repeater[s]
10	??	172.4000	164.1250	TNF Serv Rpt	(2016) Tahoe NF - Service Net Repeater[s]

Service Net has fewer repeater sites and different tones per site than Forest Net or Fire Net.

Channel Plan Upcoming Changes

**Tahoe National Forest Channel Lineup**
Channel	Tone(s)	Rx	Tx	Alpha Tag	Description
1		169.9000	169.9000	TNF1 Admin Dir	Tahoe NF - Admin Net Direct (Changes in 2017)
2	1-10	169.9000	168.7750	TNF2 Admin Rpt	Tahoe NF - Admin Net Repeater (Changes in 2017)
10	??	172.4000	164.1250	TNF Serv Rpt	Tahoe NF - Service Net Repeater (Changes for June 2016)

Tones

As of 2014, the TNF does not transmit tones on repeater outputs.

TNF Repeaters
Tone	Location	CTCSS Tone
1	Mt. Rose	110.9
2	Oregon Peak	123.0
3	Sierra Buttes	131.8
4	Duncan Peak	136.5
5	Grouse Ridge	146.2
6	Babbitt Peak	156.7
7	Squaw Peak	167.9
8	Banner Mtn.	103.5
9	Ruby Bluff	100.0
10	Cal-Ida	107.2

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-(From: [[US Forest Service - Stanislaus National Forest (CA)]] )
+(From: [[US Forest Service - Tahoe National Forest (CA)]] )
 {{USFSinCA}}
-== '''Stanislaus National Forest (STF - Forest #16) "Stanislaus" KME 2-4''' ==
+== '''Tahoe National Forest (TNF - Forest #17) "Grass Valley" KMB 7-6-0''' ==
-The Stanislaus Forest Reserve, located in California's Central Sierra, was created by President Grover Cleveland February 22, 1897.  The Stanislaus Reserve was much larger than today's forest; it contained all or portions of the present day Tahoe, Eldorado, Sierra, and Toiyabe National Forests. Presidents that followed issued proclamations to split the reserve into smaller, more manageable units.  The Stanislaus National Forest has four major watersheds, all with their headwaters near the Sierra crest and all of which run in a southwest direction, through the San Joaquin Valley and eventually into the Pacific Ocean. The northern boundary of the Stanislaus is formed by the Mokelumne River, the southern boundary by the Merced, while the Stanislaus River, roughly bisects the forest from north to south, and the Tuolumne River—emanating from the Mount Lyell glacier in Yosemite National Park—runs between and generally parallels the Stanislaus and the Merced rivers.  Of the four rivers, the forest's name came the Stanislaus.  It encompasses 898,099 acres on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada; California’s snow capped mountain range that flanks the Great Central Valley. Located between Lake Tahoe and Yosemite, the Forest landscape is a continuum of natural and scenic beauty that defines the Sierra. Amid soaring crests, sparkling mountain lakes, towering forests, and canyons carved by cool rushing rivers, visitors discover connections with nature and the spirit of the Sierra Nevada. A mere two hour drive from the Great Central Valley and three hours from the San Francisco Bay Area, makes the Forest a very popular destination.  The mountains were shaped by volcanic and glacial action, producing rugged and spectacular topography at high elevations. Each elevation, from 1,500 to over 11,000 feet above sea level, has its own unique vegetation, wildlife, and corresponding temperatures. While the lower elevations are hot and dry, the higher elevations have lush meadows cooled by melting snow.  The Stanislaus contains 78 lakes, and 811 miles of rivers and streams. It has 1,100 miles of non-motorized trails, and 2,859 miles of roads, 188 of which are paved. Bald eagle, peregrine falcon and wolverine have all been reported on the Forest. Here you will find Sierra mixed conifer, true fir, lodgepole pine and subalpine vegetation.
+The Tahoe National Forest was originally established as the Lake Tahoe Forest Reserve on April 13, 1899.  The name was changed to Tahoe Forest Reserve on October 3, 1905 and then to the Tahoe National Forest in 1907 when all Forest Reserves were redesignated "National Forests."  .The Tahoe National Forest is found in the north central Sierra Nevada. It stretches from the foothills overlooking the Sacramento Valley on the west across the Sierra crest to the state line.   Of the 1,208,993 acres within the boundary, 811,740 acres, or 67%, are National Forest System lands. The other 397,253 acres are owned by private individuals, corporations, or other governmental agencies. In most cases, these lands have been privately held since before the creation of the National Forest.  The landownership of the Tahoe appears as a checkerboard on maps and is a result of early railroad grants.
-The Forest contains some 139,000 acres of old growth that includes Lodgepole Pine (''Pinus contorta''), Jeffrey Pine (''Pinus jeffreyi''), and White Fir (''Abies concolor'').
+One of the incentives that the Federal Government gave to railroads in the 19th century to spur development and construction of rail routes was to grant land titles to the railroads of some public domain lands along the right of way. When the transcontinental railroad was built over Donner Pass in the 1860s, the Central Pacific Railroad received alternate sections of land for each mile of track laid, and much of this land is still owned by the successors in interest of the original railroad.  Much of the acreage is privately managed timberland. The Tahoe has an active land exchange program. These land exchanges are generally made to consolidate ownership of watersheds or other natural areas to facilitate better integrated resource management.
-The Stanislaus National Forest is divided into the Mi-Wok (District 1), Calaveras (District 2), Summit (District 3) and Groveland (District 4) Ranger Districts with the Forest Supervisor's Office in Sonora.  These Ranger Districts are divided along three highway corridors: State Highway 120, also known as the Tioga Pass Road, to the south (Groveland District); State Highway 108, also known as the Sonora Pass Highway, along the middle fork of the Stanislaus River (Mi-Wok and Summit Ranger Districts); and State Highway 4, also known as the Ebbetts Pass Highway, to the north (Calaveras Ranger District).
+The Tahoe National Forest is the home to the Placer Big Trees grove, the most northerly stand of naturally occurring Giant Sequoias (''Sequoiadendron giganteum'').  The Tahoe has 84,000 acres of old growth forest. It includes Douglas fir (''Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii''), Ponderosa pine (''Pinus ponderosa''), White fir (''Abies concolor''), Sugar pine (''Pinus lambertiana''), California Incense cedar (''Calocedrus decurrens''), California Black Oak (''Quercus kelloggii''), Lodgepole pine (''Pinus contorta''), and Red fir (''Abies magnifica'').
+With breathtaking mountain peaks, lush meadows filled with wildflowers, historic mining towns, destination vacation spots at Goodyears Bar, Downieville, Sierra City, Truckee, Yuba River, the Lakes Basin Area and the Jackson Meadows Region, the Tahoe National Forest is one of the most popular recreation forests in the US.
+The Tahoe National Forest is divided into the Yuba River (District 3), American River (District 4), Sierraville (District 6) and Truckee (District 7) Ranger Districts with the Forest Supervisor's Office in Nevada City.
-[[File:R5 2014 Stanislaus NF RD Map.gif]]
+[[File:R5 2014 Tahoe NF RD Map.jpg]]
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 ==='''RADIO SYSTEM'''===
-The forest has 3 nets, each of which can operate direct or simplex, as well as with repeaters and they are the Fire and Operations Net, Admin Net and Service Net.  Yosemite National Parks's Fire repeater net is provided in one channel as are the local nets of the Cal Fire units Stanislaus National Forest fire personnel work with on a frequent basis.  Remote base locations and the method linking them (microwave or UHF) have not been determined.  It is likely that one of the remote bases is located on Mt. Lewis.
+The Tahoe National Forest has a Forest Net, a Fire Net and a Service Net.  Radios have channels enabling direct or simplex communications the Forest Net and Fire Net, but only repeater operation on Service Net.  At one time this forest used a combination of UHF and VHF - Low to link remote bases.  Yes, lowband for links.  The remote bases were located at White Cloud, Grouse Ridge, Ruby Bluff, Sardine Peak, Verdi Peak, Squaw Peak and Duncan Peak.  White Cloud was the hub of the system and it was linked to the Supervisor's Office and dispatch by phone lines.  It is not known if microwave is being used now, but the use of lowband for links has probably ended.  If microwave is being used it is in combination with UHF linking as several people have reported receiving UHF being used for links.
 ==='''Other'''===
-The identifier system for non-fire personnel is unknown.  People assigned to the Forest Supervisor's Office have a "5" in their identifier, example Battalion 51 does not work on a ranger district, but in the Supervisor's Office. Dispatching is done by the Stanislaus National Forest Emergency Command Center located in the Forest Supervisor's Office on Greenley Road in Sonora.  This center is not co-located and is not an interagency center.  It does not provide a logistics order point/channel for any other agency either.  There are only two such centers of this type in R5, this and the Plumas National Forest Emergency Communications Center.  The Stanislaus Center identifies as "Stanislaus."
+The Tahoe uses the district number, '''function number''', position number identifier system for non-fire personnel. Dispatching for the forest is co-located with Cal Fire in a building at the Grass Valley Airport air attack base.  The Grass Valley Interagency Command Center provides dispatch services not only for the Tahoe National Forest and  CAL FIRE Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit's 12 fire stations, but also for 26 other Fire Departments, emergency medical services and air ambulance helicopters.  The center identifies as "Grass Valley."
 ==='''Channel Plan'''===
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-|+ style="font-sizeCal: larger" | '''Stanislaus National Forest Channel Lineup'''
+|+ style="font-size: larger" | '''Tahoe National Forest Channel Lineup'''
 |'''Channel '''||'''Tone(s) '''||'''Rx '''||'''Tx '''||'''Alpha Tag '''||'''Description '''
 |-
-|1||||168.7500||168.7500||STF1 Emer Dir||Stanislaus NF Operations (Fire Management) Net Direct
+|1||||168.7750||168.7750||TNF1 Frst Dir||Tahoe NF - Forest Net Direct
-|-
-|2||1-3,5-10||168.7500||170.5000||STF2 Emer Rpt||Stanislaus NF Operations (Fire Management) Net Repeater
-|-
-|3||||171.1375||171.1375||STF3 Admin Dir||Stanislaus NF Admin (Law Enforcement/All Functions, but Fire) Net Direct
-|-
-|4||1-12||171.1375||168.1500||STF4 Admin Rpt||Stanislaus NF Admin (Law Enforcement/All Functions, but Fire) Net Repeater
-|-
-|5||||171.5000||171.5000||STF5 Serv Dir||Stanislaus NF Service Net Direct
 |-
-|6||1,10||171.5000||172.4000||STF6 Serv Rpt||Stanislaus NF Service Net Repeater
+|2||1-10||168.7750||171.5750||TNF2 Frst Rpt||Tahoe NF - Forest Net Repeater
 |-
-|7||||168.6625||168.6625||STF7 R5 Proj||Region 5 Project Net
+|3||||168.1750||168.1750||TNF3 Fire Dir||Tahoe NF - Fire Net Direct
 |-
-|8||||166.5500||166.5500||STF8 R5 T4||R5 Tac 4 - Mikwok Ranger District #1
+|4||1-10||168.1750||170.6000||TNF4 Fire Rpt||Tahoe NF - Fire Net Repeater
 |-
-|9||||167.1125||167.1125||STF9 R5 T5||R5 Tac 5 - Calaveras Ranger District #2/Groveland Ranger District #4
+|5||||167.6000||167.6000||A/G14 CA2 P||National Air-Ground 14 - CA Zone 2 Primary
 |-
-|10||||168.2375||168.2375||STF10 R5 T6||R5 Tac 6 - Summit Ranger District #3
+|6||||168.0500||168.0500||NIFC T1||NIFC Tac 1
 |-
-|11||||167.4750||167.4750||STF11 A/G 41 CA3 P||National Air-Ground 41 CA Zone 3 Primary
+|7||||168.2000||168.2000||NIFC T2||NIFC Tac 2
 |-
-|12||||168.6375||168.6375||STF12 A/G 24 CA3 S||National Air-Ground 24 CA Zone 3 Secondary
+|8||||168.6000||168.6000||NIFC T3||NIFC Tac 3
 |-
-|13||||151.1750||159.4500||STF13 CF TCU Rpt||Cal Fire Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit Local Net
+|9||||164.1375||164.1375||NIFC T4||NIFC Tac 4
 |-
-|14||||151.4600||151.4600||STF14 CF MMU Rpt||Cal Fire Mariposa-Madera-Merced Unit Local Net
+|10||??||171.5000||172.4000||TNF Serv Rpt||Tahoe NF - Service Net Repeater[s]
 |-
-|15||||172.7750||166.3625||STF15 YNP Fire Rpt||Yosemite NP Fire Net Repeater
+|10||??||172.4000||164.1250||TNF Serv Rpt||('''2016''') Tahoe NF - Service Net Repeater[s]
-|-
-|16||1||168.6250||168.6250||STF16 Air Guard||National Air Guard Tone 1 - 110.9 Rx & Tx Sides
 |-
 |}
+Service Net has fewer repeater sites and different tones per site than Forest Net or Fire Net.
 ==='''Channel Plan Upcoming Changes'''===
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-|+ style="font-sizeCal: larger" | '''Stanislaus National Forest Channel Lineup'''
+|+ style="font-size: larger" | '''Tahoe National Forest Channel Lineup'''
 |'''Channel '''||'''Tone(s) '''||'''Rx '''||'''Tx '''||'''Alpha Tag '''||'''Description '''
 |-
-|1||||170.5000||170.5000||STF1 Fire&Ops Dir||Stanislaus NF Fire & Operations Net Direct (Changing Fall 2016)
+|1||||169.9000||169.9000||TNF1 Admin Dir||Tahoe NF - Admin Net Direct (Changes in 2017)
+|-
+|2||1-10||169.9000||168.7750||TNF2 Admin Rpt||Tahoe NF - Admin Net Repeater (Changes in 2017)
 |-
-|2||1-3,5-10||170.5000||168.7500||STF2 Fire&Ops Rpt||Stanislaus NF Fire & Operations Net Repeater (Changing Fall 2016)
+|10||??||172.4000||164.1250||TNF Serv Rpt||Tahoe NF - Service Net Repeater (Changes for June 2016)
 |-
 |}
-===Tones===
+==='''Tones'''===
-Information about the tones transmitted on the output frequency is unavailable.
+As of 2014, the TNF does not transmit tones on repeater outputs.
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-|+ style="font-size: larger; font-weight: bold;" |STF Repeaters
+|+ style="font-size: larger; font-weight: bold;" |TNF Repeaters
 !Tone
 !Location
 !CTCSS Tone
 |-
-|1||Mt. Lewis||110.9
+|1||Mt. Rose||110.9
 |-
-|2||Pilot Peak||123.0
+|2||Oregon Peak||123.0
 |-
-|3||Double Dome||131.8
+|3||Sierra Buttes||131.8
 |-
-|4||Relief Peak||136.5  Channel 4 - Admin Net ONLY
+|4||Duncan Peak||136.5
 |-
-|5||Mt. Reba||146.2
+|5||Grouse Ridge||146.2
 |-
-|6||North Mtn.||156.7
+|6||Babbitt Peak||156.7
 |-
-|7||Duckwall Mtn.||167.9
+|7||Squaw Peak||167.9
 |-
-|8||Walker Ridge||103.5
+|8||Banner Mtn.||103.5
 |-
-|9||Strawberry Peak||100.0
+|9||Ruby Bluff||100.0
 |-
-|10||Yankee Hill||107.2
+|10||Cal-Ida||107.2
 |-
-|11||Sachese Monument||114.8   Channel 4 - Admin Net ONLY
-|-
-|12||Sugarloaf||127.3 Channel 4 - Admin Net ONLY
 |}
-NOTE:  The Relief Peak, Sachese Monument and Sugarloaf repeaters are portable.  They can possibly be moved or removed.
 ===Related Links===
 *[[National Incident Radio Support Cache]] - These frequencies are used for large incidents, usually when a Type I or Type II Incident Management Team is assigned. This cache is used for fires, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, visits of high ranking officials, such the U.S. President and the presidents of other countries, large law enforcement incidents, special events and other incidents where the federal government is utilizing the Incident Command System.

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