Pyrotechnic displays pose a heightened fire risk in a time of intense drought and cause distress to wild animals
Lake Tahoe’s north shore is breaking with tradition and will replace its Fourth of July fireworks celebration with a colorful light display of an entirely different nature.side of the storied lake will offer a night-time drone light show, a display officials at the Incline Village Crystal Bay visitors bureau said carries less danger in a parched landscape primed to burn.
“I enjoy fireworks and always have,” said Andy Chapman, president and CEO of the bureau. “But we started thinking – are pyrotechnic fireworks really sustainable moving forward?” Pyrotechnics have always posed a severe fire risk, even before conditions in the American west intensified amid the climate emergency. An average of 18,500 fires are started each year on the Fourth of July, according to the National Fire Protection Association. But with temperatures rising, spurring aridification that turns vegetation to tinder, the annual pastime has grown even more dangerous.
Tahoe officials aren’t alone. “We are seeing a lot more destinations starting to think about and move in this direction now, especially out west,” Chapman said. Across the north shore of Tahoe other communities have followed suit. The southern part of the lake will still feature a fireworks show, but sentiment in other locales is starting to shift.
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