![Big Hill Preserve gets bigger, vital habitat connectivity expands in Sierra foothills](https://sierranevada.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/326/2024/06/KotomyanVistaSign.jpg)
Big Hill Preserve gets bigger, vital habitat connectivity expands in Sierra foothills
The Kotomyan Vista Preserve is a 60-acre land acquisition for the Placer Land Trust, which expands wildlife corridors and open space.
![Proposition 68 delivers a nature-based solution to Amador County wildfire risk](https://sierranevada.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/326/2024/05/View-88_Panorama-2-1080x675.jpg)
Proposition 68 delivers a nature-based solution to Amador County wildfire risk
This past year marked the completion of a fuels reduction & prescribed fire readiness project to protect communities and natural resources on Highway 88.
![Early SNC grant leads to Yosemite meadow protection & restoration](https://sierranevada.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/326/2024/01/ackersonMeadow-grindingStone.jpg)
Early SNC grant leads to Yosemite meadow protection & restoration
With early SNC funding and hard work by many organizations, Ackerson Meadow is now part of Yosemite National Park and undergoing ambitious restoration.
![Early support from SNC leads to critical federal funding for North Yuba](https://sierranevada.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/326/2023/12/northYuba-Downieville.jpg)
Early support from SNC leads to critical federal funding for North Yuba
Funding from the SNC and the dedication of the North Yuba Forest Partnership led to the Forest Service investing $160 million to restore 275,000 acres.
![Once struggling Modoc RCD helping to protect forests, communities](https://sierranevada.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/326/2023/10/modocRCD-FI.jpg)
Once struggling Modoc RCD helping to protect forests, communities
Modoc Resource Conservation District has grown into a robust organization that is helping to progress vital forest- and wildfire-resilience projects.
![Buckeye Hot Springs upgrades help answer the call](https://sierranevada.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/326/2023/07/buckeyeHotspringsRoad.jpg)
Buckeye Hot Springs upgrades help answer the call
SNC funded a trail, parking, and bathroom facilities to ensure this natural resource is properly protected and accessible to the public.
![Critical forest-restoration efforts help protect Little Truckee River headwaters](https://sierranevada.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/326/2023/04/webberLake-littleTruckee.jpg)
Critical forest-restoration efforts help protect Little Truckee River headwaters
SNC funded fuel-reduction work around Webber Lake in the headwaters of the Little Truckee River, a key water source and popular recreation area.
![Historic state budget investments protect communities, watersheds, and hospital](https://sierranevada.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/326/2022/12/earlyAction-quincyHospital-FI.jpg)
Historic state budget investments protect communities, watersheds, and hospital
Less than 1.5 years after we received historic wildfire resilience funding from the 2021 state budget, two of the projects we funded are already finished.