Sierra Spotlight
The Sierra Spotlight is our digital newsroom. We share timely information about the Sierra-Cascade and efforts to restore and protect this vital region for all Californians.
Nature at work: building climate resilience in the Sierra-Cascade
SNC projects advance California’s nature-based solutions climate targets As a leader in combating climate change, California has added another...
The RFFCP builds strong wildfire-resilience foundation in Sierra-Cascade
Latest round of funding from SNC to help on-the-ground partners plan landscape-scale projects Project leads from Mariposa County Planning and the...
The SNC awards $2.3 million to 40 Acre Conservation League forest-health project
Lake Putt, just off Interstate 80, is a part of the 40 Acre Conservation League’s 650-acre Tahoe Forest Gateway property near Emigrant Gap. At the...
Prescribed fire project cuts risk, increases climate resilience in South Yuba Canyon near Nevada City
Share this: Funded by the SNC, American Rivers is thinning fuels and using prescribed fire, with the help of control burn experts from...
The SNC turns 20–much to celebrate, even more to do
A letter from SNC’s Executive Officer Basin Mountain and the Eastern Sierra as seen from Buttermilk Boulders, a location from SNC’s June 2024 Board...
SNC-funded fuel treatments protected Butte County communities from Park Fire
Share this: Unburnt trees form a green island around the town of Cohasset within the Park Fire burn scar. Firefighters were able to...
Landscape grant pilot update: HELP at work in Crystal Basin; other areas ready for funding
Share this: Members of the Healthy Eldorado Landscape Partnership (HELP) and project funders, including the SNC and CAL FIRE, tour the...
Advancing landscape-scale resilience in the Upper Mokelumne River watershed
Share this: Fuel-reduction work taking place across the upper Mokelumne River watershed will help protect communities, forests, and water...