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.
The DWR, SNC, and Blue Forest host Upper Feather River watershed tour for state contractors
Two-day tour showed State Water Project contractors the benefits of protecting the forests and headwaters of...
A new climate-resilient, carbon stable forest emerging in Camp Fire burn zone
Collaborative reforestation project outside Concow will restore 700+ acres and hopefully serve as a...
State, regional partners work to keep invasive golden mussels out of Sierra-Cascade region
A grant from the Sierra Nevada Conservancy will fund three mobile, self-service cleaning stations in Eastern...
The SNC awards new wildfire resilience and recreation grants; starts two new grant programs
Board approves investments to help Sierra-Cascade region, starts new landscape-scale and forest-health programs...
The SNC to consider wildfire resilience and recreation grants; start two new programs
If approved by the Board, funds will restore forest health, boost recreation. New programs will continue...
Opening of new biomass facility wraps up Community and Watershed Resilience Program
Program funded through federal National Disaster Resilience Competition to help Tuolumne County recover after...
The SNC Board Approves Nearly $8.7 Million in Wildfire Resilience Grants at March Meeting
Grants From Proposition 4 Funding Will Go to 10 New Fuels-Reduction, Community-Protection Projects Across Nine...
Landscape Grant Program Guidelines open for public comment
The rural town of Taylorsville in Plumas County. In order to increase the pace and scale of forest-health and...