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 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...
Weather whiplash in the Sierra-Cascade and the need to accelerate resilience
Share this: Winter began in earnest when an atmospheric river drenched Northern California with record-breaking rainfall totals and...
The SNC awards grant to Nevada County sawmill
Share this: Located near the site of the new Alpenglow Timber Sawmill, the communities of Tahoe Donner and Donner Lake are at high risk...
Prop 68-funded fuelbreak reduces fire risk in Calaveras County communities & watersheds
Share this: Funded by Proposition 68, the Pine Ridge-Summit Level Fuelbreak is a 150-foot wide, six-mile-long buffer that runs up and...
SNC-funded project in upper Trinity River watershed protects critical state biodiversity
Share this: Preservation of 10,600 acres within the upper Trinity River watershed in northern California will help protect some of the...