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SNC approves $22.5 million to build resilience, boost recreation, and conserve land
Located roughly 10 miles northeast of Nevada City, the South Yuba Wild & Scenic River Recreation Area is a popular destination for both locals...
Who’s ready? Scaling forest restoration requires strong partnerships
In recent years, the conversation in California has shifted from whether to invest heavily in climate and wildfire resilience to how to most...
SNC launches new grant round to support wildfire-recovery and forest-resilience priorities
A survey crew from UC Davis monitoring post-fire effects on giant sequoias in the Windy Fire footprint reviews the topography of the area in...
Critical forest-restoration efforts help protect Little Truckee River headwaters
Webber Lake is the headwaters of the Little Truckee River, the single largest tributary to the Truckee River and a source of water to the Feather...
Paths to environmental and economic resilience highlighted at 2023 WIP Summit
The Sierra Nevada Conservancy’s 2023 Sierra Nevada Watershed Improvement Program (WIP) Summit gathered innovative leaders, scientists, and land...
SNC approves $27 million in Watershed Improvement Program grants
Dead trees from the 2021 Caldor Fire are felled and piled near Highway 50. The SNC Board funded many projects that will help with wildfire and...
2022 Letter from the Executive Officer
SNC’s Executive Officer, Angela Avery. As we enter a new year, the Sierra Nevada Conservancy's (SNC) mission to protect, restore, and revitalize...
2022 fire season: a break from fire & smoke, but not from risk
The 2022 Sierra Nevada-Cascade fire season was relatively quiet, with approximately 132,000 acres burned, compared with the record-breaking 2020 and...