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How SNC advances California’s 30×30 conservation goal in the Sierra-Cascade

Jan 5, 2023

Photo credit: Western Rivers Conservancy/Kodiak Greenwood. In 2022, California officially launched its strategy to protect 30 percent of the state’s...

Historic state budget investments protect communities, watersheds, and hospital

Dec 29, 2022

Adjacent to homes and critical town infrastructure, including the Plumas District Hospital, the Quincy Wildfire Protection Project should live up to...

Bootsole project using Dixie Fire to build resilience in Plumas National Forest

Dec 14, 2022

In response to a record-breaking fire season in 2020, the California legislature issued millions of dollars to state agencies in May 2021 to...

SNC awards $10 million in grants—projects include a return of tribal lands, a Sierra Valley trails plan

Dec 9, 2022

The Sierra Nevada Conservancy approved a planning grant for the Sierra Valley Recreation Project, including the area around Sierraville, at its...

Fuel-reduction treatments protected Markleeville during Tamarack Fire

Dec 7, 2022

Pictured in 2022, the town of Markleeville escaped major damage from the 2021 Tamarack Fire that charred much of the surrounding landscape. In the...

Signs of a new tree mortality event showing up in the Sierra Nevada

Nov 9, 2022

Dead and dying coniferous trees are scattered across the landscape near Yuba Pass in October of 2022. As California wraps up a third consecutive dry...