The Sierra-Cascade’s forest health and wildfire crises have outpaced collective restoration efforts. In response, we are working toward the increased restoration goals set by California’s Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force. The Sierra-Cascade Landscape Investment Strategy details the approach we have developed to meet the shared state and federal goals in our region.
Much of this strategy involves doing more of what we know works—providing local assistance grants, capacity-building support, and technical assistance to our local partners.
Landscape Grant Program
The SNC Board adopted Landscape Grant Program Guidelines in June 2026 to mobilize funds from the 2024 Climate Bond for regional projects, including landscape-scale projects developed by forest collaboratives. This inaugural grant program is built off SNC’s Landscape Grant Pilot Program. The SNC held a public comment period in preparation for consideration and adoption by the SNC governing board. Evaluations will begin during the summer of 2026 and finalists will be invited for interviews in the fall of 2026. The SNC Board may make awards at the December 2026 Board meeting.
Landscapes ready for investment
The SNC defines an “investment ready” landscape as one where partnerships have developed a portfolio of projects designed to deliver multiple, measurable benefits across a large landscape or watershed. These project portfolios are intended to drive real, meaningful progress towards resilience within 5 to 10 years. Through a 2025 regional reassessment, the SNC identified 14 investment-ready landscapes. While the number of investment-ready landscapes will fluctuate over time due to wildfires and shifts in capacity, overall, the region’s readiness for large landscape investments is increasing. The SNC regularly reassess partnerships and landscape readiness and updates the Investment Ready Landscapes map accordingly.
Map last updated: January 2026.
Sierra-Cascade Regional Priority Plan Explorer
The RPP Explorer is an interactive database and map that shows where collaboratives groups are working at, or building toward, landscape-scale restoration and provides information on membership, governance, project portfolios, and readiness for landscape-scale work. The SNC has formalized insights gained through long-standing engagement with collaboratives working across the Sierra-Cascade in the Regional Priority Plan Explorer (RPP Explorer), as part of a statewide capacity-tracking effort led by the Department of Conservation.
Landscape Grants
Read more about our Landscape Grant Pilot Program and getting landscapes ready for large-scale investment.
Local Assistance Grants
Read more about the projects we’ve funded through our local assistance grant programs.
Capacity Building
Read more about how we’re distributing Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program funding.
