Restoring Resilience | Sierra Nevada Conservancy
SNC Outlines French Meadows Restoration Project and discusses reduction of wildfire risk.| Sierra Nevada Conservancy
SNC Outlines French Meadows Restoration Project and discusses reduction of wildfire risk.| Sierra Nevada Conservancy
With the beautiful woodlands and expansive wilderness, wildfires and the smoke they bring to the air are now a vital health consideration when living in the Pacific Northwest. Due to the increasing frequency and intensity of wildfires in our region, poor air quality can lead to lingering health effects long after the fire is out […] The post The Health Hazards of Wildfire Smoke appeared first on .|
State agency will discuss key Sierra-Cascade issues and host tour of post-fire landscape in Shaver Lake Sept. 3 & 4| Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Electric utility risk managers face a new and increasingly critical challenge: effectively communicating wildfire risk and mitigation efforts to a concerned public.| Technosylva
Federal, state, local partners collaborate to restore Moonlight Fire high-severity burn area| Sierra Nevada Conservancy
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People enjoy a hike on the Buttermilk Bend Trail along the South Yuba River. Photo courtesy Shavati Karki-Pearl.Projects that successfully improve environmental and economic conditions for rural communities embedded within public lands, such as national forests, require in-depth collaboration and advanced planning. After nearly two years, a recreation master plan that identifies both the focus areas and work needed to not only boost recreation but also protect natural resources and key infras...| Sierra Nevada Conservancy
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A field crew member uses a drip torch as part of the SNC-funded Hoyt-Purdon Fuel Reduction and Prescribed Fire Implementation Project. The SNC‘s Board approved guidelines for a new grant program that will help advance fuel-reduction and prescribed fire in the Sierra-Cascade. Photography: American Rivers.The Sierra Nevada Conservancy (SNC), a California state agency focused on supporting and improving the environmental, economic, and social well-being of the Sierra-Cascade, had a busy day Th...| Sierra Nevada Conservancy
The RFFCP is helping partners throughout the Sierra-Cascade add resources necessary to plan landscape-scale wildfire-resilience projects.| Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Wildfire season has started two months early in Canada, and the devastating scale of the blazes is already unprecedented. Over 400 fires have caused roughly 10 million acres of burn damage so far, and have blanketed a wide swath of North America in smoke, creating orange skies and toxic levels of air pollution for communities all the way from Canada to the Southeastern United States. During the first week of June, New York had the worst air quality on Earth, and the air quality reached hazard...| Risk Management Monitor
