A sampling plate pulled from the waters near the Port of Stockton show the invasive golden mussel in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Photo courtesy Fred Greaves (CalMatters). In less than two years, the invasive golden mussel has spread from the …
A biker enjoys a ride through Hidden Falls Regional Park. With a grant from the SNC, Placer County Division of Parks, Trails, and Open Space will upgrade and connect a trail from the popular park to the nearby Big Hills Preserve. Photo courtesy Placer …
View of the Bowerman Cooperative Fuelbreak near Trinity Lake. This strategic fuelbreak is in place to help protect the landscape and nearby communities, such as Covington Mill and Trinity Center, from wildfires. Photo courtesy: Shasta-Trinity National …
Force Energy Systems CEO, Etienne Patenaude, answers questions during a tour of the new Tuolumne BioEnergy facility in Sonora, Ca. The recent opening wraps up the three-tiered community and watershed program that resulted from a $70.4 million National …
A home in the Cohasset area remains unburned from the Park Fire. The SNC Board approved more Wildfire and Forest Resilience grants that will help protect natural landscapes and communities from major disturbances, such as wildfire. The Governing Board of …
The rural town of Taylorsville in Plumas County. In order to increase the pace and scale of forest-health and wildfire-resilience work in the Sierra-Cascade, the SNC developed the Landscape Investment Strategy and drafted Landscape Grant Program Guidelines …
North Table Mountain outside the town of Oroville in Butte County. The Sierra Nevada Conservancy will host its quarterly March Board meeting in nearby Chico, Ca. The Sierra Nevada Conservancy (SNC), a California state agency focused on improving the …
Blue skies overlooking the Tahoe National Forest from the Duncan Peak Fire Lookout. In our 21st year, the Sierra Nevada Conservancy (SNC) is still working hard to ensure resilience across the Region we serve. Throughout 2025, we continued to fund and …
With the help of a recently established fuel break, firefighters were able to contain the Tiger Fire before impacting a nearby community. The SNC Board awarded several grants that will fund more fuel breaks and fuels-reduction work that will help protect …
Structures remain undamaged after the Park Fire in Butte County. Firefighters were able to effectively battle the wildfire from this location because of forest treatments and fuel breaks funded by the SNC and other agencies, which helped protect the …
The land known as Tupe Nobe, which translates to “Rock House,” has been purchased by the Kootzaduka’a Tribe, which occupied the Mono Basin long before European setters moved in. Photo courtesy Bryan Wuerker. It has been roughly two centuries since the …
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