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Sierra Nevada Conservancy FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES NEWSLETTER January-February 2019
Funding Research Memos for fuel reduction, parks and trails, habitat preservation, environmental education, and other program areas are available on the SNC funding opportunities webpage. This is a great way to find funding opportunities for your projects! Upcoming...
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CAL FIRE Forest Health Grants Quantification Methodology Webinar
CAL FIRE Forest Health Grants Quantification Methodology Webinar 1-2 PM PST, January 10, 2019 CAL FIRE’s Forest Health Grant program will be hosting a webinar to help grant applicants with CARB's quantification methodology. All Forest Health grant applicants will be...
read moreForest Health Watershed Coordinator Grant Program — Strategic Call
ACCG: The message below was received recently. A new grant opportunity, open now. Applications due February 15th, 2019. See the application guidance package here: 2018 WCGP RFP 12.07.18 final Sign up to attend the teleconference (details below). Hi Sierra Nevada...
read moreFire Adaptation Public Policy: West Coast Policy Updates
California Clarifies Prescribed Fire Liability, Invests in Fuels Removal, and Focuses on Community-Level Work by Nick Goulette, Watershed Research and Training Center 2018 marked a feverish year of drafting and passing wildfire-related policies in the state of...
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Preventing Catastrophic Wildfire in California — The Role for Livestock Grazing
Tuesday, January 15, 2019 9:00 am - 3:30 pm Robert Cabral Agricultural Center 2101 E Earhart Ave, Stockton Join us to ... Hear about new rangeland wildfire and grazing research Learn about prescribed fire opportunities and bottlenecks Hear from ranchers about their...
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Please note: The ACCG posts a variety of articles and links related to forest and community news on this site as a public service. Those articles and links do not necessarily reflect the views of the ACCG or scientific consensus on specific forest issues.
Priority Policy Solutions for California’s Next Governor
Report issued November 2018 by UC Berkeley Law Center for Law, Energy, and the Environment. Description: ...
read moreCA Fire Safe Council December 2019 Newsletter
New Research Briefs! How to Protect Old Trees When Reintroducing Fire This brief is based on a synthesis that covers recent research documenting effects of introducing fire in fire suppressed forests, provides necessary background information to understand the breadth...
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Fixing state’s fire problem: Costly, complex, next to impossible
Article in the San Francisco Chronicle, November 20, 2018... Read it here:...
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CSERC’s Impressive 2018 Volunteer Efforts
2018 was another successful year of organizing and carrying out volunteer stewardship and restoration projects for CSERC staff and volunteers. 11 workdays with 690 hours of service and 92 participants! Liz Gregg, CSERC's associate director is the coordinator for our...
read moreMandatory Pre-Bid Tour for Foster Meadow Restoration Project
NOTICE: MANDATORY PRE-BID TOUR for FOSTER MEADOW RESTORATION PROJECT November 15, 2018 This tour is intended to familiarize bidders with site conditions and workexpectations prior to being snowed out. Project area is at 6,800’ elevation. Actual bid process will occur...
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Meadow Restoration on Three Final Off Highway Vehicle Routes Completes Corrective Work on Forest Travel Management System
U.S. Forest Service Eldorado National Forest 100 Forni Road Placerville, CA 95667 530-622-5061 www.fs.usda.gov/eldorado News Release For Immediate Release October 29, 2018 Media Contact: Jennifer Chapman (530) 957-9660 jenniferachapman@fs.fed.us...
read moreVideo: A Thousand Invisible Cords — Connecting Genes to Ecosystems
Ecologists point out that diversity leads to ecological resilience, a greater ability to adapt to future unknowns. In a world facing the unpredictable effects of climate change, diversity within a landscape as a whole, or within the genetic structure of a single...
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