Proposed biomass plant site toured in Wilseyville

Proposed biomass plant site toured in Wilseyville

Experts talk on pros, cons of biomass facilities By Davis Harper davis@calaverasenterprise.com On a Sierra Nevada Conservancy (SNC) Board tour on Sept. 4 of forest-thinning projects in northeast Calaveras County, local advocates expressed that subsisting on grants...
Can Better Forestry Jobs Prevent Fires and Restore Rural America?

Can Better Forestry Jobs Prevent Fires and Restore Rural America?

A one-of-its-kind nonprofit in Calaveras County has become a model by Clarke Knight September 9, 2019 This is a great article recently published in Bay Nature. It features interviews with Steve Wilensky and Pat McGreevy.   Can Better Forestry Jobs Prevent Fires...
Recreation Advisory: Cody Meadow Restoration Begins September 4

Recreation Advisory: Cody Meadow Restoration Begins September 4

PLACERVILLE, Calif. – Work on the Cody Meadow Restoration Project is expected to begin on Wednesday, Sept. 4 and will continue on and off for approximately 3 to 4 weeks. The project will restore approximately 16 acres within the meadow, and remove 2.5 miles of...
Old Flames: The Tangled History of Forest Fires, Wildlife, and People

Old Flames: The Tangled History of Forest Fires, Wildlife, and People

Story By Hugh Powell; Photographs by Jeremy Roberts Black-backed Woodpecker by Jeremy Roberts/Conservation Media. June 17, 2019 Many fire ecologists have long had an alternate perspective on large, severe fires like Rice Ridge: that they are inevitable and largely...
Destined to Burn: Sacramento Bee Series on Fire in California

Destined to Burn: Sacramento Bee Series on Fire in California

Published 4/11/2019 From the Oregon border to the hills of San Diego County, California is a state that is destined to burn. Every summer brings new evidence of that in places like Paradise, Malibu and Santa Rosa. Millions of us live surrounded by our state’s natural...