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New Temporary Emergency Closures on the Eldorado National Forest
PLACERVILLE, Calif. - New temporary emergency closures are now in effect for high use areas where there are safety hazards associated with down trees, and other fire-related hazards in the Caples Fire burned area such as fire weakened trees, stump holes and loose...
New Forest Supervisor Arrives on the Eldorado National Forest June 22
PLACERVILLE, Calif. - The Eldorado National Forest welcomes back Jeff Marsolais, who will begin serving as the Eldorado’s new forest supervisor on June 22. For the past 5 years, Jeff has been the forest supervisor on the neighboring Lake Tahoe Basin Management...
Registration open for Online Environmental Engagement Conference
Co-hosted by the California Natural Resources Agency and CalEPA Click to register The California Natural Resources Agency and the California Environmental Protection Agency have teamed up to offer three days of webinars, June 2-4, about online environmental...
California Fire Safe Council Grants — Webinars and Program Manuals
Last call to order a printed 2020 Grant Program handbook It's Grant Season at the California Fire Safe Council. The 2020 Grant Program will open for applications on May 15, 2020. Here's a few tips to prepare: 1. Signup before May 11, 2020 to receive a printed 2020...
CHIPS in the News: Will the CHIPS model catch fire across Central Sierra?
With $5.5 million recently secured in grants, Calaveras Healthy Impact Product Solutions (CHIPS) is planning for its biggest year yet. Read the full Calaveras Enterprise article.
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?
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. ...
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...
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