Plan seeks to improve water yield for Mokelumne and Stanislaus rivers     September 19, 2016 The Sierra Nevada Conservancy last week approved a $500,000 grant that will support restoration of meadows and thinning of overgrown forests in the Pumpkin Hollow...

California is experiencing a major Tree mortality crisis and your support is needed. The Forest Service is looking for help with Hazardous Tree Removal under NAICS code 115310. You will have the opportunity to meet with representatives from the SBA, the Procurement Technical Assistance Center, Army Corps of Engineers and other federal entities. Get assistance with Federal Government Contracting Registration in SAM and have other questions answered! Please join us for this important day – your support is critical

The USGS groundwater monitoring project is underway in our area.  A presentation by USGS explaining the project, which was shared during the July 2016 ACCG full meeting, is available here.

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The Sierra Nevada Conservancy (SNC) Governing Board will hold its quarterly meeting in Markleeville in Alpine County on September 7-8. The public is invited to attend all SNC events; however, lunch and transportation are not provided.

The State Responsibility Area Fire Prevention Fund (SRAFPF) and Tree Mortality (TM) Grant Program has $15.75 million available for projects that focus on supporting local efforts to remove dead and dying trees that pose a threat to public health and safety and for projects that reduce the wildfire threat to habitable structures within State Responsibility Areas (SRA).

See details about Prescribed fire on private land training,, Managing habitat for red legged frog, the new California Rangeland Research and Information Center website, and about other resources.

Release Date: Aug 18, 2016   Placerville, CA Contact(s): Jennifer Chapman, 530-957-9660   Woodcutting permits on the Eldorado National Forest have been changed to allow larger standing dead conifer trees to be cut for firewood. "This change in our woodcutting...