by Web Editor | Oct 12, 2016 | News, News/PR
Four years into the drought, bark beetles did what was expected of them in the conifer woods of Tuolumne County. They bored into the trunks of moisture-stressed pines, cutting off the trees’ nutrient flow. Millions of dead trees mark the landscape, some of them in...
by Web Editor | Sep 12, 2016 | News, News/PR
The Sierra Nevada Conservancy (SNC) Governing Board recently approved over $2 million in grants for projects that will reduce wildfire risk and restore forest and watershed health in the Sierra Nevada region. Funding for these projects comes from Proposition 1, The...
by Web Editor | Apr 27, 2016 | News, News/PR
Once bathed in deep green, the forests in the foothills and Sierra east of the San Joaquin Valley are increasingly turning reddish-brown as drought- and beetle-weary trees die by the month. It is a somber warning of a potentially dangerous summer. That ominous...
by Web Editor | Aug 30, 2013 | News, News/PR
As of Friday morning, authorities said, the Rim Fire has burned 201,894 acres and is 32 percent contained. Cost of fighting the fire has reached $46.8 million. It’s the fifth largest fire in state history. No. 1, the Cedar Fire burned 273,246 acres in Southern...