Summary: On June 8 and 9, 2018, 142 guests participated in the steep terrain demo, at which nine fuels treatment systems were demonstrated. A final report will be available this fall via the Steep Terrain Demo website (link). Media coverage: US Forest Service and Cal Fire show off equipment for steep-terrain fire suppression; Sacramento Bee, June 9, 2018, [...]
See below for a number of funding opportunities. Visit Sierra CAMP’s Grant Opportunities page for more. Rural Development Emergency Community Water Assistance Grant Applications accepted continuously. This program provides grants to assist rural communities that have had a significant decline in quantity or quality of drinking water. Grant may fund waterline extensions from existing systems, construction of [...]
Amador-Calaveras Consensus Group Monitoring & Science Symposium November 8, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, Jackson, CA The goal of this symposium is to better understand and promote effective collaborative-based forest management. The Amador-Calaveras Consensus Group (ACCG) is a community-based organization that works to create fire-safe communities, healthy forests and watersheds, and sustainable local economies. Cornerstone [...]
PLACERVILLE, CA, October 5, 2017 – The Eldorado National Forest will begin its fall prescribed burn program as soon as weather conditions are favorable. Fire managers plan to burn approximately 16,140 acres of national forest land this fall, winter and spring using a combination of understory and pile burning techniques. The actual number of acres [...]