Forests and Climate
Washoe Tribe Secures Collaborative Funding for a Lake Tahoe Community Liaison
(Lake Tahoe, CA) - The Wá∙šiw (Washoe) are a sovereign tribal nation who are the original inhabitants of DáɁaw Ɂága…
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What happens in Tahoe, happens to California
The Sierra Nevada and Mountain West forests are weakened, stressed, crowded with too many trees, and under attack by drought, bark beetle, and wildfire. This impacts the entire state, country, and planet.
- The Sierra is the primary source of drinking water to 67 percent of Californians, US Forest Service.
- Sierra forests are home to 60 percent of California’s animal species, and one-third of them are rare, threatened, or endangered, according to the Department of Fish and Wildlife.
- Wildfire smoke poses human health risks and impacts the Central Nervous System and brain function, according to a study in Environmental Health Perspectives.
Forest Futures Impact Strategy
Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation launched its Forest Futures in 2021 to collaborate alongside forestry experts, landowners, nonprofits, governments, impact investors, environmentalists, and entrepreneurs to solve the forest health crisis and accelerate climate change solutions.
$15.7 M Committed to Forest Health
12:1 Leveraged
132,448 Acres Impacted
Our Impact Strategy has three phases:
Protect Our Communities: Through immense collaboration, we have invested in responsible forest management, ecosystem restoration, and creating defensible space.
Build a Forest Economy: Clean energy, green waste disposal, and biomass infrastructure create regenerative economies that can be adopted across the Mountain West and beyond
Accelerate Market Solutions: Forest Futures supports entrepreneurs, technology, and market-based solutions by providing innovative and catalytic investments.
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Funders & Local Leaders Rally to Support Northstar Community Services District Wood Energy Facility
Not too long ago, a local project to thin the forest along a bike path was delayed by two seasons.…
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Projects and Partners to Monitor (part III)
** This is the third in a three part blog series on regional biomass based on our Forest Futures Salon…