Forests Futures
Tahoe Truckee, Prepare for Wildfire Risk Today
Being prepared for wildfire season starts with knowledge, planning, and looking out for one another. This May, Tahoe Truckee Community…
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This is Your Climate Future
What happens in Tahoe, happens to California
Sierra Nevada forests are weakened, crowded, 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% of Californians, US Forest Service.
- Sierra forests are home to 60% 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 impacts the central nervous system and brain function, according to a study in Environmental Health Perspectives.
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Become a Sugar Pine Donor
Ready to make a big investment in your climate future? Donate today. You can also use your existing donor-advised fund.
Become an Evergreen Donor
Contribute a recurring monthly donation to support Forest Futures. By choosing to give within your budget, you can make an impact today.
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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.
$16. 44M 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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More about our Forests
Forests Futures
Building a Year-Round Wildfire Workforce
How one full-time hire at North Tahoe Fire is helping reshape wildfire readiness across the region — and what it…
Forests Futures
Impact Investing in Action: A Conversation with Saché Cantu
One of the biggest bottlenecks in forest health work is what happens after small-diameter, low-market trees are removed. If there's…