RCRC Officers Participate in SNC Event

The Sierra Nevada Conservancy (SNC) released their Watershed Improvement Program (WIP) this week at a stakeholder summit entitled “Save California: The Urgency to Restore Our Primary Watershed.”  RCRC Chair and Sierra County Supervisor Lee Adams and RCRC Immediate Past Chair and Nevada County Supervisor Nate Beason were asked to participate in the forum regarding the need to increase the pace and scale of forest restoration projects in the Sierra Nevada watersheds.

“We are past the point where continued discussions about collaboration are fruitful,” said Supervisor Adams.  “We now need to find compromises to conflicts and move forward with actual work.”  

The Summit was part of the events held to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the creation of the SNC, and to jumpstart the conversation regarding the connection between forest restoration and watershed health.  RCRC and SNC have long shared a positive working relationship, and SNC participates as a non-voting adjunct member of the California Forest Water Alliance (CAFWA), of which RCRC is a Charter member.