On December 9, the Sierra Nevada Conservancy (SNC) Governing Board approved $10 million in grants through the agency’s Watershed Improvement Program (WIP) to 20 different projects in RCRC member counties. The grants were awarded to projects that enhance recreation and tourism and promote strategic land conservation in the Sierra Nevada region as part of the WIP’s overall effort to restore resilience to forested landscapes and communities.
The Board awarded more than $5 million in grant funding to land conservation projects in Butte, El Dorado, Kern, Tuolumne, Mariposa, Sierra, Plumas, Lassen, Madera, and Calaveras counties, including $1.4 million to expand the Butte Creek Canyon Preserve near Paradise, CA. Nearly $5 million was awarded to recreation grants in Lassen, Mariposa, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Plumas, Shasta, and Siskiyou counties, including $2.2 million for the Sierra Valley Recreation Project in Sierra County.
For more information on the grants, see the SNC website. For inquiries and questions, please contact RCRC Senior Policy Advocate Staci Heaton.