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Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation’s 2025 Forest Futures Salon series continues with its second salon on Thursday, March 27th. The Salon will explore how innovations in wood products could reduce wildfire…
Read More AboutSpotlight on the Speakers of Forest Futures Salon #2 – Wood Innovations: Building a Regenerative Sierra Economy Through Forest RestorationTahoe Truckee Community Foundation (TTCF) hosted the first salon in its newest Forest Futures Salon Series, “Stewarding Our Collective Home,” on Thursday, February 27th. More than 80 people attended the…
Read More AboutForest Futures Salon Series Kicks Off with Stories of StewardshipThe Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation (TTCF) has just made its first Forest Futures impact investment in Alpenglow Timber, a new Truckee-based sawmill and cross-laminated timber (CLT) facility. Alpenglow Timber will…
Read More AboutForest Futures: Our Impact Investment for Healthier Forests & Safer CommunitiesFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ashley Beck, Director of Communications September 12, 2024 Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation ashley@ttcf.net (Sierra Nevada, CA) – In the heart of California’s Sierra Nevada, a transformative and…
Read More AboutUnveiling a Hidden Solution: How the Sierra Nevada’s Forests Can Help Solve Climate Change, Rural Economic Decline, and the National Housing Crisis(Lake Tahoe, CA) - The Wá∙šiw (Washoe) are a sovereign tribal nation who are the original inhabitants of DáɁaw Ɂága (Lake Tahoe) and its surrounding areas. Lake Tahoe is the…
Read More AboutWashoe Tribe Secures Collaborative Funding for a Lake Tahoe Community LiaisonNot too long ago, a local project to thin the forest along a bike path was delayed by two seasons. Why? Because of community resistance and perception. With so many…
Read More AboutFunders & Local Leaders Rally to Support Northstar Community Services District Wood Energy Facility** This is the third in a three part blog series on regional biomass based on our Forest Futures Salon in September 2023. See recording here. Our regional agencies and…
Read More AboutProjects and Partners to Monitor (part III)** This is the second in a three part blog series on regional biomass based on our Forest Futures Salon in September 2023. See recording here. The need for biomass…
Read More AboutWhy Biomass Facilities Are Essential (part II)** This is the first in a three part blog series on regional biomass based on our Forest Futures Salon in September 2023. See recording here. In the heart of…
Read More AboutWoody Biomass Utilization for a Sustainable Future in Tahoe Truckee (part I)Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 24, 2023 Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation awards over $500,000 to support private landowners through the Truckee North Tahoe Forest…
Read More AboutTahoe Truckee Community Foundation awards over $500,000 to support private landowners in the battle against wildfiresScholarship Spotlight: Caitlin Russell, future Tahoe Truckee firefighter Every year Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation (TTCF) has the honor and pleasure of getting to know our wonderful graduating senior scholarship recipients. We’re…
Read More AboutScholarship Spotlight: Caitlin Russell, future Tahoe Truckee firefighterIn a recent Forest Futures Salon, TTCF along with local fire districts and wildfire NGOs shared information on new and existing programs that support community members in managing privately owned…
Read More AboutForest Futures Salon: Community Forest Resilience ResourcesOn October 13, Nevada County hosted an inaugural Sustainability Summit to convene regional agencies and organizations who are working to mitigate the effects of climate change. The sentiment throughout the…
Read More AboutNevada County’s Inaugural Sustainability SummitTRUCKEE, CA- In partnership with local fire districts and organizations, the Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation (TTCF) was awarded $1.9M from the CAL FIRE Wildfire Resilience Block Grant Program. With these…
Read More AboutPRESS RELEASE: TTCF receives $1.9M from the CAL FIRE Wildfire Resilience Block Grant ProgramWorkforce Development Initiative Announced at California State Fair in Conjunction with Forest Future: Careers Among the Trees Exhibit As California faces an ongoing threat of wildfires, the California Forest Foundation,…
Read More AboutPRESS RELEASE: California Forest Foundation, California Forestry Association and Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation Form Statewide Collaboration to Promote Forestry CareersFlyover of Caldor Fire and PGA TOUR Players Forest Walk Part of Commitment to Sustainability and Environmental Change [video width="640" height="360" mp4="http://www.ttcf.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/22CUT3M-29-BARRACUDA-FIREv3.mp4"][/video] TAHOE TRUCKEE, CA (July 18, 2022)— PGA…
Read More AboutPRESS RELEASE: Barracuda Championship Partners with TTCF/Forest Futures to Highlight Efforts to Minimize Risk of Extreme Wildfires(Para español ver abajo) To better prepare our community in the event of a wildfire evacuation, Forest Futures hosted a salon with a panel of regional partners to discuss where…
Read More AboutForest Futures Salon: Wildfire Evacuation PreparednessThe Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation Launches Phase Two of $30M Forest Futures Campaign, a Replicable Model Aligning Local Organizations Around Fire Prevention, Infrastructure & Forest Health Phase Two allocates $855,000…
Read More AboutPRESS RELEASE: The Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation Launches Phase Two of $30M Forest Futures Campaign, a Replicable Model Aligning Local Organizations Around Fire Prevention, Infrastructure & Forest Health