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Not 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 FacilityIn 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 PreparednessProtecting Communities - Part 1 of 3 stories Written By: Tim Hauserman The forests and communities of the Sierra have a big problem. We live in an ecosystem that once…
Read More AboutProtecting CommunitiesAfter the considerable impact that the 2021 fire season had on the Tahoe and surrounding region, TTCF encouraged community members to join a “Wildfire 101” Forest Futures Salon that would…
Read More AboutForest Futures Salon: Wildfire 101The Dixie Fire was burning to our north causing mass evacuations, destruction, smoky skies and panic. It quickly became the second largest fire in our state’s history. Then, the Caldor…
Read More AboutWildfire Relief Efforts with 101.5Three-year, $30 MM Initiative Aims to “Stop Catastrophic Wildfires Before They Start” TRUCKEE, Calif. - The Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation (TTCF) is proud to announce it has raised over $1MM…
Read More AboutPRESS RELEASE: TTCF Raises $1MM to Propel the Forest Futures CampaignWritten by Stacy Caldwell, CEO of TTCF & Hannah Sullivan, Board Chair of TTCF For the first time since 2008, the Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation has endorsed a measure, and…
Read More AboutTTCF Supports Measure T- Truckee’s Wildfire Protection MeasureWhat does it take to keep our forests healthy? After a century of fire suppression, Tahoe forests are immensely overgrown. The 800,000 piles of biomass (dead trees and dry brush)…
Read More AboutCollective impact can save our forests