Newsletter

In an audit done by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) completed in July 2016 of the USDA Forest Service (FS) hazardous fuels reduction, the auditor’s office reviewed controls on selection of projects, impacts on Community Wildfires Protection Plans and if the agency responded to the corrective actions outlined in the 2016 audit...

While it might seem strange to some, to have a Sacramento Valley Newsletter be devoted to fire, you only have to think about the millions of dollars being spent on fisheries restoration to understand ...

There seems to be a lack of understanding of our Sierra fire evolved ecosystem. Our forests used to burn often, every seven to 15 years in the lower elevations and about four times a century in the higher elevations. Our forests retained...

CoSu LINE PROCESS CONTINUESThe process for the building of new power lines from west to east through the Sacramento Valley continues with many landowners receiving letters asking for permission to enter onto private property...

An effort by Northern California Water Association (NCWA), Natural Resource Scientists, Inc. (NRS) and local government to increase salmon spawning in the Sacramento River made the front page of the Redding Record Searchlight. You can see a video about the Sacramento Valley Salmon Recovery Program by going to Redding.com. This is part of an effort to help salmon populations that...

• Allow Counties to remove brush and hazardous trees using programs like the good neighbor contracts.
• Refund the shaded fuel break projects that allow fire breaks to be built before the fires come.
• Fund and clean up hazardous fuels left in the wake of catastrophic wildfires...