Forests
50+
Projects
140,000+
Acres Impacted
$5M+
Deployed
It Takes Time to Restore the Forest
Forest restoration projects typically have multi-year timelines due to various moving pieces, such as lengthy permitting processes, narrow weather windows, and contractor availabilities. These challenges can increase for smaller projects. TTCF navigates these challenges through a commitment to flexible funding, deployed through trusted partnerships and with a sharp attention to on-the-ground realities. We aim to provide capital that can be strategically and nimbly allocated to shovel-ready aspects of projects across a grantee’s broader portfolio.
At the same time, TTCF is also working at a systems level. We are identifying patterns across various projects to pinpoint strategic interventions that alleviate bottlenecks and accelerate forest restoration and wildfire resilience in the Tahoe Truckee region. Learn more in our recent blog.
Salon Series: Stewarding Our Collective Home
In February, Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation launched our newest Forest Futures Salon Series, “Stewarding Our Collective Home.” The salons encourage participants to think about what it means to work together to protect our region’s natural resources. More than 180 people have attended the first three salons.
One evergreen topic in forest restoration and health is what to do with the woody biomass being thinned from our forests. Solutions seek to hit a triple bottom line—benefiting our people, place, and profits. Speakers presented on sustainable energy, building aesthetically pleasing and fire-resistant homes, and increasing farm yields. Read the recap blog series here.
If you’re going to live in [Tahoe] Truckee, you need to be a mountain-minded person. Mountain-minded isn’t just skiing, biking, and hiking. It’s taking control of your property, using a chainsaw and rake to manage your defensible space, hardening your home to embers, and proactively working with your neighbors and Firewise community to create fire resilience. Let’s do this!
Eric Horntvedt
Wildlife Prevention Manager with Truckee Fire
To learn more about our community impact and how you can partner with us to make a difference, contact Stacy Caldwell at stacy@ttcf.net.