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October 2021

Forest Products for Forest Communities

We began this week with the first snowfall of the season gently blanketing the mountainside beyond Taylorsville. This first glimpse of winter symbolizes the march of time in what has […]

By Moorea Stout October 22, 2021

Economic Development and Workforce Solutions – Sierra Forest Entrepreneurs

By Addie Wright and Lauren Redmore For rural forested areas across Northern California, economic development initiatives can sometimes be at odds with the environmental and social needs of local communities. […]

By Moorea Stout October 13, 2021

SCALE and The Evolving Impacts of Wildfire

In the Winter of 2020, the Sierra Institute conducted a series of interviews in preparation for our SCALE meeting, in which we aimed to gain perspective from our stakeholders regarding […]

By Moorea Stout October 13, 2021

How Has the Dixie Fire Affected Sierra Institute’s Work?

By Kyle Rodgers and Noah Abramson The Dixie Fire burned hot through several communities, reducing homes, businesses, and everything in between to piles of burned rubble. It is hard to […]

By Sierra Institute Blogs October 13, 2021

RISE-ing Up To The Challenge

By Lauren Redmore and Zoe Watson The timber industry decline that led to mill closures in the 1990s left many rural forested communities in California without an economic base, driving […]

By Sierra Institute Blogs October 13, 2021

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