Announcements
Attn Contractors: Shelter Cove RFP released
The Shelter Cove Resort Improvement District (SCRID) is pleased to announce the release of a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Undeveloped Private Parcel Fuel Reduction Project, a component of the Shelter Cove Wildfire Resiliency & Community Defense Project (SCWRCDP) funded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG). SCRID is seeking qualified contractors to perform hazardous…
Read MoreEco-Activist Benefit for Richard Gienger
26th Annual Coho Confab in the South Fork Smith River – September 13-15, 2024
Thinking Like a Salmon Stronghold Salmonid Restoration Federation (SRF) is coordinating the 26th Annual Coho Confab on September 13-15 on the South Fork Smith River in Del Norte County. This year’s Coho Confab will be held at Rock Creek Ranch, a beautiful riverfront property owned by Smith River Alliance. The Coho Confab is a field…
Read MoreAbout Dam Time!
Downriver Communities Celebrate as Klamath Reservoir Drawdown Begins By Regina Chichizola, Save California Salmon A few months after removal of the Copco 2 Dam on the Klamath River in October, 2023, Tribal members and scientists studying the river braved a cold, icy morning on January 11, 2024 to join the Klamath River Renewal Corporation (KRRC)…
Read MoreEel River Wailaki
In the spring of 2024, the staff of Trees Foundation met with the board of Eel River Wailaki to make our partnership official! Although we have already had the opportunity to work on a variety of projects together, we are now excited to be able to offer additional support for their organization. Over the past…
Read MoreBook Reviews: Green Reads
The word green evokes many concepts beyond color. Fresh, new, environmentally friendly and a sense of growth can all be conveyed by calling something green. For anyone who loves to read and has a passion for this planet we call home, these books belong on your green reading list. …… The Ghost Forest by Greg King…
Read More26th Annual Coho Confab
September 13-15, 2024, Smith River By Salmonid Restoration Federation SRF, with the support of California Department of Fish and Wildlife, will host the 26th Annual Coho Confab at the beautiful Rock Creek Ranch on the South Fork of the Smith River. The pristine Smith River is the largest undammed river in California and is located…
Read MoreThe Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference, March 2024
Holding Space: Creating Habitat and a Platform for Innovation Salmonid Restoration Federation Salmonid Restoration Federation (SRF) produces the largest salmon restoration conference in California, convening a diverse range of people in the watershed restoration field including planners, engineers, policy makers, students, Watershed Stewards Program members, consultants, academics, tribal members, on-the-ground practitioners, and landowners. It is…
Read MoreGrowing Trees Foundation
Building Capacity for Collaboration and Environmental Resilience This year has been one of tremendous change and growth for the Trees Foundation. We bid farewell to our long-serving and well-loved Board President Susy Barsotti, and we welcomed a new Board member, John Wilhelm. We also said goodbye to our newest staff member Mary Gaterud, who left the…
Read MoreFlowers for Susy
Susy Barsotti, a long-time member of the Hog Farm at Black Oak Ranch in Mendocino, and tireless environmental advocate, recently stepped down from the Trees Foundation Board of Directors after a quarter-century of dedicated service. She served Trees with aplomb, commitment, and boundless energy. Longtime Trees staffer Barbara Ristow recalls Susy “always promoting Trees” showing…
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