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Advancing landscape-scale resilience in the Upper Mokelumne River watershed

Fuel-reduction work taking place across the upper Mokelumne River watershed will help protect communities, forests, and water supplies from destructive wildfires, including water flowing from the Lower Bear River Reservoir.
A recent grant of nearly $4 million from the Wildlife Conservation Board to the Upper Mokelumne River Watershed Authority (UMRWA) will complement earlier funding from the Sierra Nevada Conservancy (SNC) and CAL FIRE to allow the organization to complete fuel-reduction efforts on more than 25,000 acres within the Mokelumne River watershed.

As only phase one of a much larger effort to improve forest health across 250,000 acres within the watershed, strategic funding from state agencies to well-established partners like UMRWA is helping to dramatically increase the pace and scale of forest restoration in the Sierra-Cascade.  This increase is in direct response to the escalation of climate and wildfire risks.

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Leslie Smith, Sutter Creek, CA: Raised in Washington State, Leslie is a happy California transplant having moved to Sunny Sutter Creek full time in 2020. As a nascent fly fisher and lifelong skier, she is committed to the natural environment and brings extensive organizational and finance experience to the board from a nearly 40 year career in banking.