Advancing Wildfire Resilience Workforce & Career Development
The Sierra Business Council and the Watershed Research and Training Center have released Advancing Wildfire Resilience Workforce & Career Development, a nonprofit-led roadmap recommending how California can grow and sustain the skilled workforce needed to protect communities and restore healthy landscapes in the face of wildfire.
CEDS
Sierra Business Council administers the Sierra Economic Development District (SEDD), which includes El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sierra, and Plumas counties. We’re currently developing the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for these five counties.
Vulnerability Assessment
A project of Sierra CAMP, the Sierra Nevada Regional Climate Vulnerability Assessment will help Sierra Nevada communities prepare for climate change by examining social, economic, and environmental vulnerabilities specific to our region and by providing climate planning technical assistance.
Wildfire Strategy
Wildfire risk is increasing in size, intensity, frequency, and duration across a broader range of communities and landscapes. Wind-driven fires as a result of Diablo wind patterns (rather than fuel-dominated wildland ground and crown fires) are also increasingly common, leading to structure fires in urban communities that originate in the wildland urban interface (WUI) or wildlands.
Biomass in the Sierra Nevada: A Case for Healthy Forests and Rural Economies
The State of the Sierra 2007 report represents the third edition of the Sierra Business Council’s indicator project to identify trends affecting the social, natural, and financial capital of the Sierra Nevada.
Sierra Economic Development District (SEDD) Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy CEDS
The goal of the Sierra Economic Development District CEDS is to codify a regional strategy to advance prosperity and improve quality of life.
Eastern Sierra Economic Assessment
The Eastern Sierra Innovation and Prosperity report provides economic development strategies for five economic sectors.
Placer Low Impact Development Guidebook
In 2004, Placer County identified Low Impact Development (LID) as a mitigation strategy for the County Aquatic Resource Program – a comprehensive strategy for state and federal environmental regulatory compliance on projects covered by the Placer County Conservation Plan.
Sediment Source Control Handbook
The Sediment Source Control Handbook presents a set of principles and practices for sediment source control on disturbed sites in the West.
The State of the Sierra Report
The State of the Sierra 2007 report represents the third edition of the Sierra Business Council’s indicator project to identify trends affecting the social, natural, and financial capital of the Sierra Nevada.