Forest biomass is an underutilized, undervalued tool that can help address our wildfire crisis
SBC’s follow-up to our 2019 white paper report on forest biomass is a three-part video series, ‘Balance & Biomass: A Solution to Emissions, Catastrophic Fire, & Communities in Crisis’, that identifies the opportunities of forest biomass utilization at both the local and statewide levels and begs the question, why isn’t the state doing more to support appropriately scaled forest biomass utilization in the Sierra’s communities?
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.
Forest Health, Wildfire Mitigation, and Rural Jobs: A Look at SBC’s New Biomass Report
Forest Health, Wildfire Mitigation, and Rural Jobs: A Look at SBC’s New Biomass Report Biomass in the Sierra Nevada: A Case for Healthy Forests and Rural Economies is the result of years of SBC work, from technical research to on-the-ground projects and interviews, to helping revitalize a local Sierra facility now used as a beacon […]
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.