The Sierra Nevada Conservancy (SNC), a California state agency focused on supporting and improving the environmental, economic, and social well-being of the Sierra-Cascade, had a busy day Thursday, June 5, as its Board not only approved a $545,000 grant to the 40 Acre Conservation League to preserve 26 additional acres in the Blue Canyon area, but also approved new guidelines for two directed grant programs: Sustainable Recreation, Tourism, and Equitable Outdoor Access; and Wildfire and Forest Resilience.

By approving the new grant guidelines, the SNC will launch a grant cycle that will award no less than $4.1 million for projects that improve or enhance recreational activities and outdoor access, while also launching a new forest-health and wildfire-resilience grant round that will award

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