“Healthy and resilient forests are critical to water quality and supply, and to keeping our communities safe from wildfires,” said Angela Avery, executive officer of the Sierra Nevada Conservancy. “There’s a critical need to advance landscape-scale restoration along with treatments near homes and infrastructure to ensure that our state remains livable and the resources we depend on are sustained.”
Tour attendees included Senator Roger Niello of District 6. Assemblymembers Joe Patterson and Diane Papan were joined by fellow assemblymembers Juan Alanis of District 22 and Tom Lackey of District 34. Staff members from a variety of legislators representing districts across the state also attended, including from the offices of Senators McNerney, Niello, and Laird and Assemblymembers Connolly, Hadwick, Lackey, McNerney, Patterson, Papan and Rivas.
