Angela Avery

Executive Officer, Sierra Nevada Conservancy. NOTE: The views expressed here are my own.

[Angela Avery @MntnWater]

Today we’ll use our 8th annual WIP Summit to explore solutions to wildfire recovery that are being advanced by people who’s lives have been impacted by this issue. Please join us for this important conversation.

[Brittany Covich @BrittCovich]

Join us online this afternoon!

[Sierra Nevada Conservancy @CAsWatershed]

What does wildfire recovery look like? This is crucial after several years of record-breaking #SierraNevada #CAwildfires. Join us on March 2 for a discussion with land managers, community leaders, and scientists to explore recovery strategies. #WIPsummit
https://t.co/uffwcM6D7O

[Sierra Nevada Conservancy @CAsWatershed]

A heartfelt thank you to the SNC's departing board members--Fresno County's @NathanMagsig, Mariposa County's @RmSmallcombe, and Sierra County's Paul Roen.

The SNC appreciates your insight and hopes that we can continue to work together on pressing issues facing the region.

[Angela Avery @MntnWater]

@ConnieB_PFT @PacificForest Us too!

[Sierra Nevada Conservancy @CAsWatershed]

Thank you to @BrianDahleCA @SenJohnLaird for sponsoring, #CAleg for passing, @CAgovernor for signing SB 208 to expand SNC region. We're excited to build new partnerships and extend the 🌲🔥💧🦉work of our triple-bottom-line Watershed Improvement Program.

https://t.co/TNvFainvRF

[Angela Avery @MntnWater]

This illustration explains a lot.

[Pyrosketchology 🕵🏻🔥👩🏻‍🎨 @mhmorrill]

New illustration to compliment my fire triangle illustration-touching on dead fuel moisture and size, relative humidity and equilibrium lag time.

[Angela Avery @MntnWater]

Couldn't agree more and couldn't have put it better myself @MichaelWWara. @EldoradoNF and El Dorado Irrigation District were great partners to @caswatershed on the Caples project.

[Michael Wara @MichaelWWara]

#caldorfire as viewed from the IR cam at Heavenly (across the Tahoe Basin from Echo Summit) just now (@AlertWildfire). Backing down the ridge into the Tahoe Basin. Damn.

[Angela Avery @MntnWater]

@JaredDahlAldern Yes!

[Sierra Nevada Conservancy @CAsWatershed]

"If you use water in Los Angeles or receive power from California’s grid, this fire is in your resource reliance footprint."

-Dr. Johnathan Kusel, Sierra Institute for Community and the Environment

#CAfire #CAwater #CAenergy #CAclimate #forestmanagement

https://t.co/DC5iByU9JQ

[Lassen NF @LassenNF]

Dixie Fire Video Progression Map
Knowing the size of the Dixie Fire today, it's easy to forget how each day the fire changed. This is a progression map as a movie which provides and interesting way to see the fire over time.

[Sierra Institute for Community and Environment @SierraInst]

Check out this op-ed by our Executive Director in the Sacramento Bee in which he emphasizes that the Dixie Fire has statewide implications--its impacts to critical watersheds, the power grid, and air quality will be felt far and wide.
https://t.co/Mfh1soRrCn

[Wade Crowfoot @WadeCrowfoot]

Progress! @MRCAParks and all of our state conservancies are leading the way on #30X30Ca to expand conservation across our state. 👏🏾👏🏼Every year, they help deliver more public access, biodiversity protection, and climate resilience across our state. Thank you conservancies! 🙏🏽

[Angela Avery @MntnWater]

Significant fuels thinning & prescribed fire implemented in the Sly Park/Jenkinson Reservoir area over the last years. Great work implemented by the El Dorado & Georgetown RCD’s, funded by @CAsWatershed, @CAL_FIRE & others. I HOPE it helped holding that line.💔Grizzly Flats💔

[Angela Avery @MntnWater]

We must use all the tools in our toolbox, including and especially Tribal Ecological Knowledge (TEK) which includes prescribed fire, to manage lands at the scale we need to prevent megafires and the loss of rural communities into the future.
https://t.co/3lbMrZpkvC

[Angela Avery @MntnWater]

Great news! Thanks @CAL_FIRE! These funds will get some important work done in the Sierra Nevada and across the state.

[CAL FIRE @CAL_FIRE]

CAL FIRE’s Forest Health program is pleased to announce $160 million has been awarded for landscape-scale land management projects intended to restore and maintain healthy forests throughout CA while enhancing carbon storage. #CALFIRE_ForestHealth #CAClimateInvestments

[PPIC Water @PPICWater]

Some interesting anecdotes here about how fire behaves in forests that have undergone controlled burns, versus those that haven't. #wildfires #CAdrought https://t.co/RmQR6mZQPR

[Angela Avery @MntnWater]

@caswezy So deeply sorry to hear this, Camille.

[Sierra Nevada Conservancy @CAsWatershed]

1/3 Yesterday and last night, the #dixiefire grew to become the largest fire recorded in the #SierraNevada, and 3rd largest in #CAfire history. It displaced the 2020 #CreekFire for that dishonor. It's still growing.

[Sierra Nevada Conservancy @CAsWatershed]

3/3 What we do, together and soon, to restore the #resilience of Sierra Nevada landscapes can make a difference for California and all the difference for the people and landscapes of the Sierra Nevada. It’s how we will recover, survive, and thrive through a global #climatecrisis.

[Sierra Nevada Conservancy @CAsWatershed]

2/3 Widespread & prolonged extreme fire behavior, widespread damage to historic CA towns, and massive smoke plumes raise serious questions about the ecological, social, and economic impact of the Dixie Fire.