2020 NEWS & STORIES
FEB 2020
San Francisco Chronicle // Yurok tribe revives ancestral lands by restoring salmon runs, protecting wildlife
“We’re trying to help restore balance to the river, with help from the Watershed and Research Training Center, the U.S. Forest Service and local land owners. We’re adding a natural element and letting nature take its course.” - Aaron Martin, habitat restoration biologist for the Yurok Indian tribe
2019 NEWS & STORIES
OCT 2019
The Watershed Research and Training Center to Submit OHV Grant Proposal
The Watershed Research and Training Center is planning to request grant funds during the California Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) 2019/2020 Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program. The grant would be used to perform general OHV route maintenance activities on the Six Rivers National Forest Mad River Ranger District’s Pilot Creek Trail System. The public can view and comment on The Watershed Research and Training Center’s grant application on the OHMVR Division’s website during the 30-day comment period between March 3 and May 4, 2020. Click here for full Comment Period and Details (PDF)
AUG 2019
REDHEADED BLACKBELT // YOUTH CONSERVATION CREWS RESTORE SOUTH FORK NATIONAL RECREATION TRAIL
July 2019
Redding Record Searchlight // In an old logging town, 'You have the risk of what happened in Paradise'
June 2019
KQED-SCIENCE // Town Unites Against Federal Mismanagement to Save Forest
“There will be fire on this entire landscape. Do we want it to be controlled or do we want it to be out of control? We need to leave these forests ready to accept fire.” - Alex Cousins, a lifelong Trinity county resident.
April 2019
April 2019, Mail Tribune //'Gold star' example of FireWise
“Community fire adaption is not relegated to one sector of society. It’s not just the fire department’s responsibility to help our communities live more safely in wildfire. We need to bring together all of the different institutions and community stakeholders that have a role and a responsibility together to cooperate and leverage their work.” - Nick Goulette, WRTC