As a courtesy, the County of Amador is providing you with an invitation to bid for “ITB 23-19 Tree Mortality Mitigation Project #19.” To receive further information related to this project, download the necessary bid documents, ask questions and receive future updates you are encouraged to register for free (if you have not already…
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES NEWSLETTER July and August 2023 View this Newsletter on our website Upcoming Grants · The GRID Alternatives: Tribal Solar Gap Funding Program (due July 14) supports solar projects of any type that require a tribal cost-share. · The CA Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) Forest Legacy Grants Program (pre-applications due July 16) protects environmentally important…
Louis Godon and his wife Amanda run Volcano Creek Logging, in Foresthill, CA…in Placer County, in the Sierra Region near Auburn. Amanda Godon is the Chair of the Gold Country Chapter of ACL, which splits jurisdiction between Nevada County and Placer County. Amanda is on the Board of Directors of Associated California Loggers. Please follow this…
Gold Country Chapter Chair Amanda Godon invites all members of the Gold Country Chapter – and ALL ACL members, guests and friends…to the next meeting of the Gold Country Chapter. This meeting will be on Wednesday June 14 at a new location from previous months. The chapter returns to Nevada City but at a different…
Located roughly 10 miles northeast of Nevada City, the South Yuba Wild & Scenic River Recreation Area is a popular destination for both locals and tourists. At its June 1 Board Meeting, the Sierra Nevada Conservancy approved several wildfire recovery and forest resilience grants, including one that will reduce fuels across 570 acres within the…
CANCELLATION ANNOUNCED — NEW DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED LATER FROM KASANDRA MEYER, USDA FOREST SERVICE , MAY 30, 2023: Good morning all, The Pre-solicitation meeting scheduled for Thursday, June 1st at 2:00pm PT has been cancelled until further notice. A new date and time will be posted to Sam.gov and sent to you all via email…
(Our ACL Resource Availability Fund Consultants, Mark Bosetti and John Quidachay, have been reviewing the G-Z IRSC Pre-solicitation Documents. We offer this “joint recommendation” to you from our two consultant): From John Quidachay: . I am reviewing the pre-solicitation documents.They are comprehensive and detailed in a manner that can potentially scare interested bidders. I am…
Here is a link: BTB-58-APR23.pdf (tigercat.com) The link goes to: “Between the Branches,” a Tigercat publication offering a tour of logging stories and logging companies in both the United States and Canada (home of Tigercat.) This is the April 2023 issue. All the articles are interesting but two in particular for ACL: PAGE 18: “Wildfire Salvage Logging” about DL…
A message from Kasandra Meyer, USDA: Good morning, The Seral G-Z IRSC Pre-solicitation has been posted to SAM – https://sam.gov/opp/6bb8d921cff442e384b84d6b0e3d332e/view All contract documents have been uploaded as a full DRAFT package, however this is not a Request for Quotes at this time. Request for Quotes are anticipated to be solicited by the end of June after…
THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE CAME IN TO THE ACL OFFICE FROM TOM TROXEL, WHO SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW FROM HIS CAREERS WITH VARIOUS TIMBER INDUSTRY GROUPS. TOM IS PASSING ON TO ACL AN OPPORTUNITY IN UTAH FOR A CALIFORNIA COMPANY TO TAKE ON A UTAH JOB: BEGIN: Tom Troxel here. I’ve been retired from Intermountain Forest…