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We care for the Yuba watershed by pairing on-the-ground forest stewardship with community education. Our projects focus on making forests safer and more resilient, and our programs invite people to learn, explore, and contribute.

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Forest Health & Fuels Reduction

We plan and implement landscape-scale treatments—strategic fuel breaks, hand thinning, pile burning, and prescribed fire—to reduce wildfire risk, protect evacuation routes, and restore resilient forest structure and habitat.

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Education & Field Programs

We connect people to place through hands-on learning. Join our annual Fungus Foray, browse back issues of Tree Rings, and look for seasonal walks & talks on fire ecology, native plants, and watershed science.

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Yuba Watershed Institute

Nevada City, California · 501(c)(3) non-profit

Promoting the sustainable use of natural resources and protecting long-term biological diversity within the Yuba River watershed.

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