CHILDREN’S EDUCATION

Through partnering with Sierra Watershed Education Partnerships (SWEP) beginning Spring, 2021, the programming for future generations embeds local forest and fire ecologies into the Truckee Tahoe Unified School District’s school curriculum. The goal in involving students in ​the project​ is to educate local youth about the forests they live in, ​the forests’ relationship with fire, and students’ role within that relationship.

In addition, through SWEP-led field days that include hands-on science explorations, forest health monitoring, defensible space work, and opportunities to explore the ​FOREST⇌​FIRE ​interpretive exhibit students will be empowered to have a voice, make a difference, and be part of the solution to the risk of catastrophic fire and a hopeful future for the forest and the Tahoe-Truckee community.

Who needs a Forest Fire?

WE do but not the megafires we have now!

Why do megafires happen? What is a good fire?

Can we help our forests be resilient to fire?

Find out how!