Upcoming Events!
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1) Identifying blister rust resistant trees,
2) Harvesting their seed, and
3) Planting their rust-resistant progeny
throughout the Tahoe Basin and beyond!
2) Harvesting their seed, and
3) Planting their rust-resistant progeny
throughout the Tahoe Basin and beyond!
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| Approximately 3-5% of sugar and western white pines possess a natural genetic resistance to white pine blister rust. The Sugar Pine Foundation capitalizes on this fortuitous diversity in nature to restore white pines as vital components of Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forest ecosystems by: |
| The Sugar Pine Foundation is working to save our forests from the threat of white pine blister rust, a non-native, invasive fungus that kills over 95% of white pines it infects, including sugar pines, western white pines and whitebark pines. Founded in 2004, the Sugar Pine Foundation is a South Lake Tahoe-based 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to restoring the natural regeneration of sugar pines and other white pines in the Lake Tahoe Basin and surrounding areas. |
Save the Sugar Pines!
John Pickett and Maria Mircheva getting ready to
harvest seed from a blister rust resistant sugar pine
near Lake Tahoe's Emerald Bay.
harvest seed from a blister rust resistant sugar pine
near Lake Tahoe's Emerald Bay.
Important!
September 1-22: Cone collections! We need volunteers to help us collect sugar pine cones
from resistant seed trees at locations all around the Tahoe Basin, as well as in Truckee and
Sierraville! If interested, please contact us!
September 4, 4pm: Chinquapin Homeowners Annual Meeting Tahoe City, CA. Come
learn about the Sugar Pine Foundation and how to become a member of our organization! We
will discuss fall planting plans for Chinquapin. Wine and cheese will be served.
September 11, 9am-1pm: Forest Stewardship Day at Tahoe Vista, CA. Join the Sugar
Pine Foundation while we demonstrate cone collections with our giant sling shot! You can also
help plant resistant sugar pine seedlings in the woods nearby!
September 12, 11am-3pm: Autumn Fest Lake Tahoe Community College South Lake
Tahoe, CA. Come on out to this FREE environmental festival to learn about the Sugar Pine
Foundation, gardening in Tahoe, and how volunteer at our fall planting events! Enjoy horse
drawn carriages, bluegrass music and Kid's Carnival Activities!
from resistant seed trees at locations all around the Tahoe Basin, as well as in Truckee and
Sierraville! If interested, please contact us!
September 4, 4pm: Chinquapin Homeowners Annual Meeting Tahoe City, CA. Come
learn about the Sugar Pine Foundation and how to become a member of our organization! We
will discuss fall planting plans for Chinquapin. Wine and cheese will be served.
September 11, 9am-1pm: Forest Stewardship Day at Tahoe Vista, CA. Join the Sugar
Pine Foundation while we demonstrate cone collections with our giant sling shot! You can also
help plant resistant sugar pine seedlings in the woods nearby!
September 12, 11am-3pm: Autumn Fest Lake Tahoe Community College South Lake
Tahoe, CA. Come on out to this FREE environmental festival to learn about the Sugar Pine
Foundation, gardening in Tahoe, and how volunteer at our fall planting events! Enjoy horse
drawn carriages, bluegrass music and Kid's Carnival Activities!
Please vote for
our project to be
the grand prize
recipient of
$50,000 from
Redwood Creek
Wines' Greater
Outdoors Project!
our project to be
the grand prize
recipient of
$50,000 from
Redwood Creek
Wines' Greater
Outdoors Project!
VOTE DAILY!
Voting is open
'til August 31st.
One vote per
person per
day!
Voting is open
'til August 31st.
One vote per
person per
day!
| You are watching Part 1 of "The Seedling." Click here to watch Part Two on YouTube! |
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