Tuolumne County Alliance for Resources and Environment (TuCARE) was established in 1989 to enlighten and advise the public about conservation and the wise use of our natural resources.
TuCARE is involved in critical and controversial issues related to the productivity and conservation of public and private lands that are essential for a vital and functioning local, state, and national economy.
TuCARE believes in the multiple-use of the many natural resources on our public lands. Multiple-use policies allow for everyone to benefit. People can enjoy a wide variety of recreational opportunities. The wood products industry can provide us with needed renewable building materials. Livestock owners can use summer pasture for cattle grazing to produce food for us to eat. Miners can extract minerals necessary for the production of everyday goods that we all use. Everyone who uses water or power generated by the harnessing of the Sierra snowmelt is a beneficiary.
The Community Wildfire Protection Fund is a monetary fund established in partnership with the Sonora Area Foundation that is designed to provide fast and highly efficient funding for large and small vegetation management projects on private lands throughout the county, particularly in high hazard areas. The CWPF will pay for the cost of tree removal and fuel reduction in strategic places that have been identified as high fire hazard areas. This reduction in fuels will provide a much-needed buffer between areas prone to catastrophic fire and developed areas throughout the county.
