My name is Amy Dunlap, and I am pleased to be joining Tuolumne County Alliance for Resources & Environment (TuCARE) as your Executive Director and  Education Coordinator. I have lived in Tuolumne county since I was seven years old and I am very passionate about my home county. My husband, Cody, and our 3-year-old daughter mean everything to me, and they are what drove me to apply for this position. Being able to help our community and work in an environment that I enjoy is what everyone dreams of. I hope to exceed your expectations as I continue on in this position.

I have over eight years of experience in the Financial Industry, I am a Notary Public, and I am currently a Real Estate Agent for Coldwell Banker Segerstrom in Sonora. With my business knowledge, I plan to bring some new touches to TuCARE’s processes and continue to evolve the great work that Melinda Fleming has done. One of the projects I am currently working on is to make our memberships easily trackable for easier renewal. And I am open to any and all suggestions on how to make our processes smoother.  On Saturday, October 5, 2024, TuCARE will hold a Natural Resources Expo in the Sierra Building at the Motherlode Fairgrounds in Sonora. This Expo is open to the public and admission is free. I would like to invite you to join us at the Expo with your family. Starting at 12:00 p.m., we plan to have booths open from different agencies, businesses, and groups from across the county for the public to visit to ask questions and get answers. This is a family event and will also feature a heavy equipment display in the arena, as well as a presentation from Kodama Systems. There will also be food trucks and kids activities as.
I look forward to seeing you there!

Sincerely,

Amy Dunlap, Executive Director/Education Coordinator

2/11/2022
Contact: Melinda Fleming, Executive Director
(209) 586-7816 or (209) 352-8012
TuCARE@mlode.com

SONORA – On March 12, 2022, Tuolumne County Alliance for Resources & Environment (TuCARE) will hold their 33rdAnnual Dinner and Auction. The event is an opportunity for members and the public to gather, enjoy a great dinner, have fun at the silent and live auctions, and be entertained and educated by a keynote speaker. Proceeds from the auctions go to support TuCARE’s “Tours for Kids” programs. This year marks the organization’s 33rd annual event (although the last 2 years were not held in-person).

Guest speaker will be Dave Daley, California Public Lands Council Chair, and there will also be a short presentation following Daley about the Community Wildfire Protection Fund, a program that TuCARE and the Sonora Area Foundation have created to fund fuel thinning on private property in Tuolumne County.

Speaker Daley is a fifth-generation commercial cattle producer from Butte County, running the family ranch near Oroville alongside his son Kyle. Daley is also a leader in California’s beef industry, holding leadership positions on the local, state, and national levels.

Daley’s family has had cattle on US Forest Service grazing permits in the Plumas National Forest for generations, making him well versed in the issues public lands ranchers face and enthusiastic about preserving public lands grazing, leading him to serve in multiple leadership positions. He is currently chair of the California Public Lands Council, chair of the Public Lands Council Forest Service Committee, and chair of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s Federal Lands Committee.

For more than 30 years, through his involvement with the College of Agriculture at California State University, Chico, Daley has also been influential in the lives of other current and up-and-coming young cattle owners throughout the state. He recently served as the Associate Dean of the College of Agriculture at California State University and was an animal science professor at the university for many years. Today, Daley is still involved with the university through his role as farm administrator for the Paul L. Byrne University Farm.

Daley’s experiences as a cow-calf producer and an educator make him invaluable to California’s beef producers and the state’s cattle industry. In addition to his public land-related leadership roles, he currently serves as chair of the California Cattle Council. Daley is also past president of the California Cattlemen’s Association, and past president of the Butte County Cattlemen’s Association.

The dinner and auction will be held at the Elks Lodge in Sonora. Social-time starts at 4:30 p.m. with a chicken and tri-tip dinner following. The silent and live auctions will include some unique items such as a handmade quilt, one-of-a-kind artwork, gift certificates, dinner packages, and a wheelbarrow of wine. Cost for the event is $45.00 per person till February 28, then tickets go to $50. Tickets are not sold at the door.

TuCARE is a 501(c)3 non-profit. Anyone wishing to donate, or sponsor can contact the office at (209) 586-7816 or by email at tucare@mlode.com. Sponsorships include promotional opportunities and signage venues.

TuCARE advocates an increased awareness of natural resources in our schools and communities–believing that a more informed public will be able to make better decisions on how our natural resources are cared for and used. Learn more about the organization at www.tucare.com. To learn more about the Community Wildfire Protection Fund (CWPF) go to the website www.CWPFProject.com.

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