Mooretown Updates

Mooretown Natural Resources Department, including Tribal Forestry and Cultural Resources divisions, enjoyed many important milestones in 2024. We were pleased to host U.S. Congressmen Doug LaMalfa, newly elected Chairman of the Congressional Western Caucus, and Congressman GT Thompson, Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, at our facilities. Mooretown Chairman Ben Clark also met with several tribes in Nevada, where Mooretown is working with the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and Nevada Congressman Mark Amodei. Mooretown received two grants this year to support operational capacity building and recovery from the North Fire Complex at the Feather Falls Tribal Cultural Landscape. The tribe also entered into the first stewardship agreement with the Bureau of Land Management in the history of California.

To learn more about exciting developments at the Mooretown Dept. of Natural Resources:

BLM, Mooretown Rancheria sign co-stewardship agreement for public lands

Mooretown Rancheria tribe acquires new wildland fire engines

Here's a look at some fuel reduction efforts in Dog Valley, near Verdi, this fall.

Thankful for the opportunity to discuss Mooretown forest fuels reduction work in the Humboldt Toiyabe National Forest with Northstate Congressman Doug LaMalfa and Nevada Congressman Mark Amodei.

Mooretown Chairman Ben Clark and Councilmember Eric Hatcher were happy to host a discussion on Forest and watershed issues with Congressman GT Thompson, Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture. We appreciate Congressman LaMalfa, Butte Supervisors Doug Teeter and Todd Kimmelshue, and Yuba Water Agency Board member Andy Vasquez for supporting our efforts to manage federal lands better. 

Mooretown field crew, Mathew Hatcher, Nick Graham and Kai La Pena, during a reconnaissance visit of meadows in the North Complex Fire footprint (December 2024).