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The following post includes information from a case study that will be shared at CALRC 2023. Register for CALRC In 2021 the Dixie Fire destroyed more than 1,000 structures in Plumas County, California. In 2023 the Sierra Institute is supporting redevelopm...
Join us for an engaging and informative session, the Perfect Pitch Competition, at the Brownfields 2023 Conference on Thursday, August 10, from 10:30 am to 12:45 pm in Room 250~A, B, and C. This session is a unique opportunity to hear how to frame a pit...
In many communities there are properties that remain unused despite needs in the neighborhood. These sites, often called brownfields, may host actual or suspected contamination from prior commercial, industrial, agricultural, or residential use. These pro...
Reuse of contaminated land, also known as brownfields, is a long and complex process for any entity, but Tribes can face additional challenges. These challenges range from loss of ownership of ancestral lands, dispersed tribal members with unmet needs,...
The City of East Wenatchee Washington is located along the Columbia River in Central Washington. In the early 1900s, non-indigenous settlers planted apple, cherry, apricot, pear and other orchards, which thrived in the cool, dry climate, and with irrigati...
The Beginning Most Americans have heard of the Oregon Trail – the more than 2,100 mile early-American wagon thoroughfare that traveled through nine states between Independence, Missouri and Oregon’s Willamette Valley.[1] However, what most people don�...
