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1Rooted in the Yuba River watershed for 36 years</h1><p class="text-[17px] text-white/80 leading-[1.75] mt-5 max-w-[480px]">The Yuba Watershed Institute is a Nevada Cityâbased 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to the health of forests and waterways. We connect people to the land through hands-on stewardship and education.</p></div></div></div><section class="anim-fade max-w-[1200px] mx-auto px-5 md:px-14 py-20 border-b border-border-brand"><div class="text-[11px] tracking-[0.16em] uppercase text-sage-600 font-bold mb-3">Our Mission</div><h2 class="font-lora font-semibold text-forest-800 leading-[1.2]" style="font-size:clamp(24px, 3vw, 36px)">Two programs, one watershed</h2><p class="text-[16px] text-text-body leading-[1.8] mt-4">Our work is organized around two interconnected program areas â each grounded in the landscapes and communities of the Yuba River watershed.</p><div class="anim-stagger grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 gap-12 mt-12"><div class="bg-sage-100 p-10 relative overflow-hidden rounded-2xl"><div class="absolute top-0 left-0 w-1 h-full bg-forest-800 rounded-l-[4px]"></div><div class="text-[10px] tracking-[0.14em] uppercase text-sage-600 font-bold mb-2.5">Program 01</div><h3 class="font-lora text-[22px] text-forest-800 leading-[1.3] font-semibold">Forest Health & Fuels Reduction</h3><p class="text-[15px] text-text-body leading-[1.75] mt-3">We plan and implement landscape-scale treatments â strategic fuel breaks, hand thinning, pile burning, and prescribed fire â to reduce wildfire risk, protect evacuation routes, and restore resilient forest structure and habitat.</p><a class="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 mt-5 text-[13px] font-bold text-forest-800 no-underline uppercase tracking-[0.05em] hover:opacity-70 transition-opacity" href="/our-work">See Projects â</a></div><div class="bg-sage-100 p-10 relative overflow-hidden rounded-2xl"><div class="absolute top-0 left-0 w-1 h-full bg-forest-800 rounded-l-[4px]"></div><div class="text-[10px] tracking-[0.14em] uppercase text-sage-600 font-bold mb-2.5">Program 02</div><h3 class="font-lora text-[22px] text-forest-800 leading-[1.3] font-semibold">Education & Field Programs</h3><p class="text-[15px] text-text-body leading-[1.75] mt-3">We connect people to place through hands-on learning. Join our annual Fungus Foray, browse back issues of <em>Tree Rings</em>, and look for seasonal walks & talks on fire ecology, native plants, and watershed science.</p><a class="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 mt-5 text-[13px] font-bold text-forest-800 no-underline uppercase tracking-[0.05em] hover:opacity-70 transition-opacity" href="/education-events">Events & Publications â</a></div></div></section><section class="anim-fade max-w-[1200px] mx-auto px-5 md:px-14 py-20 border-b border-border-brand"><div class="text-[11px] tracking-[0.16em] uppercase text-sage-600 font-bold mb-3">Our Team</div><h2 class="font-lora font-semibold text-forest-800 leading-[1.2]" style="font-size:clamp(24px, 3vw, 36px)">Staff</h2><div class="anim-stagger grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 gap-8 mt-12"><div class="border border-border-brand bg-white overflow-hidden rounded-2xl"><div class="px-8 py-7 pb-8"><div class="float-left mr-5 mb-3 relative w-[112px] h-[112px] rounded-xl overflow-hidden"><img alt="Chris Friedel" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover object-[center_20%]" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes="112px" srcSet="/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Fchris.jpg&w=32&q=75 32w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Fchris.jpg&w=48&q=75 48w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Fchris.jpg&w=64&q=75 64w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Fchris.jpg&w=96&q=75 96w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Fchris.jpg&w=128&q=75 128w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Fchris.jpg&w=256&q=75 256w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Fchris.jpg&w=384&q=75 384w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Fchris.jpg&w=640&q=75 640w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Fchris.jpg&w=750&q=75 750w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Fchris.jpg&w=828&q=75 828w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Fchris.jpg&w=1080&q=75 1080w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Fchris.jpg&w=1200&q=75 1200w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Fchris.jpg&w=1920&q=75 1920w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Fchris.jpg&w=2048&q=75 2048w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Fchris.jpg&w=3840&q=75 3840w" src="/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Fchris.jpg&w=3840&q=75"/></div><h3 class="font-lora text-[22px] text-forest-800 font-semibold">Chris Friedel</h3><div class="text-[13px] text-sage-600 font-bold tracking-[0.04em] uppercase mt-1">Executive Director</div><a href="mailto:[email protected]" class="inline-block text-[13px] text-text-muted mt-2 no-underline border-b border-[#c8d8cc] hover:text-forest-800 hover:border-forest-800 transition-colors">[email protected]</a><p class="text-[15px] text-text-body leading-[1.75] mt-4">Chris Friedel is the Executive Director of the Yuba Watershed Institute, where he has led day-to-day operations and major forest health initiatives since 2018. With nearly two decades of experience in ecological restoration, Chris has worked across both public and private lands in California as a vegetation ecologist, project manager, and n
1onprofit leader. He has secured more than $6 million in funding for landscape-scale resilience projects in the Yuba River watershed, building collaborations with agencies, landowners, and local communities. Chris holds a B.S. in Earth Systems from Stanford University.</p></div></div><div class="border border-border-brand bg-white overflow-hidden rounded-2xl"><div class="px-8 py-7 pb-8"><div class="float-left mr-5 mb-3 relative w-[112px] h-[112px] rounded-xl overflow-hidden"><img alt="Theo Fitanides" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover object-[center_20%]" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes="112px" srcSet="/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Ftheo.jpg&w=32&q=75 32w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Ftheo.jpg&w=48&q=75 48w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Ftheo.jpg&w=64&q=75 64w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Ftheo.jpg&w=96&q=75 96w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Ftheo.jpg&w=128&q=75 128w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Ftheo.jpg&w=256&q=75 256w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Ftheo.jpg&w=384&q=75 384w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Ftheo.jpg&w=640&q=75 640w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Ftheo.jpg&w=750&q=75 750w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Ftheo.jpg&w=828&q=75 828w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Ftheo.jpg&w=1080&q=75 1080w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Ftheo.jpg&w=1200&q=75 1200w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Ftheo.jpg&w=1920&q=75 1920w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Ftheo.jpg&w=2048&q=75 2048w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Ftheo.jpg&w=3840&q=75 3840w" src="/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Ftheo.jpg&w=3840&q=75"/></div><h3 class="font-lora text-[22px] text-forest-800 font-semibold">Theo Fitanides</h3><div class="text-[13px] text-sage-600 font-bold tracking-[0.04em] uppercase mt-1">Landscape Resilience Project Coordinator</div><a href="mailto:[email protected]" class="inline-block text-[13px] text-text-muted mt-2 no-underline border-b border-[#c8d8cc] hover:text-forest-800 hover:border-forest-800 transition-colors">[email protected]</a><p class="text-[15px] text-text-body leading-[1.75] mt-4">Theo Fitanides is a Landscape Resilience Project Coordinator with the Yuba Watershed Institute, bringing more than a decade of experience in botany, habitat restoration, and native plant cultivation. He has worked with organizations including Sierra Streams Institute, East Bay Regional Park Districtâs Botanic Garden, and the California Native Plant Societyâs Native Here Nursery, where he managed operations and coordinated volunteer programs. Theoâs background also includes roles as a staff botanist and field biologist, conducting nesting bird surveys, habitat assessments, and conservation projects across California. A graduate of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a B.S. in Biological Sciences, Theo specializes in the ecology and restoration of California native plants and their role in resilient forest ecosystems.</p></div></div><div class="border border-border-brand bg-white overflow-hidden rounded-2xl"><div class="px-8 py-7 pb-8"><div class="float-left mr-5 mb-3 relative w-[112px] h-[112px] rounded-xl overflow-hidden"><img alt="Lynne Westerfield" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover object-[center_20%]" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes="112px" srcSet="/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Flynne.jpg&w=32&q=75 32w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Flynne.jpg&w=48&q=75 48w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Flynne.jpg&w=64&q=75 64w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Flynne.jpg&w=96&q=75 96w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Flynne.jpg&w=128&q=75 128w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Flynne.jpg&w=256&q=75 256w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Flynne.jpg&w=384&q=75 384w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Flynne.jpg&w=640&q=75 640w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Flynne.jpg&w=750&q=75 750w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Flynne.jpg&w=828&q=75 828w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Flynne.jpg&w=1080&q=75 1080w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Flynne.jpg&w=1200&q=75 1200w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Flynne.jpg&w=1920&q=75 1920w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Flynne.jpg&w=2048&q=75 2048w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Flynne.jpg&w=3840&q=75 3840w" src="/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fpeople%2Flynne.jpg&w=3840&q=75"/></div><h3 class="font-lora text-[22px] text-forest-800 font-semibold">Lynne Westerfield</h3><div class="text-[13px] text-sage-600 font-bold tracking-[0.04em] uppercase mt-1">Landscape Resilience Project Manager</div><a href="mailto:[email protected]" class="inline-block text-[13px] text-text-muted mt-2 no-underline border-b border-[#c8d8cc] hover:text-forest-800 hover:border-forest-800 transition-colors">[email protected]</a><p class="text-[15px] text-text-body leading-[1.75] mt-4">Lynne Westerfield is a Landscape Resilience Project Manager with the Yuba Watershed Institute, where she helps plan, implement, monitor, and report on forest and watershed resilience projects across the San Juan Ridge and the greater Yuba River watershed. She brings more than two decades of conservation experience spanning California, Arizona, Colorado, and the Northern Rockies. Most recently, she directed stewardship and restoration for Wild Arizona, where she managed year-round professional field crews and coordinated watershed restoration, fuels reduction, and invasive plant projects with agencies, tribes, and private landowners, and later served as the organization'
1s Executive Director. Earlier, she founded and led the Cloud City Conservation Center in Leadville, Colorado, building its farm, living classroom, and community programs from the ground up. A longtime Grand Canyon river guide known for building durable partnerships and strong volunteer programs, Lynne holds an M.S. in Natural Resources from the University of Idaho and a B.A. in Geology from Colorado College.</p></div></div></div></section><section class="anim-fade max-w-[1200px] mx-auto px-5 md:px-14 py-20 border-b border-border-brand"><div class="text-[11px] tracking-[0.16em] uppercase text-sage-600 font-bold mb-3">Governance</div><h2 class="font-lora font-semibold text-forest-800 leading-[1.2]" style="font-size:clamp(24px, 3vw, 36px)">Board of Directors</h2><div class="anim-stagger grid grid-cols-1 sm:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-3 gap-3 mt-10"><div class="bg-[#f7faf8] px-7 py-6 rounded-xl border border-border-brand"><div class="text-[16px] font-semibold text-text-base">Daniel Nicholson</div><div class="text-[13px] text-sage-600 mt-0.5 font-semibold">President</div></div><div class="bg-[#f7faf8] px-7 py-6 rounded-xl border border-border-brand"><div class="text-[16px] font-semibold text-text-base">Amber Cone</div><div class="text-[13px] text-sage-600 mt-0.5 font-semibold">Vice President</div></div><div class="bg-[#f7faf8] px-7 py-6 rounded-xl border border-border-brand"><div class="text-[16px] font-semibold text-text-base">Ann Hobbs</div><div class="text-[13px] text-sage-600 mt-0.5 font-semibold">Treasurer</div></div><div class="bg-[#f7faf8] px-7 py-6 rounded-xl border border-border-brand"><div class="text-[16px] font-semibold text-text-base">Robert Erickson</div></div><div class="bg-[#f7faf8] px-7 py-6 rounded-xl border border-border-brand"><div class="text-[16px] font-semibold text-text-base">Kurt Lorenz</div></div><div class="bg-[#f7faf8] px-7 py-6 rounded-xl border border-border-brand"><div class="text-[16px] font-semibold text-text-base">Rebecca Wayman</div></div><div class="bg-[#f7faf8] px-7 py-6 rounded-xl border border-border-brand"><div class="text-[16px] font-semibold text-text-base">Robert Kelly</div></div></div></section><section class="anim-fade max-w-[1200px] mx-auto px-5 md:px-14 py-20"><div class="text-[11px] tracking-[0.16em] uppercase text-sage-600 font-bold mb-3">Our Story</div><h2 class="font-lora font-semibold text-forest-800 leading-[1.2]" style="font-size:clamp(24px, 3vw, 36px)">Thirty-six years rooted in the watershed</h2><div class="grid grid-cols-1 lg:grid-cols-[1.6fr_1fr] gap-16 mt-12 items-start"><div class="space-y-5"><p class="text-[16px] text-text-body leading-[1.85]">The Yuba Watershed Institute was born in 1990, at the height of the "timber wars" that swept across the American West. On the San Juan Ridge, between the Middle and South Yuba Rivers, neighbors began meeting to discuss threats to nearby Bureau of Land Management parcels. At the time, the BLM was considering selling off forest tracts based on their timber value â an approach that would have led to heavy logging and subdivision.</p><p class="text-[16px] text-text-body leading-[1.85]">Alarmed residents, including writer Gary Snyder and forest ecologist Don Harkin, rallied to protect these lands and met with BLM field manager Deane Swickard, who encouraged them to form a nonprofit. Within a year, the Yuba Watershed Institute was incorporated as a 501(c)(3).</p><p class="text-[16px] text-text-body leading-[1.85]">From the beginning, YWI embodied collaboration. In 1991 the group signed a cooperative agreement with BLM and the Timber Framers Guild to jointly manage nearly 2,000 acres of forest. They named the land the âInimim Forest, after the Nisenan word for ponderosa pine. Volunteers, scientists, and local schools soon joined forces to inventory wildlife, map vegetation, and draft the first community-written management plan for federal forestlands in the United States (1995).</p><p class="text-[16px] text-text-body leading-[1.85]">The Institute quickly became more than a forest watchdog. Members launched Tree Rings, a journal blending science, essays, poetry, and art; hosted public conferences on forest health; and created community traditions like the annual Fungus Foray, which continues to inspire curiosity about local ecology.</p><p class="text-[16px] text-text-body leading-[1.85]">Today, with more than thirty years of experience and broad public trust, YWI is leading efforts to prepare Sierra Nevada forests for the challenges of the 21st century: wildfire, drought, and climate change. From its beginnings around kitchen tables on the Ridge to its role as a regional leader in resilience planning, YWI continues to live up to its founding vision: to care for this watershed with both knowledge and love.</p></div><div class="bg-sage-100 px-10 py-9 rounded-2xl"><h3 class="font-lora text-[18px] text-forest-800 font-semibold mb-6">History at a Glance</h3><ul class="list-none flex flex-col"><li class="grid gap-4 py-3.5 border-b border-forest-800/10 text-[14px] leading-[1.55] last:border-b-0" style="grid-template-columns:52px 1fr"><span class="font-bold text-forest-800 text-[13px] pt-px">1990</span><span class="text-text-body">Local residents on San Juan Ridge organize; YWI is founded.</span></li><li class="grid gap-4 py-3.5 border-b border-forest-800/10 text-[14px] leading-[1.55] last:border-b-0" style="grid-template-columns:52px 1fr"><span class="font-bold text-forest-800 text-[13px] pt-px">1991</span><span class="text-text-body">Cooperative agreement with BLM creates the âInimim Forest (~2,000 acres).</span></li><li class="grid gap-4 py-3.5 border-b border-forest-800/10 text-[14px] leading-[1.55] last:border-b-0" style="grid-template-columns:52px 1fr"><span class="font-bold text-forest-800 text-[13px] pt-px">1995</span><span class="text-text-body">First âInimim Forest Management Plan published â first community-written federal forestland plan in the U.S.</span></li><li class="grid gap-4 py-3.5 border-b border-forest-800/10 text-[14px] leading-[1.55] last:border-b-0" style="grid-template-columns:52px 1fr"><span class="font-bold text-forest-800 text-[13px] pt-px">Late 1990s</span><span class="text-text-body">Ecological inventories map wildlife, old-growth stands, watershed conditions.</span></li><li class="grid gap-4 py-3.5 border-b border-forest-800/10 text-[14px] leading-[1.55] last:border-b-0" style="grid-template-columns:52px 1fr"><span class="font-bold text-forest-800 text-[13px] pt-px">2000</span><span class="text-text-body">Implementation plan guides thinning and restoration; first acres treated.</span></li><li class="grid gap-4 py-3.5 border-b border-forest-800/10 text-[14px] leading-[1.55] last:border-b-0" style="grid-template-columns:52px 1fr"><span class="font-bold text-forest-800 text-[13px] pt-px">2000s</span><span class="text-text-body">Launch of Tree Rings, art shows, and annual Fungus Foray.</span></li><li class="grid gap-4 py-3.5 border-b border-forest-800/10 text-[14px] leading-[1.55] last:border-b-0" style="grid-template-columns:52px 1fr"><span class="font-bold text-forest-800 text-[13px] pt-px">2010</span><span class="text-text-body">The Nature of this Place published, compiling YWI's first decades.</span></li><li class="grid gap-4 py-3.5 border-b border-forest-800/10 text-[14px] leading-[1.55] last:border-b-0" style="grid-template-columns:52px 1fr"><span class="font-bold text-forest-800 text-[13px] pt-px">2017â2018</span><span class="text-text-body">New inventories and draft revised management plan completed.</span></li><li class="grid gap-4 py-3.5 border-b border-forest-800/10 text-[14px] leading-[1.55] last:border-b-0" style="grid-template-columns:52px 1fr"><span class="font-bold text-forest-800 text-[13px] pt-px">2018âpresent</span><span class="text-text-body">More than 900 acres treated; major funding secured for wildfire resilience.</span></li></ul></div></div></section></div><!--$--><!--/$--></main><section class="bg-forest-800 px-8 py-20 flex items-center justify-between gap-8 rounded-3xl mx-8 mb-12 flex-col sm:flex-row md:mx-8"><div><h2 class="font-lora text-[30px] text-white font-semibold max-w-[480px] leading-[1.3]">Support our work</h2><p class="text-[16px] text-white/70 mt-2.5">Your donation sustains forest health and watershed stewardship for future generations.</p></div><a class="bg-white text-forest-800 px-7 py-3.5 text-sm font-bold no-underline rounded-xl whitespace-nowrap shrink-0 hover:opacity-90 transition-opacity" href="/get-involved#donate">Donate Now</a></section><footer><div class="bg-forest-900 px-5 md:px-14 py-12 grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-[1.4fr_1fr_1fr] gap-12"><div><a class="flex items-center gap-2.5 no-underline mb-3.5" href="/"><img alt="Yuba Watershed Institute logo" loading="lazy" width="32" height="32" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="object-contain" style="color:transparent" srcSet="/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Flogo-white.png&w=32&q=75 1x, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Flogo-white.png&w=64&q=75 2x" src="/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Flogo-white.png&w=64&q=75"/><span class="font-lora text-[15px] text-white">
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