California's historic drought has taken its toll on millions of trees in the Sierra Mountain Range. The recent rainfall cannot save the estimated 100+ million pine, fir and other soft-wood trees, weakened by the prolonged lack of water, that have succumbed to the native bark beetle that has infested them. With the knowledge that more trees will die in the upcoming years, what more can be done with
all this valuable timber? Our goal is to transform 25 million trees into educational opportunities in the region, and quality products for people and programs, worldwide. Our partners are schools (public and private, traditional and charters), world-class artists, and wood-working artisans. Forest Innovations is the newest initiative under the newly-formed California nonprofit corporation Community Services 2050 (California corporation C3967892). The Community Services 2050 mission is simple... to ensure that California remains a vibrant, sustainable state for the next generation. We have collected and mapped data that indicates that a growing portion of California is functionally and structurally unsound, and in decline. These regions large and spreading, cannot contribute to that statewide vision. A healthy California cannot existing with so much of it (geographically) in decline, and without viable solutions on the horizon.
