The Sierra Nevada forests face unprecedented challenges in the coming years including forest fires increasing in size and intensity, bark beetle impacts, and shifts in precipitation and temperature patterns. The goal of Rachel’s project is to provide reforestation practitioners with increased knowledge about targeted seed sourcing based on desired traits. To achieve this goal, Rachel and the CA Climate Hub created a simple survey for restoration practitioners to examine their critical reforestation objectives. These objectives will then be connected to the ecosystem functions the forests perform and consequently specific desired traits within economically and foundationally important species. Through this internship with the CA Climate Hub, Rachel hopes to better connect researchers and reforestation practitioners with actionable insights about resiliency in Sierra Nevada forests in the face of climate change.