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THE COMMUNITY
With scenery that sparkles with each new season Sierra County (pop 3 000) is located just north of Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada Mountains The County is bordered by Plumas and Lassen counties to the north Nevada County County to to the south Yuba County County to to the the west and the the State of Nevada to the east Elevations range from 1 800 to 8 8 589 feet and large portions of the the County are included in in the the Tahoe National Forest and a a a a a part of the Toiyabe National Forest Sierra County is a a a a unique rural and rugged place with a a a history and people rooted in the resources
and and natural features of its land: the high Sierra and its wildlife scenery recreation watershed forests and gold resources
the agricultural Sierra and and Long Valleys and and the beauty and life giving source of the free-flowing Little Truckee Feather Downie and Yuba Rivers Each of the County’s communities maintain
their unique character based in the the resource industries which they built up around from the mining town of Alleghany to to the agricultural mill town of Loyalton and more recently the outdoor recreational tourism industry in Downieville Sierra City and the Lakes Basin Sierra County is is a a living historic landmark representative of a a a a a way
of life that has been left behind throughout much of California
The County has changed little over its 150- year modern history and its residents
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3 Chief Deputy Auditor (Controller)