Craig Thomas of the Sierra Forest Legacy will give a presentation on conservation strategies for national forests on Nov. 13.

He will speak about fire ecology, sustainable forest practices and future plans for the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit. Thomas has been intimately involved in the protection and restoration of the forests of the Sierra Nevada for more than 25 years and continues working to find solutions to the threats facing Sierra Nevada forests and communities today.

This Tahoe Areas Sierra Club meeting is at Unity at the Lake, 1195 Rufus Allen Blvd., South Lake Tahoe at 7pm.