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Little Deer Creek Landscape Resilience Project

Sierra Streams Institute (SSI) is excited to announce we have begun work, in partnership with the Yuba

Watershed Institute (YWI), on the Little Deer Creek Landscape Resilience Project. This Sierra Nevada

Conservancy-funded project is located on 260 acres of public and private land in the Little Deer Creek

watershed about 0.5 miles southeast of Nevada City on the Northern Flanks of Banner Mountain.

Project work will take place on public lands managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

and nearby private lands held under conservation easement or fee title by the Bear Yuba Land Trust

(BYLT). The purpose of this project is to complete necessary planning documents prior to

implementation of forest treatments to improve resilience. SSI will be leading the development of a

forest management plan that addresses the mixed needs of the community, including fire resilience,

drought resilience, and maintaining a healthy and ecologically robust forest community. Additional

partners include the Nevada Irrigation District and City of Nevada City. We are excited to support YWI’s

important forest health work in our community, and look forward to sharing updates on forest health

surveys in the area as they are completed.

 

For more information about the project please contact Jeff Lauder, SSI Ecologist, at jeff@sierrastreamsinstitute.org.