Jeff Lauder

This summer SSI staff and volunteers took to the lower Deer Creek Watershed to investigate nutrients, namely nitrates and phosphates. Nutrients are essential for life in a creek, but in excess, they can lead to overgrowth of algae and low-oxygen conditions (read more about how that happens here; scroll down […]

If you’ve been out wandering under the oaks in the last few weeks and looked up, you may have noticed tree branches sagging with the weight of huge crops of acorns. Or perhaps now you’re cleaning them up in your yard! But what gives? Why and how do these “bumper […]

The Yuba Watershed Institute’s forest treatment project, the Little Deer Creek Landscape Resilience Project, plays a crucial role in safeguarding the local community from the growing threat of wildfires. By managing forest density and removing excess fuels, the project aims to reduce the likelihood of catastrophic fires in the densely […]

Researchers, led by Emma Walker, at Sierra Streams Institute’s Benthic Macroinvertebrates (BMI) lab recently started working on a new scientific paper after successfully presenting their preliminary findings at the Sierra Nevada Science Symposium. The paper focuses on the impact of water flow on stream bug communities and relies on extensive […]

Crew members working on the Woolman School prescribed burn as part of the The Sierra Foothill Forest Climate Resilience Project (SFFCRP). Photo Credit: Matt Berry On May 18th at the Woolman Outdoor School Campus, also known as the “Sierra Friends Center”, Sierra Streams Institute (SSI) coordinated a prescribed burn on […]

Faucherie Dam, Photo Credit: Nevada Irrigation District As you may have heard, this last winter was a rough one for some of Pacific Gas and Electric’s infrastructure, and the Nevada Irrigation District has had to scramble to continue getting water to their customers. You can read more about the details […]