In these interesting times of politicization of science, we’ve decided we can’t sit idly by, taking a quiet backseat to public discourse as we often do at SSI, but instead speak up against what we see...Read More

Our waterways are relied upon to support our California communities in a myriad of ways including supporting wildlife, providing drinking water, agricultural production, and supporting industry. Calif...Read More

At this time of year, we love to look both back and forward, reflecting on highlights and accomplishments in 2025, and setting our sites on what we’ll be working on in 2026. Some of last year’s achiev...Read More

You have already heard us say this in a recent blog post, but here we will say it again: science and expertise are under attack. That is not an alarmist statement, and it is probably one that you all ...Read More

2025 was a year of change, as you all know. We saw changes in administration, environmental protections, and funding for scientific and educational work for many in the field and also here at SSI. As ...Read More

For the past week or so, Nevada County residents at different elevations may have been experiencing very different weather. If you’ve driven up or down the hill recently, you may have been surpr...Read More

The Summer Solstice is an astronomical event during which the Sun reaches its maximum Northern exposure in the Northern hemisphere (i.e. this is the farthest North the sun gets all year!). The Solstic...Read More

Welcome back to Part Two of our “Meet the SSI Monitoring Sites” series! While Sierra Stream Institute’s historic roots are in the Deer Creek watershed, in 2016 we expanded to include monitoring,...Read More

Hello! My name is Alan. Ever since I was a very small boy I have always adored the way the wind rustled the grass, how the birds sang atop their conifers, the fresh fallen Sierra snows crunching benea...Read More

From the headwaters to its confluence with the Yuba River, volunteers at Sierra Streams Institute (SSI) monitor 11 sites in the Deer Creek watershed every three months. In this blog series, we hope to...Read More