“Death was everywhere, with life being the usual exception.” -Ulf Danielson, The World Itself.  That is my favorite quote from any book and I feel it matters to point out because that is how I fe...Read More

The year is 1976 and a graduate student is crouching by Mono Lake, a saline lake in the eastern Sierra Nevada mountain range. He is curious about this salt lake ecosystem that has water three times sa...Read More

Dry Creek Dam Removal Restoration Planting, November 2024 Just as the first major atmospheric river system of the new water year landed in northern California, SSI joined with intrepid volunteers to p...Read More

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 c...Read More

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 c...Read More

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 w...Read More

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 f...Read More

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 Sc...Read More

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 Distric...Read More

Sierra Streams Institute is excited to announce we are working and collaborating with Bear Yuba Land Trust on their Garden Bar Preserve Wetland Restoration and Riparian Enhancement Project which was a...Read More