After four months as a Field Technician with us, Becca has officially entered her new role as our Citizen Science and Outreach Coordinator! In her new role, she will be working hard to develop our Environmental Center, coordinate with volunteers and be the smiling face at outreach events. Becca spent […]
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In the spring, Lang and Indra Waters can be found crawling around creeks looking for Sierra Newts during their mating season. This father-son duo has made a family tradition of exploring their surroundings, learning about all of the woodland critters around them. On hiking and camping trips, Lang’s father infected […]
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The first annual Know Your Watershed Week, April 28 -May 6, 2018, will celebrate the Yuba, Bear and American River watersheds with many activities including school programs, hikes, restoration activities, bioblitzes, poetry, a run, and more throughout the three watersheds. April 28th Event Timeline 13075 Woolman Lane, Nevada City, CA 95959 8:00 am: Race Registration Opens […]
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Tuesday, April 17th, Science Speakers Series Ryan Bart, Postdoctoral Researcher at UC Merced, “Water Supply and the Sierra Nevada: Why Vegetation Matters!” 6:00–6:30 pm Refreshments 6:30-7:30 pm Presentation Sierra College Multipurpose Center N12 250 Sierra College Dr., Grass Valley Wednesday, April 18th, Scotch Broom Pull Scotch Broom Pull April 18th 9 AM – […]
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Samantha Vigil is always on the go! She loves to try new things and is always looking for activities to try. This is certainly clear when you look at her accomplishments. As she pursues her bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies at Sacramento State, she works as a scientific aid for the […]
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Over the past few months, Sierra Streams Institute has been working with a team of volunteers on a fuels reduction project at Nevada City’s Hirschman’s Pond. If you were recently walking on the trails at Hirschman’s Pond, you may have seen yellow flagging amidst the trees and heard the sound […]
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Bear Yuba Land Trust (BYLT) honored Joanne Hild, Sierra Streams Institute’s Executive Director, with the William “Bill” Nickerl Award for Conservation Leadership Award. The award presentation will take place Thursday, March 22nd at this year’s Oak Tree Ball, a fundraiser for the Bear Yuba Land Trust. We hope you can join […]
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Cathy Donnellan is always doing something and never stands still! ‘Sometimes on the crazy side’ is a phrase her family and friends use to describe her because she is constantly pursuing new paths. Her most recent pursuit brought her to volunteer in the Benthic Macroinvertebrate (BMI) Lab helping to count and identify […]
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Allie and Emily served their first day as AmeriCorps members at Sierra Streams Institute on September 23rd! They are excited to get to know our amazing network of supporters and volunteers so, they figured they would start with a brief introduction: Allison Hacker has a well rounded background in biology, […]
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PLEASE NOTE: This post has been updated to reflect the change from a raffle to an opportunity drawing. During the first weekend in October, when 44 studios open their doors across Nevada County for the Fall Colors Open Studios Art Tour, artist Lisa Redfern will be showing a range of […]
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A Community Update Submitted by Denise Della Santina Since 2010, Sierra Streams Institute (SSI) has monitored flora and fauna and completed stewardship work at Hirschman’s Pond. In 2015, SSI collected and compiled scientific data about the habitat and organisms living there to write the Hirschman’s Pond Land Management Plan as […]
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As we walked out into Ellis Meadow, the only thing we could hear was the hum of hundreds of buzzing bees. The bees, however, were not the reason we had bushwhacked up 1,700 feet of elevation and utilized our best orienteering skills to reach this meadow. Our real objective: assessing […]
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Jeff Jenkins, an all-star volunteer for SSI and a graduate of the 2016 Cal Naturalists class, has landed a new position as Fish & Wildlife Scientific Aid with the California Department of Water Resources. He will be working in the northern area of the Delta collecting field data for many […]
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Over the past several years Sierra Streams Institute has been monitoring salmon and steelhead populations in Deer Creek, a tributary to the lower Yuba River located less than a mile downstream of Englebright Dam. Deer Creek provides spawning and potential natal and non-natal rearing habitat for Chinook salmon and steelhead […]
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Ms. Kara Hellige U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 1325 J Street, Room 1350 Sacramento, CA 95814-2922 Re: Comments on the Notice of Intent to Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Centennial Reservoir Project Dear Ms. Hellige: The following comments are submitted on behalf of Sierra Streams Institute regarding […]
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CALLING ALL CITIZEN SCIENTISTS: We have started a new project on iNaturalist.org that needs your help! If you find yourself within one mile of the Bear River, along the stretch between the Combie and Rollins Reservoirs, please submit photos of any organisms (plants, animals, fungi, etc.) you see in the […]
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After a long, wet winter, spring is finally upon us (or at least just around the corner). So we are especially happy to announce the completion of the Providence Mine Spur Trail – just in time for hiking season! The spur trail project adds approximately 700 feet of trail, extending […]
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Chorus frogs (Pseudacris sierra) Sometimes they’re called tree frogs, but even though they are capable climbers, due to having somewhat enlarged toe pads, they do not frequent trees. Identifying features: Black or dark brown horizontal stripes extend from snout, through eyes, to shoulders, toe pads, webbed hind feet, coloration varies: […]
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On February 21, Kelly Santos, an Education Program Director at the Sierra Streams Institute, presented the first of this spring’s Sierra Science Speakers Series presentations. This is a free science seminar series put on by the Sierra Streams Institute and Sierra College Nevada County Campus that focuses on local and regional environmental […]
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