AmeriCorps is a national program that places thousands of young adults each year into intensive service positions where they learn valuable work skills, earn money for education, and develop an appreciation for citizenship. Since the program’s founding in 1994, more than 1 million AmeriCorps members have contributed more than 1.4 billion hours in service […]
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TONIGHT! Tuesday, March 14, 2017 6:00-7:30 PM Featuring SSI’s Katy Janes, Joanne Hild, and Dr. Peggy Reynold @ Sierra College Multipurpose Center N12, 250 Sierra College Drive, Grass Valley
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Ringtail (Bassariscus astutus) Also known as: ring-tailed cat, miner’s cat, ring-tailed raccoon Identifying features: Long white and black striped fur tail, large eyes surrounded by white rings of fur, short legs, large rounded ears, and long tan/orange/grayish body. Closest relative: Raccoon (Procyon lotor) By Chloe Tremper Three out of five […]
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California has been experiencing one of its wettest water years in recent history. After four years of record breaking drought conditions, reservoirs throughout the state are nearing capacity or full due to the recent precipitation. In particular, storms at the beginning of January resulted in considerable runoff and caused widespread […]
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The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, held each year on the third Monday in January, is the only federal holiday observed as a national day of service – a “day on, not a day off.” This year, fifteen volunteers joined Sierra Streams Institute’s staff to clear about 1.5 […]
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Showing up at five or six o’clock in the morning, every single month for at least one week, sometimes two, for sixteen years. That’s commitment. This month, Harlow Rothert “retired” from his longtime role as volunteer coordinator for SSI’s water quality monitoring program. On February 2nd, more than 60 volunteer […]
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Greetings River Enthusiast! Please join us March 2nd from 6-8pm at the SSI office to review and learn the SSI stream monitoring protocols. We are encouraging all current, future or just interested monitors to join us so we can assure all data collection is being done with the highest quality […]
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With the new year upon us, the Sierra Streams Education Program wanted to take the time to reflect on what an amazing year we had in 2016 with the students of Nevada County. We love to keep our members up-to-date on all of the exciting science projects that students have […]
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Thanks to a grant from the Volgenau Foundation, Sierra Streams Institute’s scientific and cultural collaboration with the Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribe will continue in 2017. Last year’s Gathering Garden project restored native vegetation to Nisenan ancestral lands and helped connect the local non-Indian community to the ecological and cultural […]
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Sierra Streams Institute has received a grant from Sierra Nevada Conservancy’s Proposition 1 funds to implement the Hirschman’s Pond Forest Health Project. The goals of this project are to improve forest health by reducing dense overstocked trees and invasive plants, to help prevent catastrophic wildfire and impacts to water quality […]
Read More >Many people helped us in many ways in 2016. Our heartfelt thanks to these generous donors, whose financial and in-kind contributions made such a difference for our organization, our community and our watershed. Anonymous // Jeff Adams and Kathy Boyer // Chris Alford // Phil and Joni Anderson // […]
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