It’s been a little while since we touched base on our journey through the principles of sound science, but we’re back! Today’s topic is one near and dear to me, and is based on a phrase most people ha...Read More

This week we celebrate Juneteenth, commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger ordered the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation ...Read More

To scientists, data is everything. By collecting and interpreting data, scientist are able to draw logical inferences for their research. Sometimes data needs to be collected over a long period of tim...Read More

May has been an exciting and busy month at Sierra Streams Institute! In addition to celebrating our 30th anniversary at Sierra Streams Fest, we also celebrated the graduation of the eighth cohort of C...Read More

This past Saturday we got to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Sierra Streams Institute with a hands on science and art festival, Sierra Streams Fest. Our fundraising team had been working on organizi...Read More

Written by Mali Valerio and Helen Fitanides Earlier this year, we sent out a community survey asking for your responses, thoughts, and opinions on our new and more humane method of collecting benthic ...Read More

My name is Laney Smith and I am a 22 year old BMI Lab Technician at Sierra Streams Institute, and recent college graduate as of December, 2025. Originally from Ohio, I have had the unique opportunity ...Read More

At the beginning of April I drove across the Central Valley, over the Sierra Crest, through the Great Basin, across salt flats and desert mesas, and finally over the great continental divide of the Ro...Read More