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 […]
Read More >Community
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 […]
Read More >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
Read More >
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 […]
Read More >
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 […]
Read More >
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 […]
Read More >
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 […]
Read More >
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 […]
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 // […]
Read More >