Sierra Streams Institute is excited to undertake a new restoration project to supplement, improve and maintain salmonid habitat along a portion of Dry Creek within Beale Air Force Base located near Spenceville Wildlife Area. This is an exciting new project for SSI because all programs have an opportunity to work […]
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As we reach the first anniversary of the Jones Fire, there is a lot to reflect on both the landscape and organization. Much like a forest is renewed by low severity while simultaneously being forever changed by high severity fire, by losing our office to the blaze, we were given […]
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Sierra Streams Institute (SSI) is excited to announce we have begun work, in partnership with the Yuba Watershed Institute (YWI), on the Little Deer Creek Landscape Resilience Project. This Sierra Nevada Conservancy-funded project is located on 260 acres of public and private land in the Little Deer Creek watershed about […]
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Amidst a growing risk of wildfires in our area, many community members and land managers have recently focused on the need for fuels reduction projects to compensate for over one hundred years of fire suppression policies in California. But what does fuels reduction actually look like in practice? Had you […]
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Each spring and fall, Sierra Streams in partnership with Sierra College puts on the Science Speaker Series the second Tuesday of each month. The talks focus science happening in the Sierra Foothills and Sierra Nevada range. Drought, Tree Mortality, and Wildfire in Sierra Nevada forests: Using Lessons from the Past […]
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Meet Hailey Wilson! Hailey Wilson is an enthusiastic ten-year old with a deep passion for laughter and learning. I thought it was so important to highlight Hailey in this series because she’s downright inspiring. She’s full of silliness, energy and a love of the natural world that is contagious. We […]
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Earlier this year, our AmeriCorps members set up wildlife cameras at a site in the Deer Creek watershed. We were overjoyed with what we got back. We hope you enjoy these photos as much as we have! A Great Blue Heron taking […]
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Each spring and fall, Sierra Streams in partnership with Sierra College puts on the Science Speaker Series the second Tuesday of each month. The talks focus science happening in the Sierra Foothills and Sierra Nevada range. Impact of a Warmer and Drier Future: Rangeland Ecosystems and Ecosystem Services Between 2012 […]
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AmeriCorps Week 2019 (March 10-16, 2019) is a celebration of all things AmeriCorps – from the programs and organizations that make this national service initiative possible in thousands of locations, to the members who have pledged to “Get Things Done” since the program’s inception in 1994. During this year’s AmeriCorps […]
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Each summer, Sierra Streams hosts about four interns for the summer field season. Interns can expect to monitor wildlife, monitor water quality, collect benthic macro invertebrates (BMI), collect algae samples, process samples and more! Days are spent crawling in the most beautiful streams in Nevada County collecting data that informs […]
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A summer internship with Sierra Streams meant more to Jenny Hakala then just gaining experience in the field; it was an opportunity to explore the hidden corners of her home, Nevada County, and all of the beauty. After graduating from Nevada Union in 2013, Jenny started general education courses at […]
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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