Sierra Streams Institute is expanding our office and taking over the entire second floor of our building. We are really excited to move into this space as it has gotten a little tight in our current o...Read More

My name is Lucas. I am a sophomore in high school and an intern in the BMI lab at Sierra Streams Institute, and my goal in life is to try my best to be a good human who helps others. My favorite color...Read More

The Summer Solstice is an astronomical event during which the Sun reaches its maximum Northern exposure in the Northern hemisphere (i.e. this is the farthest North the sun gets all year!). The Solstic...Read More

Credit for writing: Chris Cade Sierra Streams Institute welcomes people from all walks of life, and some return not only to the landscape, but to a deeper part of themselves. Missa is one of those vol...Read More

Sierra Streams Institute (SSI) opens the doors to anyone and everyone. We strive to create a space where anybody can participate in our community science programs, to allow locals to actively do scien...Read More

Welcome back to Meet the SSI Monitoring Sites. In the third iteration of this series, we’ll look at a few sites in tandem. While each of these locations has its own unique characteristics, they share ...Read More

In 2001, Julie Herrlinger moved into her 60-acre forest refuge along Deer Creek. Nearly as soon as she finished unpacking, the first call she made was to her local watershed organization, Friends of D...Read More

Welcome back to Part Two of our “Meet the SSI Monitoring Sites” series! While Sierra Stream Institute’s historic roots are in the Deer Creek watershed, in 2016 we expanded to include monitoring,...Read More

Hello! My name is Alan. Ever since I was a very small boy I have always adored the way the wind rustled the grass, how the birds sang atop their conifers, the fresh fallen Sierra snows crunching benea...Read More

Dry Creek Dam Removal Restoration Planting, November 2024 Just as the first major atmospheric river system of the new water year landed in northern California, SSI joined with intrepid volunteers to p...Read More