Written by Jessica Herrmann We’re well known for our river monitoring of Deer Creek and Bear River, but this year we’ve been busy. I am REAL busy expanding our monitoring sites all over No...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

“Death was everywhere, with life being the usual exception.” -Ulf Danielson, The World Itself.  That is my favorite quote from any book and I feel it matters to point out because that is how I fe...Read More

The year is 1976 and a graduate student is crouching by Mono Lake, a saline lake in the eastern Sierra Nevada mountain range. He is curious about this salt lake ecosystem that has water three times sa...Read More

Do you live in the Sierra Foothills? Do you love our beautiful watershed–the Yuba and Bear rivers and all of the wonderful tributaries that flow out of the mountains in Nevada County? Do you wan...Read More

Summer sampling by the numbers: Summer Water Quality Summary: Between June and August, we collected water quality data from 12 sites in the Deer Creek watershed and 10 sites in the Bear River watershe...Read More

Over the last twenty years, Sierra Streams Institute’s water quality monitoring program has used citizen science to assess the health of the Deer Creek Watershed and engage community members in their ...Read More

When: January 8, from 10AM- 12PM, rain delay date January 9 Where: Pioneer Park Picnic Area (See map below) Questions or for more information contact Emma Walker, River Scientist, emma@sierrastreamsin...Read More

Background and History: The Bear River, flowing from its headwaters to the confluence with the Feather River, spans 73 miles. Its waters are heavily managed through dams and diversions. Though it is o...Read More

Saturday, October 23, 3-6PM More than one year after losing our office and laboratory to the Jones Bar Fire, Sierra Streams Institute (SSI) has a new place to call “home” again. We want to...Read More