This winter has certainly been one for the memory books, but what about the record books? With all of the rain we’ve received over the last few weeks, multiple questions have been coming up. Just how big is this storm compared to prior wet years? Is this a “drought buster”? What […]
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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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We’re so excited to be participating in this event again this year! Make sure you get your tickets for the run or just join us at the festival for a beautiful day on the Woolman campus.
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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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Jeff Jenkins, an all-star volunteer for SSI and a graduate of the 2016 Cal Naturalists class, has landed a new position as Fish & Wildlife Scientific Aid with the California Department of Water Resources. He will be working in the northern area of the Delta collecting field data for many […]
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Over the past several years Sierra Streams Institute has been monitoring salmon and steelhead populations in Deer Creek, a tributary to the lower Yuba River located less than a mile downstream of Englebright Dam. Deer Creek provides spawning and potential natal and non-natal rearing habitat for Chinook salmon and steelhead […]
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Chorus frogs (Pseudacris sierra) Sometimes they’re called tree frogs, but even though they are capable climbers, due to having somewhat enlarged toe pads, they do not frequent trees. Identifying features: Black or dark brown horizontal stripes extend from snout, through eyes, to shoulders, toe pads, webbed hind feet, coloration varies: […]
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Ringtail (Bassariscus astutus) Also known as: ring-tailed cat, miner’s cat, ring-tailed raccoon Identifying features: Long white and black striped fur tail, large eyes surrounded by white rings of fur, short legs, large rounded ears, and long tan/orange/grayish body. Closest relative: Raccoon (Procyon lotor) By Chloe Tremper Three out of five […]
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Sierra Streams Institute has received a grant from Sierra Nevada Conservancy’s Proposition 1 funds to implement the Hirschman’s Pond Forest Health Project. The goals of this project are to improve forest health by reducing dense overstocked trees and invasive plants, to help prevent catastrophic wildfire and impacts to water quality […]
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