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Mass Timber and Other Innovative Wood Products in California

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Mass Timber Report

NEW! Read the Full Mass Timber Report Here A study of barriers and potential solutions to grow the state’s sustainable wood products sector

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Sierra Forest Entrepreneurs Program

Local forest businesses are critical infrastructure for the forest restoration economy and are in need to retooling and reinvestment to ensure they can meet...

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Maidu Forest Parcel Forest Resiliency Project

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Sierra to California All-Lands Enhancement (SCALE)

Collaborative groups working on landscape-scale forest restoration and community improvement across California

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WEST SHORE COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PROTECTION PROJECT

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Community Build

Sierra Institute will help communities manage local forests and create forest-related businesses throughout the Sierra.

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Promoting healthy and sustainable forests and watersheds by investing in the well being of rural communities and strengthening their participation in natural resource decision making and programs.

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Mass Timber and Other Innovative Wood Products in California Report

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Fire, Forests & the Future of Rural Communities

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Learn more about the process and findings of our Watershed Program Study

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Paying For Forest Health: Improving the Economics of Forest Restoration and Biomass Power in California

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Still looking for that perfect summer position? W

Still looking for that perfect summer position?

Want to get out of the office?

Apply today to spend a season on a skilled botany team in Lassen Volcanic National Park working on various projects to advance landscape restoration through invasive plant management and native plant protection.

This is your opportunity to spend a summer becoming deeply familiar with one of California's most unique National Parks.

Learn more at: https://sierrainstitute.us/about/jobs/

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We hope Earth day inspired you to get outdoors! Sp

We hope Earth day inspired you to get outdoors! Spring has sprung, go enjoy it!

NEW POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Wildlife Technician

NEW POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Wildlife Technician

Check out the awesome paper "Montane Meadows: A So

Check out the awesome paper "Montane Meadows: A Soil Carbon Sink or Source?" to learn about the carbon sequestration ability of Sierra Nevada Meadows. Huge thanks to all the contributing authors, including Jim Wilcox, the Executive Director of Plumas Corporation. #plumascorp

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For more information pleas email: jobs@sierrainsti

For more information pleas email: jobs@sierrainstitute.us or call our office at 530.284.1022.

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Sierra Institute's Wilderness Trail Crew will spend a portion of the 2022 field season contributing to the stewardship of the Ishi Wilderness.

The Ishi Wilderness covers more than 40,000 acres of rugged basaltic canyons sculpted by hydrologic and aeolian forces into twisted butte, mesas, and towers. The Ishi Wilderness is not easy to comprehend. Neither its scale, nor ecological complexity, nor management designation can be defined simply - it exists in the ecotone between foothill woodland and midmountain mixed-conifer forests and the limbo between wild and tamed. This landscape presents a broad mixture of trees and shrubs, ample ground cover, and a rich assemblage of animal life, but it lacks the beings who stewarded the land for over three thousand years: humans. It is part of the ancestral homelands of the Yahi Yana peoples and named for the one of the last members of this group to occupy the area following Euro-American settlement of the region. Today it is a lightly visited Wilderness area featuring miles of trail, some of which were originally Yahi Yana pathways, and boundless opportunities for solitude.

We are still hiring for the 2022 season - APPLY TODAY!

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Let's celebrate Earth Month! This month we encour

Let's celebrate Earth Month! This month we encourage all to get outdoors and enjoy the beautiful places we live!

Women's History Month - Local Inspiration Dr. Gin

Women's History Month - Local Inspiration
Dr. Gina Johnston is a retired professor of Limnology and Environmental Sciences from California State University, Chico. Her area of expertise is the chemistry and biology of aquatic systems. She conducted water quality investigations for Paradise Irrigation District at Paradise and Magalia Reservoirs from 1974 – 2008. She has been conducting water quality investigations at Lake Almanor since 2009. Her advice to future women in science is to realize that education is a lifelong goal. There is always another question to explore and something more to learn. That’s why science is so exciting.

Thanks Gina! Your work inspires us and we hope it inspires others as well!

Women in History: Staff Highlight - Bethany (Junco

Women in History: Staff Highlight - Bethany (Junco) Woolsey

We are thrilled to announce that Bethany (Junco) Woolsey will be returning to Sierra Institute this summer to serve as the Assistant Crew Leader for our Wilderness Fuels Module Crew.

From crosscut felling to prescribed burning, Junco has diverse experience in restoration implementation techniques. Her unique combination of skills allows her to carry forward historical means of landscape stewardship to advance forest health in the 21st century. Her passion for conservation is coupled with exceptional leadership and mentorship qualities that will help foster the next generation of landscape stewards.

The Sierra Institute team is honored to work with talented individuals such as Junco on our variety of field crews.
Inspired? Join our team today!

Stay tuned for more staff highlights!