Sierra Institute Blogs
Forest Products for Forest Communities
We began this week with the first snowfall of the season gently blanketing the mountainside beyond Taylorsville. This first glimpse of winter symbolizes the march of time in what has […]
Economic Development and Workforce Solutions – Sierra Forest Entrepreneurs
By Addie Wright and Lauren Redmore For rural forested areas across Northern California, economic development initiatives can sometimes be at odds with the environmental and social needs of local communities. […]
SCALE and The Evolving Impacts of Wildfire
In the Winter of 2020, the Sierra Institute conducted a series of interviews in preparation for our SCALE meeting, in which we aimed to gain perspective from our stakeholders regarding […]
How Has the Dixie Fire Affected Sierra Institute’s Work?
By Kyle Rodgers and Noah Abramson The Dixie Fire burned hot through several communities, reducing homes, businesses, and everything in between to piles of burned rubble. It is hard to […]
RISE-ing Up To The Challenge
By Lauren Redmore and Zoe Watson The timber industry decline that led to mill closures in the 1990s left many rural forested communities in California without an economic base, driving […]
Youth Support Wildland Urban Interface Fuels Reduction Efforts in Butterfly Valley
Last summer, in 2020, the Sierra Institute for Community & Environment youth crew, Plumas Conservation Restoration and Education in Watersheds (P-CREW) worked in Butterfly Valley, CA. This 500-acre valley is […]
Earth Day Reflections by Spencer Lachman
To me, Earth Day is an opportunity to reflect on our individual relationships to global systems. The adage goes, “Think globally and act locally”, suggesting we should consider the broader […]
Native Plant Propagation: A New Collaborative and a Novice Horticulturist
I’ve never thought of myself as a gardener and especially not as a native plant horticulturist; however, as I came in as an Americorps Volunteer with the Sierra Institute this […]
Who Cares about Forest Roads?
By Virginia Pritchard Virginia started working at the Sierra Institute in the Fall of 2020 as a Collaborative Forestry Management Apprentice and will be working on West Lassen Headwaters Infrastructure […]