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People & Forests

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  People & Forests Story Map Read and interact with our most recent story map. Learn how we advanced our mission through forest related projects and programs in 2017. Impact infographics to follow in the next few weeks. We’re busy as ever to promoting healthy and sustainable forests and watersheds by investing in the well-being […]

By Sierra Institute Blogs February 5, 2018

Water is for Everyone: More to Come

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In last week’s Spotlight on the Disadvantaged Community Involvement (DACI) Program, I wrote about community identification and mapping.  This is the last entry in the DACI Spotlight series. Last week Team DAC had planned to visit the Yosemite-Mariposa Regional Water Management Group (RWMG), where we were going to review the community mapping exercise.  Our plans […]

By Sierra Institute Blogs January 29, 2018

Water is for Everyone: Community Mapping

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In last week’s Spotlight on the Disadvantaged Community Involvement (DACI) Program, I told you about the DACI grant supporting disadvantaged communities in Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM).  This week, I’m going to get into the specifics of our first project: community identification and mapping. Before we can reach out to disadvantaged communities to engage them […]

By Sierra Institute Blogs January 22, 2018

Water is for Everyone: Disadvantaged Communities Involvement Program

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Happy Friday, Lauren here with this week’s installment of Spotlight on the Disadvantaged Community Involvement (DACI) Program.  Last week I wrote about Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) and environmental justice to provide a little background on the “why” of the DACI Program.  This week, I’m going to tell you more about the program itself. Integrated […]

By Sierra Institute Blogs January 12, 2018

Pond and plug tour of the eastern Plumas National Forest

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Hello and Happy New Year! Way back in December of 2017 I was fortunate enough to head out to the northeastern corner of the Plumas National Forest to tour a number of pond and plug projects developed by the Feather River Coordinated Resource Management. Pond and plug is a means of restoring meadow complexes with […]

By Sierra Institute Blogs January 11, 2018

P-CREW Alumni Reunion

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P-CREW Reunion 2017 was a fresh wave of air as P-CREW undergoes preparations for program expansion to 4 crews in 2018. Alumni are the heart of the program and continue to positively influence the future of P-CREW. On the first evening in the hostel, the group sat around the main living area of our bunk […]

By Sierra Institute Blogs January 10, 2018

Water is for Everyone: An Introduction

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Hello, my name is Lauren Burton and I am a Social Science Assistant at Sierra Institute and one half of the Laurens working on a new project called the Disadvantaged Community Involvement Program.  I am excited to share this project with you over the next few weeks in this month’s Spotlight.  This week I’m kicking […]

By Sierra Institute Blogs January 6, 2018

Storymap: Fire, Forests & the Future of Rural Communities

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Click here to view Fire, Forests & the Future of Rural Communities The Sierra Institute recently released a storymap depicting our biomass projects. The story makes the case for biomass utilization by providing a background on wildfire, tree mortality, active forest management, mill closures, and rural economies today. The story ends with a description of […]

By Sierra Institute Blogs December 12, 2017
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