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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 Assessment and Watershed Improvement Project. She graduated from Oregon State University in 2016 with a dual B.S. in Environmental Science and Microbiology with a Chemistry […]

By Sierra Institute Blogs February 16, 2021

First steps in managing an invasive aquatic pathogen in the Feather River Basin

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I arrived at Indian Valley in January this year for a year-long fellowship developed through a partnership between the Sierra Institute for Community and Environment and the Feather River Chapter of Trout Unlimited. One major component of the project and, admittedly, the one which first captured my attention, is an aquatic survey and the formulation […]

By Laurel Sacco April 17, 2019

Watershed Program Study officially released by the California Department of Conservation

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The final report can be found here. Watershed coordinators are key to watershed health.  In fact, they have generated seven times the funds state agencies have invested in them. Those are among the findings of an in-depth report two years in the making by Sierra Institute for Community and Environment. “Wading through the Watershed Program” […]

By Moorea Stout February 28, 2019

Attending the International Symposium on Society and Natural Resource Management

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Last month, Lauren and I attended the International Symposium on Society and Natural Resource Management (ISSRM) in Utah, where we presented preliminary findings from our research with the California Department of Conservation (DOC) on the Statewide Watershed Program. ISSRM is an annual gathering of professionals and students working at the intersection of social science and […]

By Sierra Institute Blogs July 23, 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

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

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