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Environment

Sustainability: from classrooms to landscapes

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When was the last time you thought about the impacts of a decision you made, not just on yourself or your family, but on the whole community? Or the surrounding […]

By Sierra Institute Blogs April 20, 2018

Freshwater “bug” ID with students

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Micah Silver has served as our Aquatic Field Fellow in 2018. As part of his work, he brought some of his skills into the Natural Resource classroom at Greenville High […]

By Sierra Institute Blogs April 16, 2018

Seeing the forest and the trees

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Last week I attended a U.S. Forest Service training in Central Point, OR where I took a deep dive into silvicultural modeling with the Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS) software. My […]

By Sierra Institute Blogs March 7, 2018

Sustainability Institute 2018: Part One

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Sierra Institute for Community and Environment partners with Greenville High School to organize a Sustainability Institute* Plumas Unified is very fortunate to have partnerships with a variety of different local […]

By Sierra Institute Blogs February 14, 2018

Why Wood Utilization

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Project Spotlight for February 2018: Wood Utilization Plumas County is a beautiful area full of rich history, culture, lakes, rivers, an endless network of forest roads, and tightly-knit communities. My […]

By Sierra Institute Blogs February 9, 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 […]

By Sierra Institute Blogs January 11, 2018
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