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Watershed Health

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 […]

By Sierra Institute Blogs February 16, 2021

The Way of the Future

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A feature of working with community members at the Sierra Institute is passion. People, rightly, care a lot about what happens in the natural world just outside their doors. They […]

By Sierra Institute Blogs June 12, 2019

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 […]

By Sierra Institute Blogs April 17, 2019

Collaborative forest restoration: one response to wildfire

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On November 15th, Kyle and I attended a meeting of the Yosemite Stanislaus Solutions (YSS) collaborative group in Sonora, California. It includes a diverse array of stakeholders, such as representatives […]

By Sierra Institute Blogs January 3, 2019

Wrapping Up Sustainability Institute

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“By taking care of the environment, the environment takes care of us.” “Sustainability is maintaining communities even during environmental and economic changes.” “Sustainability is what holds our small town together.” […]

By Sierra Institute Blogs May 26, 2018

2017 Impact in Infographics

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Click each infographic for a closer look at our Impact in 2017   Thank you to our staff, grantors and supporters for helping us advance our mission. We look forward […]

By Sierra Institute Blogs February 12, 2018

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