Sierra Streams Institute
SciPub – What is Process-Based Restoration?
Gold Vibe Kombuchary 12615 Charles Drive, Grass Valley, CA, United StatesCome learn about Process-Based Restoration (PBR) and how Beaver Dam Analogs (BDAs) and other low-tech design principles are being incorporated into local restoration projects at this FREE presentation! Click here for more information and to register.
SciPub – Fire Ecology
Gold Vibe Kombuchary 12615 Charles Drive, Grass Valley, CA, United StatesAs we prepare for fire season in the Sierra Foothills, learn about current research of fire ecology and walk away with tools that you can use to help manage your own property. 6/27 from 6-7pm FREE! Come early to grab a drink. Click here for more information and to register.
SciPub – Fire Ecology
Gold Vibe Kombuchary 12615 Charles Drive, Grass Valley, CA, United StatesAs we prepare for fire season in the Sierra Foothills, learn about current research of fire ecology and walk away with tools that you can use to help manage your own property. 6/27 from 6-7pm FREE! Come early to grab a drink. Click here for more information and to register.
SciPub – Fire Ecology
Gold Vibe Kombuchary 12615 Charles Drive, Grass Valley, CA, United StatesAs we prepare for fire season in the Sierra Foothills, learn about current research of fire ecology and walk away with tools that you can use to help manage your own property. 6/27 from 6-7pm FREE! Come early to grab a drink. Click here for more information and to register.
SciPub – Home Hardening
Gold Vibe Kombuchary 12615 Charles Drive, Grass Valley, CA, United StatesUC Cooperative Extension and the Sierra Streams Institute invite homeowners, renters, and other interested community members in Nevada and Placer Counties for a conversation about protecting your home from wildfires. We will dispel myths about products and materials, offer science-based solutions for construction, design, and maintenance; and provide an opportunity for shared, experiential learning. Sit
SciPub: Stream Bug Biodiversity & DNA Barcoding
Gold Vibe Kombuchary 12615 Charles Drive, Grass Valley, CA, United StatesJoin Sierra Streams Intstitute 9/26 from 6-7pm for SciPub (FREE!) Come early to grab a drink. There is an immense variety of stream insects and other invertebrates living in Sierra Nevada streams but how can we catalog this diversity? SSI and UC Santa Cruz have embarked on a quest to build a data set that
Managing Community Wildfire Risk
Woolman Meeting Hall 13075 Woolman Lane, Nevada City, CaliforniaLearn about how we are using landscape-scale management to help the Jones Bar FireWise Community and gain insight into replicating it in your own FireWise Community! Light refreshments provided. Please register in advance so we can plan for the correct number of people. Click here for more information and to register.
SciPub: What is Clean Water?
Gold Vibe Kombuchary 12615 Charles Drive, Grass Valley, CA, United StatesHosted by Sierra Streams Institute - join us for a free talk from SYRCL and SSI on water quality monitering and the health of our streams and rivers. Tuesday January 23rd, from 6-7pm. Arrive a few minutes early to grab a drink! Click here for more information and to register.
Gold Vibe Kombuchary 12615 Charles Drive, Grass Valley, CA, United States
Each January, 9th grade students at Sierra Academy of Expeditionary Learning (SAEL) participate in the regional Caring for Our Watersheds competition. Students learn about their place in -- and research issues affecting -- their local watershed. In their proposals, students explain one realistic action that they can take to positively impact the health of their
SciPub: Community Science in our Forests
Gold Vibe Kombuchary 12615 Charles Drive, Grass Valley, CA, United StatesOver the past 5 years the SSI Education Program has been running a novel community and citizen science education project collecting forest health and fire risk data with upper elementary students in Nevada County. Join us for a presentation on the project and a thought provoking, interactive activity on the health of our forests. Please
Burning for Biochar
Camp Woolman 13075 Woolman Ln, Nevada City, United StatesJoin Sierra Streams Institute and Nevada County for a hands-on biochar making workshop at Woolman Ranch. Let’s gather to embrace the transformative power of fire, enriching our air, water, and soil. Rediscover forgotten wisdom, explore its applications, and understand its unique properties. Click here for more information and to register.
SciPub: Place-based strategic planning around disaster
Gold Vibe Kombuchary 12615 Charles Drive, Grass Valley, CA, United States6-7pm 7/20 Join us for a talk hosted by the Sierra Streams Institute. They will be presenting on 'Place-based strategic planning around disaster.' Discussing case-studies where winter storm recovery was linked to wildfire mitigation actions w/ a speaker from the Office of Emergency Services of Nevada County!, what tree rings & pine cones tell us