Events and Activities
For Alliance Member Groups: Learn How to Use the Alliance’s New Website to Showcase Your Organization!
Calling all Member Groups! the Alliance has a new website. Members Groups will now be able to highlight their information on this improved Alliance platform. In this webinar you will learn how to post your events, news and jobs on the new Alliance website. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how to make the most of this new resource.
Date: February 19, 2020
For more info, click here
Water 101 Workshop And Tour Offer Opportunity To Deepen Understanding Of California Water
Sign up for our Water 101 workshop on Feb. 20 to hear from experts on these topics and more. Then join us on Feb. 21 for an optional tour that will get you up close with innovative water partnerships, projects and programs that serve as models statewide.
Date: February 20, 2020
For more info, click here
2020 WIP Summit Speaker Series Event: "Stewarding the Sierra Nevada Amidst Climate Change"
Sierra Nevada Conservancy will be holding the Sierra Nevada Watershed Improvement Program 202 Summit.
Date: March 4, 2020
For more info, click here
The Alliance's March Webinar: Restoring Rare and Endangered Aquatic Species in Yosemite National Park
Rob leads the Aquatic Wildlife Restoration Program in Yosemite National Park restoring endangered amphibians and rare turtles. Rob earned his Bachelor of Science degree (1997) in marine biology from Stockton University in Pomona, NJ and his Master of Science degree (2005) in conservation biology from California State University, Sacramento. Rob has over 20 years of agency experience working in West ranging from rare and threatened trout in the Rocky Mountains, to studying amphibian declines in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California and now works with a suite of collaborators and partners to restore native species. In this talk, Rob will describe the steps Yosemite has taken to establish a successful restoration and reintroduction program for the Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged frog, CA Red-legged frog and discuss their bullfrog eradication efforts as well as long-term monitoring projects for the Yosemite toad and Western Pond turtle.
Date: March 25, 2020
For more info, click here
Sierra Streams Institute- California Naturalist Course
Dive into ten weeks of hands-on natural history lessons and citizen
science to become a better steward of the Sierra Nevada ecosystem.
Date: March 4-May 13, 2020
For more info, click here
Mule Deer Migration Corridor Field Trip
Join Eastern Sierra Land Trust and CA Department of Fish and Wildlife (“CDFW”) for an informative field trip in the Round Valley mule deer herd’s migration corridor. As we admire spectacular views and look for the deer on their bi-annual journey, mule deer expert Timothy Taylor with CDFW will share stories, updates, and information about the deer. This free family-friendly event will involve some walking; please leave dogs at home.
Date: March 4-May 13, 2020
For meeting location and to RSVP, please contact marie@eslt.org or call (760) 873 – 4554.
Job Announcements & Volunteer Opportunities
Alliance, 1/2 Term SNAP Members
Do you love the Sierra Nevada? Want to help restore and protect the Range of Light? Do you want to gain valuable environmental professional experience?
We will be accepting applications for spring Half-Term positions from January 20th – February 20th, 2020.
For more info, click here.
South Yuba River Citizens League- Restoration Technician
The South Yuba River Citizens League is looking for a full-time technician to work in the Tahoe National Forest removing and tracking non-native and invasive weeds. The Restoration Technician will work with the Restoration Coordinator to treat invasive plants in the Tahoe National Forest, specifically in the Yuba and American River watersheds. The Restoration Technician will find, identify, and treat specific invasive plants that pose high fire risk within our community to support overall watershed health.
For more info, click here.
California Volunteers- Program Officer
The Portfolio Manager works under the supervision of the Deputy Director of AmeriCorps. The Portfolio Manager is responsible for a portfolio of AmeriCorps programs that provide service in a variety of sectors, ensuring grant monitoring and program quality, assisting with the implementation, coaching, and training of these programs throughout the state.
For more info, click here.
Sierra Club- Senior Organizing Representative
The Senior Organizing Representative has overall program responsibility and provides experienced leadership and strategic planning, for at least one major conservation campaign or program. Manages and monitors expenses, assigns priorities and timetables, plans and develops organizing strategies, and evaluates the success of the campaign or program. Evaluates changing conditions and modifies plans accordingly. Acts as a senior advisor to staff colleagues and volunteers. Develops and supervises grasstop networks and cultivates relationships with public officials. Represents the Sierra Club to government officials, the media and other organizations. Acts as a senior lobbyist with public policy decision-makers. Works in close cooperation with national and regional volunteers and staff. Participates in activities and services provided by the regional office.
For more info, click here.
Rose Foundation- Grassroots Program Officer
The Grassroots Program Officer will lead grantmaking initiatives which help Rose Foundation donors and colleague funders invest in growing the grassroots base of the environmental and social justice movements. They will manage some of Rose’s most community-oriented grantmaking funds, oversee in-person and web-based capacity-building training programs for community activists and emerging organizations, and play a vital role in helping secure the funding which supports Rose’s grassroots grants programs.
For more info, click here.
Food Love Farm Educator- Sierra Harvest
Sierra Harvest is a nonprofit dedicated to educating, inspiring and connecting the people of
Nevada County to fresh, local, seasonal food. We train dozens of farmers, organize hundreds
of community events, and educate over 9,500 school children. We envision a thriving local food
economy and a network of financially viable farms providing good food for the community,
where health and wellness is the norm and people of all ages are engaged in growing,
harvesting, preparing, and sharing fresh food. We are creating a place where farmers thrive
and residents of all ages have access to nutritious, whole food.
For more info, click here.
Mountain Area Preservation- Membership and Outreach Director
Mountain Area Preservation seeks to hire a non-profit or business professional to fulfill the position of Membership & Outreach Director. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact on the future of conservation in the Truckee-Tahoe region, by working directly with MAP members, the community and visitors to engage and educate the public on MAP’s membership program as well as regional land use advocacy efforts benefiting the conservation and environmental sector of the Truckee-Tahoe region.
For more info, click here.
South Yuba River Citizens League- Science Director
SYRCL’s interdisciplinary River Science team works to ensure a healthy and resilient watershed through diverse restoration, monitoring, and water quality projects. The Science Director develops and implements program strategies and workplans, overseeing a team of eight and working collaboratively with multiple federal, state, academic and local partners.
For more info, click here.
Mountain Area Preservation- Volunteers Wanted
MAP was selected to be the non-profit beneficiary partner of Fireside Pizza at Squaw for 2020. In order to maximize the fundraising potential, we're recruiting volunteers for the pizza cart throughout the year.
For more info, click here.
Truckee River Watershed Council- Program Manager
We’re hiring a Program Manager as one of several staff who plan and implement restoration projects to increase the amount of restored land in the middle Truckee River watershed. They also manage one or two volunteer-based restoration programs.
For more info, click here.
Highlights
SNAP Alumni SNAP Shot: Sarah Angulo
Since 2007 the Alliance has placed 28 SNAP Members at environmental non-profits and agencies in the Sierra for 11 months of service focused on watershed restoration, monitoring, volunteer recruitment and support, and education. Members increase the capacity of their organizations while gaining valuable skills. Many go on to have fruitful environmental careers in the Sierra. The SNAP spotlight is an opportunity for you to learn about some of our Alumni and see what they are doing now!
Sarah Angulo served with Sierra Streams Institute 15-16 and is now a Community Education Specialist for the UC California Naturalist certification program.
A story about your most memorable day, favorite project or person during your SNAP service.
As the AmeriCorps serving as Education Coordinator, I was able to work on a huge variety of projects in the short time in my position. My favorite was completing a grant with the American Society of Plant Biologists that involved collecting plant phenology data for The National Phenology Network as a lens for studying the effects of climate change. There are so many reasons I found this project the most fulfilling of the ones I participated in! I was able to work as equals with the education department's co-director and former SNAP member, Kelly Santos, who is an absolute gem of a human. She recognized my strengths and interest in this subject area, and allowed me to take a lot of the responsibility, creative freedom, and leadership on developing the curriculum for this project. We worked with just shy of 100 total high school students from Forest Charter School and Sierra Academy of Expeditionary Learning over the spring of 2016. It was able to combine so many things I value as an environmental educator - citizen science, place-based learning, writing, technology, and student interest-driven learning - that I look back on it with a lot of pride. And it's still relevant to some of the work I do today!
Any skills or life-hacks you took away from SNAP that you still use today?
Looking for opportunities to have fun outside of work for cheap!
How has serving with SNAP shaped your volunteer efforts today?
What are you up to now?
I have worked at my current position as a Community Education Specialist for the UC California Naturalist certification program since 2018. I continued to remain in the field of environmental education and use my skills of organization and coordination to administer our certification courses in the Central/Sierra region. These include some long-time SNAP sites! Having completed my own California Naturalist certification at Sierra Streams Institute, I am still amazed at how this opportunity I took advantage of during my time with SNAP ended up directly contributing to where I am today.
Resources
Visions of The Lost Sierra- Movie and Petition
After touring film festivals in two dozen cities across the country, we’re excited to share our documentary online for all to view!
Learn more here.
The policy of the Resource is to include articles that appear in local or
major media outlets relevant to Sierra conservation. We also include news
releases, event notices, funding opportunities and job announcements sent to
us from our Member Groups and friends. If you as a reader disagree with the
content of a submission we encourage you to submit a letter to the editor of
the issuing publication to reach the broader audience who read the article.
You are welcome to forward your letter to the editor to the Alliance for
inclusion in our new "Letters to the Resource" section. We also invite Letters
to the Resource to be directly submitted on any article with which you're
concerned.
Newsletter contents prepared by Sara Monson, Education and Communication Director with the Sierra Nevada Alliance.
If you have articles, events or announcements that you would like included in this newsletter or if you have feedback,
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