Events and Activities
Film Submissions are OPEN for Wild & Scenic Film Festival
Calling all film makers! SYRCL’s Wild & Scenic Film Festival shows environmental and adventure films that illustrate the earth’s beauty, the challenges facing our planet, and the work communities are doing to protect the environment. Through these films, Wild & Scenic both informs people about the state of the world and inspires them to take action.
Date: Ends November 30th, 2018
Please click here for more details.
California Adaptation Forum
Join adaptation practitioners from across the state and nation at the 3rd California Adaptation Forum! The Forum will feature a dynamic program across three full days including plenaries, breakout sessions, workshops, tours, a tools salon, a hosted reception, and numerous networking opportunities. Participants will walk away with new strategies, tools, and connections to accelerate adaptation efforts in their own communities.
Date: August 27-29th 2018
Please click here for more details and to register.
25th Anniversary Conference - Sierra Nevada Alliance
We are excited to announce the Sierra Nevada Alliance’s 25th Anniversary Conference in beautiful Kings Beach, California!
The theme for this special event is “Regional Resiliency.”
Date: August 15th - 17th
Please click here for more details and to register.
Job Announcements & Volunteer Opportunities
Sierra Nevada AmeriCorps Partnership Member (SNAP) - Sierra Nevada Alliance
We are seeking enthusiastic, conservation-minded people to commit to a year of service to protect Sierra natural resources and sustainable communities. During the year, SNAP members will gain skills and technical training, mentor with outstanding environmental leaders and receive an education award at the successful completion of service.
For more info, click here.
Civic Spark Sierra Nevada Area Opportunities
Find opportunities through Sierra Business Council, Sierra Nevada Alliance, Placer County, and the Town of Mammoth Lakes in Climate Projects, Water Projects, and Opportunity Access Projects. Interviews will begin in July and start dates are in September.
For more info, click here.
Development Assistant - SYRCL
SYRCL is looking for an organized, detail-oriented and friendly person to work on our development and fundraising team on a part-time basis. The Development Assistant will coordinate special events, and assist in tracking financial contributions, stewarding donors, and doing database entry and funder research.
For more info, click here.
Naturalists -Great Basin Outdoor School
Are you passionate about the outdoors, ecology, conservation, and working with kids? Great Basin Outdoor School is looking for candidates with a background in the natural sciences, experience working with kids, and a contagious enthusiasm for the outdoors.
For more info, click here.
Resources
Forest Health Project Grant - Sierra Nevada Conservancy
The Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014 and the California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access for All Act of 2018 allocated funding to the Conservancy for a competitive grant program supporting forest health projects that result in multiple watershed benefits.
For more info, click here.
Gold Country Gleaning - Sierra Harvest
Volunteer to harvest fresh fruits and vegetables for those experiencing hunger, or get your unused produce harvested.
Don’t let your food go to waste or become a mess and have volunteers come harvest for you. Your extra fruit can make a meaningful difference for the one in ten people in our community who need healthy food.
Get more information here.
Upper Mokelumne River Watershed Authority
From its founding in 2000, the Authority has served as a venue for addressing water resource issues of concern to those who enjoy and rely on them. Working in collaboration with agencies, organizations, and individuals within the MAC and neighboring regions, UMRWA has secured millions of dollars in grant funding to develop and implement broadly supported water resource solutions.
Don’t let your food go to waste or become a mess and have volunteers come harvest for you. Your extra fruit can make a meaningful difference for the one in ten people in our community who need healthy food.
Get more information here.
NYT - Trash Most Likely to Litter a Beach Quiz
There’s a lot of trash in the ocean these days — remember the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? — and plenty of it, often plastics in various forms, ends up littering shorelines. Which item do you think is the most frequently found?
Educate yourself and then go pick up some trash!
Take the quiz here.
24 Hours of Reality
There are many ways to stop the climate crisis. Let Climate Reality send you their "Be the Voice of Reality" guide on actions that will help you find your voice on climate.
For more info, click here.
Pacific Forest Trust Annual Report
Forests are vital to our climate, water, and to rural economies. Pacific Forest Trust made substantial progress in 2017 toward their vision of ensuring that society values—and pays for—forests for all the benefits they provide. Partnering with many stakeholders, PFT works in the radical middle to bring together urban and rural communities to conserve our shared forest resource and ensure a more sustainable forest future.
For more info, click here.
Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Camping and Campfire Restrictions
Visiting the Tahoe Basin this summer? Be familiar with the restrictions and regulations before you go (to any beautiful Sierra camp spot)
For more info, click here.
Become a 2018 Member Group of the Sierra Nevada Alliance!
Our goal at the Sierra Nevada Alliance is to protect and restore the Sierra Nevada by strengthening individual efforts and joining together as a region-wide force. The most integral component of the Alliance is our strong network of Member Groups. The goal of the Alliance Member Group program is to increase the value of this network as a resource to all involved through expanding our base of Member Groups. We work to actively facilitate collaboration amongst Member Groups to broaden our collective impact on behalf of the Sierra.
Contact Sara Monson here
For more info, click here.