Due to stormy conditions, facilitators of the Community Capacity Workshop set for January 16 were not able to travel to Nevada City. The half-day workshop has been rescheduled for Wednesday, February 27, 2019 from 9:00 am – 12:30 pm at the Nevada City Veteran’s Memorial Building at 415 N. Pine St. in downtown Nevada City. […]
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After five and a half years with The Sierra Fund (TSF), Amber Taxiera is beginning a new chapter with the national nonprofit American Rivers, at their office in Nevada City, CA. We wish Amber well, and we thank her for all the ways she made our organization better. Amber came to TSF in 2013 through […]
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In December 2018, The Sierra Fund (TSF) closed out a $1.5 million grant from the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) that funded a suite of projects to address mercury and sediment in the Cosumnes, American, Bear, Yuba (CABY) watershed region. The funding was awarded in 2014 as part of a much larger ($5.5 million) […]
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On Wednesday, January 16, 2019 a free one-day workshop will be held in Nevada City to assess community capacity and water management needs in Nevada and Sierra Counties. The workshop, co-hosted by the Sierra Institute for Community and Environment (Sierra Institute) and the Sierra Water Workgroup (SWWG), is scheduled from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm at […]
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The Sierra Fund (TSF) is proud to announce that we earned the 2018 Platinum Seal of Transparency from GuideStar, the world’s largest source of nonprofit information. To gain this recognition, TSF strengthened our GuideStar profile by adding quantitative and qualitative information about our programs, projects, goals and accomplishments. In addition, we outlined some of the […]
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At last year’s holiday party The Sierra Fund (TSF) staff debuted a rousing holiday carol to sing of our accomplishments in 2017. What surprise is in store this year? Come find out on Wednesday, December 12, 2018 from 5:00 – 7:00 pm at our office in Nevada City. Light refreshments will be provided and we […]
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The Sierra Fund (TSF) is excited to release a new video to help anglers read and interpret the complex and multi-faceted information contained in state-issued fish consumption advisories. The advisories are issued by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) and offer safe eating guidelines for locally caught fish based on the level […]
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The Sierra Fund’s (TSF) Science Director Dr. Carrie Monohan is the co-author of a peer-reviewed article recently accepted for publication in the journal Science of the Total Environment titled “Long-term hydraulic mining sediment budgets: Connectivity as a management tool.” Lead author Dr. Allan James is a professor at the University of South Carolina and has partnered with TSF […]
Read MoreOn Wednesday, November 14, 2018, the Board Chairman of the California Heritage: Indigenous Research Project (CHIRP) Niel Locke announced to the Nevada City Council that CHIRP had successfully acquired a 32-acre property on Deer Creek earlier this fall. At long last and after a multi-year acquisition process, the land has been returned to the original […]
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On November 13, 2018 The Sierra Fund (TSF) convened more than 50 community members for a free, two-hour discussion to explore unique exposures that impact Gold Country residents. TSF launched the Environmental Health Summit by delivering lightning talks on four issues: mercury in fish; dusty recreation on mine-scarred lands; water quality and access; and wildfire and […]
Read MoreThe Sierra Fund’s Board of Directors is sorry to see that Proposition 3, the Water Supply and Water Quality Act of 2018, was not passed by California voters in the midterm election. The Board formally endorsed two water bonds in January 2018: Proposition 3 and Proposition 68, the Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and […]
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In January 2018, The Sierra Fund’s Board of Directors formally endorsed two water bonds. Proposition 68, the Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access for All Act was passed by voters in the June 2018 primary election. Now, it’s time to pass the second water bond, Proposition 3, the Water Supply and Water […]
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