The Sierra Fund is Hiring! Program Associate

The Sierra Fund is seeking a Program Associate to support the program staff withprogram reporting, project management, and program administration. The position managesinvoicing, reporting and record keeping systems for government and private foundation grants.They support tracking and management of project budgets. They also coordinate programmeetings and other partnership meetings, including scheduling, agenda development, logistics,and meeting […]

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Check out The Sierra Fund’s Annual Report and 2023 Mid-year Accomplishments!

We invite you to check out our Mid-Year Accomplishments and 2022 Annual Report. 2023 mid-year accomplishments include: Check out the link to these documents here – Mid-Year Accomplishments and 2022 Annual Report – or if you are in the Nevada City area where we base our office, feel free to drop by for a printed […]

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Join us in welcoming new staff Beth Bordner and Syd Godfrey to our team!

Beth Bordner, Finance and Operations Director,  is responsible for leading The Sierra Fund’s financial management, operations, and human resources. Beth might be a familiar name to our Sierra Fund family – she was formerly our Finance and Operations Manager from 2016 to 2020. Beth is returning to us after a few years working for our […]

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Check out our new logo – our same iconic pinecone gets a fresh look.

The Sierra Fund has a fresh look – check out our hot-of-the-press new logo! We are so excited to share this with you. Building upon our past logo, our well-loved and iconic pinecone remains the heart of our image with a refreshed modern, and digital-friendly look and feel. Why does the pinecone remain our symbol? […]

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Sierra Day at the Capitol 2023

About the event: On April 19, the mountains are coming to Sacramento. Sierra Day at the Capitol is an event coordinated by Sierra Nevada Alliance, Sierra Business Council, The Sierra Fund, and League to Save Lake Tahoe to advocate for resource investments and specific budget asks to support our collective conservation and restoration goals benefiting the Sierra Nevada and the […]

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The Sierra Fund’s 2022 Accomplishments

The Sierra Fund (TSF) made a huge impact in 2022! A few highlights: Click the link here to read our full 2022 accomplishments recap!

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abandoned mine land with sign warning about hazards in mine tailings

Advancing Revitalization of Abandoned Mine Lands by Connecting Cities and Counties to Needed Resources 

With over 47,000 abandoned mines throughout the Sierra, The Sierra Fund takes many avenues to advance the cleanup of these sites to protect our health and environment. These abandoned mine lands present hazards from mine waste that can contain arsenic, lead, and mercury as well as physical hazards. A key project in 2022 has been TSF […]

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Get to know our staff! Jessica Dyke, our Program Associate

The Sierra Fund is lucky to have a staff dedicated to serving the Sierra Nevada region. Get to know the staff! Meet Jessica Dyke, our Program Associate. What is your favorite place in the Sierra Nevada and why? Kirkwood and Carson Pass. This area was my refuge from the bustling SF city life for many […]

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Get to know our staff! Jenny Michael, long-time sierra supporter and music maven

The Sierra Fund is lucky to have a staff dedicated to serving the Sierra Nevada region. Get to know the staff! Meet Jenny Michael, our Office Administrator. What is your favorite place in the Sierra Nevada and why? There are so many favorites, but if I have to choose just one, it would be Yosemite […]

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The Sierra Fund 2021 Annual Report

Click here to view The Sierra Fund’s 2021 Annual Report! A Letter from Joan Clayburgh, our Executive Director The Sierra Fund in 2021 went through a major transition, and simultaneously cranked out another year of impressive achievements. We continued making progress using science and advocacy to promote the health and resiliency of the natural environment […]

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Get to know our Executive Director, Joan Clayburgh

The Sierra Fund is lucky to have a staff dedicated to serving the Sierra Nevada region. Get to know the staff! Meet Joan Clayburgh our Executive Director. What is your favorite place in the Sierra Nevada and why? I have no ONE favorite, but oodles of favorites. For this blog I’ll share Roundtop Mountain off […]

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Environmental Justice in Projects to Restore Resilience

The Sierra Fund is proud to have recently supported the California Heritage: Indigenous Research Project (CHIRP), a non-profit guided by the Nevada City Rancheria Tribal Council, in producing a set of training materials around Cultural Resource Awareness and Sensitivity. These new resources were developed to support partners working on the ancestral homelands of the Nisenan […]

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