Our Blogs

The Sierra Institute publishes the following blogs:

Rethinking Community and Environment
Covers the main themes that we work with, day in and day out, here at the Sierra Institute, including the interdependence between healthy communities and healthy environments.
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Community Forestry in Burney Creek and Hat Creek
Focuses on our Burney Creek and Hat Creek project, another mixed ownership area stretching from the peak of Mt. Lassen north to where the snowmelt and spring water flows in the two creeks and join the Pitt River. The Shasta County Resource Advisory Committee and the Fall River Resource Conservation District asked the Sierra Institute to help them think about and implement a landscape-level management project that address forest health and community socioeconomic health.
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Just for the Health of It
Focuses on one of our newest and novel projects, healthcare in Plumas County. We're working to improve the health and healthcare of children and their families in our local county. Our project starts in the schools and uses telecommunications equipment when it can help with needed services. Project goals include improving healthcare delivery to children and their families, improving the fiscal bottom line for local healthcare facilities through increased patient use and enrollment in support programs, and improving student performance in schools.
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