Manny DeAquino, Stewardship and Outreach Assistant; American River Conservancy I pulled up to the nature center at the Marshall Gold Discovery Park and just took it in for a minute. Our family had spent hours in and around the American River Conservancy’s nature center over the…
Ali Stefancich, River Scientist; Sierra Streams Institute I believe everyone has the right to be born into a healthy thriving ecosystem, free of disease causing environmental contaminates, with fertile soil to grow food on, clean water to drink and wild places to feed their souls….
Upon reflection for this entry, I couldn’t help but think about how I got here and where in the world I had the crazy idea to (twice) agree to a year of service, on a very small stipend in a place so far from my…
Brian de la Cerda, Immersed in the Wild Coordinator; Wildplaces I have this vivid memory of watching bats fly in the foreground of an incredible sun set over Jordan Peak here in Springville. The warm air was all I needed in that moment. I thought…
Kiri Ando, Stewardship Assistant; Placer Land Trust So I’m back this year in my beautiful home state of California and with the opportunity to give back to her gorgeous natural scenery by serving with Placer Land Trust! I am thrilled to be a part of the…
Allison Dawson, Conservation Programs Assistant; Bear Yuba Land Trust It must have been tails, because here I am in California! I actually had never been to California before I drove here from my home state of North Carolina in the middle of January to serve the…
Eric Rubenstahl, River Monitoring Coordintaor; South Yuba River Citizens League I am pleased to deliver a sweet message from Nevada City that all is good here on the home front and stream banks. The term “settling in” has been thrown around quite a bit for the…
Alyse Weyman, Outreach Coordinator; Bear Yuba Land Trust I’m happy to report that everyone has found housing (“The Shores”, “The Town House”, “The Treehouse” and “Camp Dawson”). More so, we have created a community of support for one another as we begin our service with the…
This week, Congress returns to Washington and will resume discussions about the 2012 budget. At the same time, they will also begin to identify $3 trillion worth of cuts to our nation’s budget. All programs under the Corporation for National and Community Service face devastating cuts…
The sixth year of the Sierra Nevada AmeriCorps Partnership was kicked off on Tuesday, August 30th when our 2012 SNAP Host Site Selection Committee convened to review Host Site applications and determine the 2012 Host Sites. The selection of our Host Sites is the first…