Sierra Institute for Community and Environment Employee Directory

Environmental ServicesCalifornia, United States11-50 Employees

The Sierra Institute for Community and Environment is an environmental services organization that connects rural communities with forest landscapes through applied research, pilot projects, and collaborative problem solving. For more than three decades it has developed place-based programs aimed at balancing social, environmental, and economic needs in forested regions. Based in Taylorsville, California, the institute engages rural stakeholders to address ecological restoration and community development as interrelated priorities.

Its current work emphasizes healthy forests and watersheds as foundational to rural vitality, with projects that advance forest restoration and community resilience alongside biomass utilization. The organization runs initiatives such as the Rural Community Development Initiative and the Sierra Fellows Program to build local capacity and place fellows in communities across the Sierra Nevada and Southern Cascades. Recent developments include a partnership with the Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation to leverage wood from nearby forests for cross-laminated timber, and plans to establish a small-scale timber processing facility in Taylorsville, Utah.

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