Get paid to live, work, and play in the forest!

An opportunity to work alongside Forest Service specialists, experienced crew leaders, and other high school students to complete conservation projects in the Northern Sierra.

LAND

Live in the Sierra

Experience an intense opportunity of a lifetime while camping for five weeks. Learn about wildfires, forest ecology, wildlife biology, and forestry at the top of the Feather River Watershed, where your drinking water originates.

WATER

Work in Watersheds

A paid summer job that offers 10-12 grade students valuable work experience. You will work 40 hours a week on hard, physical, outdoor projects. Build and maintain trails, remove invasive species, reduce fire fuel loads and other projects.

LIFE

Play in the mountains

Be part of a vibrant, diverse community that fosters positive growth and friendship. Our area offers recreational activities on the weekends. Stand up paddle boarding, hiking to the top of mountains, swimming in pristine waters and more!

P-CREW Session Two is off to a wonderful start! Th

P-CREW Session Two is off to a wonderful start! The crews have worked to construct burn piles, remove invasive species, and maintaining some trails! Last weekend we were able to get out and rock climb in Lassen National Forest thanks to the help of the Sierra Institute staff!

*Why no masks/social distancing?*

Sierra Institute has developed thorough policies and procedures (available on our website) to ensure that our field crews are able operate safely and effectively to do this important work. All participants were in quarantine for two weeks prior to the program and have tested negative twice over a two week period before we all came together.

P-CREW Session One concluded last week and it was

P-CREW Session One concluded last week and it was such a bittersweet farewell! We are so grateful to have gotten to know such a wonderful, hard working, and adventurous group of youth. It was beautiful to watch you all become one big family filled with love, acceptance and understanding. Thank you for all of your hard work to help conserve the land of the Northern Sierras. We miss you all already and hope you’re doing well 🙂 Peace love, 💗✌🏽

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The P-CREW White Hats have been working diligently

The P-CREW White Hats have been working diligently through a very warm week in Plumas NF. They have been working hard to construct burn piles in a WUI - Wildland Urban Interface area in Butterfly Valley to protect residents homes and land from wildfire. The crew was able to go swimming and meet some of the locals. The crew was also given the opportunity to learn about serving in Peace Corps from a past Peace Corps Philippines Volunteer and current Sierra Institute staff member!

P-CREW Session One is officially underway! Crews s

P-CREW Session One is officially underway! Crews started work yesterday in Plumas and Lassen National Forests constructing burn piles and creating defensible spaces around fire rings and tables and brushing vegetation! We are so grateful that we are able to run this program this summer and provide youth with a wonderful opportunity to learn and grow.

P-CREW Crew Leaders have been enjoying scouting ou

P-CREW Crew Leaders have been enjoying scouting out Session One work sites the past few days. We had the chance to learn about the land stewardship work of our partner, Feather River Land Trust. We are very excited to help restore this beautiful and historic land near the Olson Barn in the Lake Almanor Basin, know by the Mountain Maidu as Big Meadows.

Hey everyone!! P-CREW is back for summer 2020 and

Hey everyone!! P-CREW is back for summer 2020 and ready to take on the the challenge under the uncertain and ever changing circumstances this year! Bulk shopping is complete and crew leaders are here in Taylorsville and stoked to begin our adventure this summer. We have been practicing our social distancing and implementing our newly developed COVID 19 Policies and Procedures which can be found at sierrainstitute.us. Thank you for your support and we look forward to meeting our new crew members this summer!

Happy Monday everyone! P-CREW is extending the dea

Happy Monday everyone! P-CREW is extending the deadline for rural participant applications! Submit those applications as soon as you can to spend an awesome summer living, working, and playing in the forests of the beautiful Sierra Nevada!
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Happy Earth Day, everyday!🌞 Make sure to find s

Happy Earth Day, everyday!🌞 Make sure to find some time to go play outside today, move, or do something that makes you happy! Here are some photos from adventures and I have listed their ecoregion for those interested!
1. Northern Lakes and Forests
2. Southern Rockies
3. Colorado Plateaus
4. Canadian Rockies
5. Arizona/New Mexico Plateau
6. Sierra Nevada
7. Willamette Valley
8. Snake River Plain
9. Cascades
10. Middle Rockies

We are excited to introduce you to our second Alum

We are excited to introduce you to our second Alumni All-star Assistant for Session 1 this summer. Meet Jens! Jens, is thrilled to return this summer as a AAA. He is set to graduate from Berkeley High School before the start of P-CREW and is honored and excited to share this great experience with all the new crew members. Jens loves spending as much time outside as possible from mountain biking to rock-climbing. Jens is taking a year off school next year to explore the world and go on many adventures. Jens is looking forward to this summer and about the memories to be made, stay stoked.

We are excited to introduce you all to our Alumni

We are excited to introduce you all to our Alumni All-star Assistants for this summer! We are welcoming Megan for Session 1! Megan grew up hiking and camping and she has always enjoyed spending time outdoors. Megan was born and raised in Lassen County. P-CREW helped her to realize what she wanted to study after high school and is now studying Environmental Studies at Feather River College. Megan loves to read and spend her time exploring the woods near her home.

We are very excited to welcome Abby to our P-CREW

We are very excited to welcome Abby to our P-CREW team as a Crew Leader for this summer! Abby Puckhaber grew up in the frozen tundra of Green Bay, WI playing sports and frolicking around the woods. Her passion for nature influenced her college major, and in 2013, she graduated from the University of Wisconsin- Green Bay with a Bachelor’s in Environmental Science. The adventurous spirit within Abby catapulted her to work and live in a few different states pursuing community gardening, conservation, and horticultural therapy. Over the past few years, Abby gallivanted around the globe and grew food in intentional communities, attended festivals and gatherings, lived in a tent, and hiked often. This summer she is beyond stoked to be totally immersed in the wilderness and share her joy of nature with the P-CREW members!

Hey all! P-CREW is moving forward in hiring for ou

Hey all! P-CREW is moving forward in hiring for our summer crews! We are seeking more rural crew member applicants due to a shortened recruitment due to COVID-19. Please share with your friends and be sure to responsibly get outside🌞

We are thrilled to be welcoming back Kevin to our

We are thrilled to be welcoming back Kevin to our team as a Crew Leader for summer 2020! Kevin’s passion for the outdoors and experiential education led him to a crew leader position with P-CREW in the summer of 2019 and the experience left such a grand impression that he has returned for our 2020 season. He graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2016 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology. Kevin has continued to further his education by building his skills in the outdoors and earning his Wilderness-EMT license in the Fall of 2018. Since then he has pursued opportunities working with youth as an English Teacher abroad in Peru as well as an outdoor guide in the summer and substitute teacher in the off-season. Kevin enjoys spending his free-time outside cycling, climbing and camping as well as traveling and volunteering.

Happy Tuesday all! Attention to P-CREW Alumni! We

Happy Tuesday all! Attention to P-CREW Alumni! We are hosting a virtual recruitment session tomorrow afternoon. If anyone you know is interested in learning about the program, have them send us an email at pcrew@sierrainstitute.us or DM us for the meeting information.

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