CSERC’s new hiking guide is out!

Looking for easy day hikes in the central Sierra region?          CSERC has officially finished our new hiking guide — 10 Easy Sierra Day Hikes! You can access it being clicking here, although you may also see printed versions distributed for free at local businesses in the Central Sierra area. We picked […]

¡La nueva guía de excursionismo de CSERC ha salida!

¿Busca excursiones de día fáciles en la región de la Sierra Central?         CSERC ha terminado oficialmente nuestra nueva guía de excursionismo — 10 Excursiones de Día Fáciles de la Sierra! Puede accederla haciendo clic aquí, aunque también puede ver versiones impresas distribuidas de forma gratuita en negocios locales en el área […]

Belted kingfisher. photo courtesy of John Benson (source: Flickr).

Enjoying our local wildlife – an encounter with the belted kingfisher

If you live in the Central Sierra Nevada foothills, you may be familiar with one of many intricate “ditch” canal systems that are laced among our forests. Local water companies currently use these canals as a way to convey water from rivers or reservoirs to their customers. Often there are well-established dirt trails following these […]

A pacific chorus frog waits for its next meal amongst its fellow insect-eaters, the sundew plant. Note the sticky red-tentacles of the sundew which lure and then trap its insect prey. Photo by James Patrick Kelly.

The Amazing Pacific Chorus Frog

The Pacific Chorus Frog, Pseudacris regilla, aka tree frog, has always been a creature of curiosity for me. As each winter ends the song of the chorus frog announces the coming of spring, when the nighttime temperature reaches above 40 degrees. I get excited the first night that their call rings through the air (which […]