Case Studies in Ecosystem Management: Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project

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“This chapter illustrates different forms of cooperation with an understanding that most progress toward stewardship and sustainability involves a good deal of conflict. There are, in the Sierra, different scales of interest. Ecosystems like Lake Tahoe, the Mammoth-June region, and the giant sequoia region have a national and international constituency, yet the commitment of local institutions is required before progress toward sustainability can be made."

"There is much to be said for local control over management, as illustrated by the efficiency of Mountain Home State
Demonstration Forest. But at Lake Tahoe, Mammoth-June, and the giant sequoia region, the national interest expressed
through federal agencies in those places has been critical to a long-term and comprehensive approach to planning and
management. In Lake Tahoe and the giant sequoia region, state institutions have shown leadership and intelligent restoration
and ecosystem management. These case studies have confirmed the importance of balance among local, state, and
national interests."

"The chapter has emphasized institutional arrangements. Yet the SNEP assessment team fully recognizes that where there
are successes, there are committed individuals who have remained in an area long enough to develop sophisticated knowledge of the ecosystem and credibility throughout the community of institutions.”

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http://ceres.ca.gov/snep/pubs/v1.html

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Keywords:
ecosystem management, thresholds, management and long-term sustainability of giant sequoia ecosystems

Species Common Names:
red fir, giant sequoia

Species Latin Names:
Sequoiadendron giganteum

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Publication Date:
June 01, 1996 02:00 AM

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Publication

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Complete

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None planned

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Reports

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Public

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Common Place Names:
Mammoth Lakes, California; June Lake, California; Inyo National Forest, California; Lake Tahoe, California; Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park, California; Tule River Indian Reservation, California.

Watersheds:
Owens River, California; Truckee River, California.

Counties:
Mono County

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Latitude:
Owens River, Truckee river,

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Merced River Watershed Portal

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Case Studies in Ecosystem Management: Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project