http://www.mercedriverwatershed.org daily 1 2006-10-23T02:19:13Z http://www.mercedriverwatershed.org/Members/dsconstable/snep/v2/s2/the-public-as-agents-of-policy-sierra-nevada-ecosystem-project The Public as Agents of Policy: Sierra Nevada Ecosystem ProjectSierra Nevada Ecosystem Project, Vol. 2, Section 2, Ch. 6. No publisher dsconstable Public policy Landscape modification Landscape change Policy-rangeland Taylor grazying act Policy-wildlife Policy-mining Policy-forests Policy-water Existence value (biodiversity) Watershed Management Science Flora & Fauna Sierra-wide Studies History & Culture Sierra nevada mountains 2008-02-25T01:41:15Z Resource http://www.mercedriverwatershed.org/Members/dsconstable/snep/v1/plants-and-terrestrial-wildlife-chapter-5-sierra-nevada-ecosystem-project-final-report-to-congress Plants and Terrestrial Wildlife, Chapter 5, Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project, Final Report to Congress No publisher dsconstable Plant diversity Threats to plant diversity Vertebrate diversity Extinction Vertebrate species at risk Loss of foothill habitat Loss of riparian and old-growth habitat Genetic diversity Genetic management Community distribution Private ownership of plant communities Grazing Timber harvest Type conversions Sierra nevada plant communities Plant distribution map Major vegetation types of the sierra nevada Threatened species Rare plant distribution map Modern extinctions Map of amphibian diversity Map of mammal diversity Map of reptilian diversity Map of land bird species diversity Non-native (alien) species Biodiversity management areas Map of ecologically significant areas Flora & Fauna Sierra-wide Studies Sierra nevada mountains California; san joaquin valley; mono lake; sonora pass California; kings canyon national park; inyo national forest Red fir Blue oak Valley oak Black oak Northern juniper Lodgepole pine Great valley cottonwood Aspen Whitebark pine Live oak Ponderosa pine Jeffrey pine White fir Foothill pine Yosemite toad Kern county slender salamander Limestone salamander Owens valley web-toed salamander Alpine chipmunk Long-eared chipmunk Mount lyell shrew Yellow-eared pocket-mouse Heather vole Poine grosbeak White-tailed ptarmigan Cowbird Sierra nevada bighorn sheep Monardella leucocephala Mimulus whipplei Erigeron mariposanus 2008-02-25T01:41:15Z Resource http://www.mercedriverwatershed.org/Members/dsconstable/snep/v1/watersheds-and-aquatic-biodiversity-sierra-nevada-ecosystem-project Watersheds and Aquatic Biodiversity, Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project, Volume 1, Chapter 8, Final Report to Congress No publisher dsconstable Aquatic habitats Stream flow Riparian status Sediment Water quality Introduced aquatics Amphibian status Anadromous fish Aquatic invertebrates Map of historic chinook salmon distribution Map of yellow-legged frog distribution Aquatic habitats Watersheds-recovery and restoration Aquatic mercury contamination Watershed improvment Aquatic biodiversity Flow pattern-restoration Aquatic management Flora & Fauna Sierra-wide Studies Kings canyon national park Yosemite national park Lassen national forest El dorado national forest Tahoe national forest Caddisflies Stoneflies Chinook salmon Trout Yellow-legged frog Breckenridge Mountain slender salamander Anadromous fish 2008-02-25T01:41:15Z Resource http://www.mercedriverwatershed.org/Members/dsconstable/snnplants/sierran-treeline-dynamics-in-a-changing-climate Hikers on the John Muir Trail might wonder at the expanses of wind blasted snags far above the present living forest. 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