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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.

Yosemite National Park Fire History

Maps showing fire locations from 1930-2000

Map of Yosemite National Park

Map of Yosemite National Park, including major roads, unpaved roads, geologic features, visitor centers, ranger stations, campgrounds, gas station, food service / lodging, picnic areas, parking, horseback riding, general trails, John Muir Trail and the Pacific Crest Trail.

The Great Droughts of Y1K

Less than a thousand years ago, two severe droughts, ending about AD 1100 and AD 1350, caused major ecological changes in the west. We can still see evidence of that time in, for instance, the tips of trees showing in Yosemite's Tenaya Lake — their roots still attached under 70 feet of water. Can such droughts return?

Reconstructing the Landscape - An Environmental History, 1820-1960: Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project

Reconstructing the Landscape - An Environmental History, 1820-1960: Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project, Vol. 2, Section 1, Ch. 1.

Climate, 1650-1850: Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project

Climate, 1650-1850: Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project, Vol. 2, Section 1, Ch. 2.

Conditions of Rangelands before 1905: Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project

Conditions of Rangelands before 1905: Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project, Vol. 2, Section 1, Ch. 3

Tertiary Vegetation History: Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project

Tertiary Vegetation History: Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project, Vol. 2, Section 1, Ch. 5

Conservation and Controversy - National Forest Management, 1960–95: Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project

Conservation and Controversy - National Forest Management, 1960–95: Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project, Vol. 2, Section 2, Ch. 7.

Irrigation Facts: Merced Irrigation District

 

The Main Canal: Merced Irrigation District Newsletter

 

History of the Merced River Canyon

 

Sierra Nature Notes: The Online Journal of Natural History News in the Sierra Nevada