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The Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project (SNAMP) Final Report
The Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project (SNAMP) is a joint forest management assessment by the University of California (UC), the University of Minnesota, the University of Wisconsin, state and federal agencies, and the public. SNAMP was created in response to...
Natural Range of Variation of Red Fir Forest s in the Bioregional Assessment Area
Red fir forests are distributed throughout the Sierra Nevada immediately above the montane mixed-conifer and below the subalpine forest zones. This forest generally occurs in a 300 to 500 m elevation width that extends from approximately 1800-2400m in the northern...
Inimmim Forest Overview
In a somewhat remote portion of Nevada County, on San Juan Ridge, lies the 'Inimim Forest. It consists of ten parcels of public land totaling about 1,800 acres. Each parcel of government land is surrounded by private property. The name "Inimim" is the Maidu Indian...
Sustainability Plan CA Final
California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) adopted by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) on April 23, 2009 requires a 10% reduction in the average greenhouse gas (GHG) emission intensity of the state’s transportation fuels by 2020. This regulation is expected...
Conventional Wisdoms of Woody Biomass Utilization
The idea of offsetting the costs of wildfire hazardous fuels reduction treatments by selling the biomass removed is appealing. There are however challenges to biomass utilization that impede progress. For instance, the lack of biomass processing capacity may impede...
Dovetail Biomass Report 5/2013
Globally, wood and charcoal are the main energy sources for more than two billion people. Production of energy using a renewable material such as wood can have positive impacts on the environment and the economy. It can also contribute to the nation’s energy security...
Calaveras CHIPS Final 4/21/06
The Calaveras Healthy Impact Product Solutions (CHIPS) project was conceived as a way to extract brush, small trees, and other forest overgrowth in the lower reaches of the Sierra Nevada in Calaveras County, California, while providing some jobs and income to...
WFLC Post Fire Study
The millions of dollars spent to extinguish large wildfires are widely reported and used to underscore the severity of these events. Extinguishing a large wildfire, however, accounts for only a fraction of the total costs associated with a wildfire event. Residents in...
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