Events
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- Oct 20 2009 - SNAMP Annual Mee...
Sacramento
Tuesday, October 20 at 10:00am - Sep 1 2009 - Water Team Field ...
Northern Site
Tuesday, September 1 at 9:00am - Aug 25 2009 - Water Team Field...
Southern Site
Tuesday, August 25 at 9:00am - Aug 6 2009 - FFEH Field Trip
Foresthill, CA
Thursday, August 6 at 9:00am - Aug 5 2009 - Owl Team IT Meeting
Foresthill Fire District Office
Wednesday, August 5 at 10:00am - July 15 2009 - Fisher IT Meeting
Fresno, Ca
Wednesday, July 15 at 9:00am - Jul 11 2009 - Owl Field Trip
Northern Site
Saturday, July 11 at 5:00pm - LiDar Workshop - Northern Site
Foresthill Fire Protection District...
Thursday, June 4 at 9:00am - LiDar Workshop - Southern Site
Forest Service Bass Lake District R...
Wednesday, June 3 at 9:00am - May 28 2009 - Forest Health F...
Southern Site
Thursday, May 28 at 9:00am
Extended Info
About:
Welcome to SNAMP! The Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project is a joint effort by the University of California, state and federal agencies, and the public to study management of forest lands in the Sierra Nevada.
The SNAMP Project:
It is important to know how vegetation treatments to prevent wildfire will affect fire risk, wildlife, forest health, and water. A team of university scientists has agreed to act as an independent third party, researching the effects of vegetation management treatments implemented by the Forest Service in two areas in the Sierra Nevada. Results will be used to improve forest management in the future.
Background:
Millions of acres of Sierra Nevada forest are endangered by wildfire. The USDA National Forest Service’s 2004 Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment calls for managing the forest using the best information available to protect forests and homes. Vegetation management treatments called strategically placed land area treatments (or SPLATs) are planned or being conducted in several places in the Sierra Nevada where fire risk is high.
What are SPLATs?:
SPLATs, or “strategically placed land area treatments”, are a forest management approach based on the theory that disconnected fuel treatment patches (e.g. forest thinning) that overlap in the direction of head-fire spread reduce the overall rate and intensity of fire, benefiting the entire landscape.
Study Sites:
Northern Site:
The Northern Site is the Last Chance site in the Tahoe National Forest. The Tahoe NF, located in Placer County in the north-central Sierra Nevada, supports Sierra Nevada mixed conifer forest communities and a range of wildlife including the California Spotted Owl.
Southern Site:
The southern site is the Sugar Pine site, located in in the Sierra National Forest on the western slope of the central Sierra Nevada, almost completely in Madera County. The forests here are also mixed conifer. The southern site provides habitat for the Pacific Fisher.
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Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project
Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project Tomorrow is the SNAMP annual meeting in Sacramento! Check out our website for more details: snamp.cnr.berkeley.edu
Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project
The Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project will be hosting its annual meeting October 20, 2009 in Sacramento, CA, from 10 am to 3 pm. The goal of the annual meeting is to promote shared understanding of the current status of SNAMP and its findings thus far and to allow for public interaction and involvement.
The morn...ing session will involve presentations from each science team on their research findings, collaboration, adaption and next steps. There will also be a project implementation update. The afternoon session will be facilitated, round table discussions with each science team to allow for public involvement and input. Public input will help guide SNAMP teams for the coming year.
An agenda and facility directions will be posted at a later date. Participation in the morning session will also be available through web conference at: http://breeze.ucdavis.edu/snampannualmee
To help us plan for set up and lunch, please use the free online registration.
If you have any further questions, please contact Kim Ingram, Program Representative at kcingram@ucdavis.edu
Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project We have two upcoming events this week that are open to the public: On Wednesday we will be hosting an Owl Integration Team Meeting, and on Thursday a Forest Health Field Trip. Come on out if you'd like to learn more about either of these research projects
Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project
The Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project will be hosting two field trips with the Water Team scientists to share their research. The goal of these field trips is to inform SNAMP participants and other interested parties about the research questions and methods used by the UC Water Team to study the effects of US F...orest Service fuels treatment projects on water quality and quantity.
The Northern site fieldtrip will be held on Tuesday, September 1, 2009 in Foresthill, CA. Agenda and logistical information will follow.
For more information or to RSVP, contact Kim Ingram at kcingram@ucdavis.edu
Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project
The Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project will be hosting two field trips with the Water Team scientists to share their research. The goal of these field trips is to inform SNAMP participants and other interested parties about the research questions and methods used by the UC Water Team to study the effects of US F...orest Service fuels treatment projects on water quality and quantity.
The Southern site fieldtrip will be held on Tuesday August 25, 2009, near Oakhurst, CA. Agenda and logistical information will follow.
For more information or to RSVP for this fieldtrip, please contact Anne Lombardo at amlombardo@ucdavis.edu.
Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project Thanks to everyone who made it out to our recent Owl Field Trip and Fisher Meeting. We will be hosting several more field trips and meetings in the upcoming month, check them out under our "events" tab!
Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project
The owl science team will be hosting their second Integration Team meeting August 5, 2009. The purpose of this meeting is to share the owl teams latest findings and to review potential indicators for management of the CA Spotted Owl.
The meeting will be held at the Foresthill Fire District Administrative Office, 24320 M...ain Street, Foresthill, CA, from 10 AM to 2 PM. Lunch will be provided. Logistics and agenda to follow.
If you are interested in attending, please RSVP to Kim Ingram at kcingram@ucdavis.edu by July 31, 2009.
Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project
The Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project will host a field trip with the University of California Science Team to share the forest health research being conducted by SNAMP. The field trip will take place near Foresthill, California from 9:00 to 1:00 pm on August 6, 2009 (agenda and logistical information to follow...).
Dr. John Battles, Professor of Forest Ecology at UC Berkeley and co-lead for the Fire and Forest Health Team, will review the forest health research being conducted by the team and demonstrate data collection techniques in the field. This field trip is similar to the one held in Oakhurst, CA (our southern study site) in May. The goal of the field trip is to famililiarize participants in SNAMP and other interested members of the public with forest health research methods.
If you are interested in attending, please RSVP to: Kim Ingram at kcingram@ucdavis.edu or (530) 889-7385
Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project Save the date! We will hold an integration team meeting on the Fisher research on July 15th 2009. Check back soon for more details.
