Events

The Pacific fisher wildlife research team from the southern site of the Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project led a group of participants to their research site. They have been studying the fisher for four years and have two years remaining in their evaluation of this population's response to local fuel treatments being done by the Forest Service. As it will be denning season by May, the research team wanted to show some of the interesting details they have learned about the fisher's denning habits over the last few years.

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SNAMP hosted its annual meeting on October 27, 2011. The goals for this meeting were to promote shared understanding of the current status of SNAMP and its findings; to inform stakeholders of the anticipated budget cuts and delayed treatment implementation schedule and the effects of these issues on project deliverables and conclusion; and to encourage public interaction and involvement with the project as we discuss next steps.

The morning presentation and the afternoon presentation are available to download. Please see also the agenda and the annual report for more details.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED!

The US Forest Service along with University of California Science team have decided to postpone the planned SNAMP fieldtrip on October 13th to the Sugar Pine fuels treatment project near Oakhurst. Work on the Sugar Pine project has had a later than anticipated start and there is not yet enough work completed to provide the best viewing opportunities for the public.

The field trip to the Last Chance study site (Foresthill, CA) was led by UC SNAMP researcher Dr. John Battles and US Forest Service District Ranger Chris Fisher.

The goal of this trip was to provide the public with an opportunity to see the studied fuels reduction projects in progress and an opportunity for questions and comments.

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SNAMPs fisher team hosted their third annual Integration Team meeting on July 19th 2011 from 10am to 4pm at the UC Merced Fresno Center. The goal of the meeting was to share the results from the latest year of research on the pacific fisher in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Oakhurst.

PowerPoint presentations from this meeting are available here.

SNAMP hosted the field trip on July 14, 2011 from 4 to 7pm. We met at the American River Ranger District office in Foresthill (22830 Foresthill Rd, Foresthill, CA) and carpooled out to the Last Chance study site.

The pupose of this field trip was to educate the public and agency partners on current SNAMP CA Spotted Owl research, to include information on owl surveys, vegetation surveys and habitat mapping.

The 2011 fieldtrip with the SNAMP water research team was held on Friday July 8th. The field trip destination was the Kings River Experimental Watershed (KREW) on the Sierra National Forest, south of the SNAMP southern site at Oakhurst.

Summary notes from this field trip can be found here.

Brandon Collins will present a talk titled "Landscape level fire behavior and forest fuels treatments" at the Forest Biology Research Center Seminar at UC Davis. This seminar is open to the public to attend. Please see the Forest Biology Seminar Agenda for more information.

SNAMP hosted a Water Team Integration Team meeting on April 8th 2011 from 9 am to 3 pm at the UC Cooperative Extension office in Merced. Drs. Roger Bales and Martha Conklin from UC Merced will share their water instrumentation work, baseline data and modeling efforts for their work in the Sierra for SNAMP.

The powerpoint presentations from this meeting can be found here. The meeting summary notes can be found here.

SNAMP hosted an Integration Team meeting on February 2, 2011 in Davis, CA from 10am to 2pm.

The meeting goals were to share the latest findings from the UC SNAMP Public Participation team and to seek input and feedback on project research, evaluation, and outreach. Desired outcomes from the meeting were to develop plans for research, outreach and evaluation for the next year.

The PowerPoint presentation from this meeting can be found here.

Meeting summary notes can be found here.

SNAMP hosted a field trip with the Water Team scientists on November 18, 2010. A primary goal of this field trip was 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 Forest Service fuels treatment projects on water quantity and quality. The team demonstrated how the newly upgraded embedded sensor network, which employs the state-of-the-art wireless technology, measures the variability of snow depth and soil moisture across the landscape and arrives at quantitative basin-scale estimates. This Duncan Peak instrument cluster is also a prototype for a new, broader water-information system for Sierra Nevada snowpack and water cycle.

Summary notes from this fieldtrip can be found here.

SNAMP had its 2010 annual meeting on October 21, 2010 at the US Fish & Wildlife Service office in Sacramento.

The goal of the annual meeting was to promote shared understanding of the current status of SNAMP and its findings thus far and to allow for public interaction and involvement. The morning session involved presentations from each science team on their research findings, collaboration efforts, and next steps. There was also a project implementation update from the Forest Service. The afternoon session had facillitated, round table discussions with each science team to allow for public involvment and input. Public participation will help guide SNAMP teams for the upcoming year.

Documents from this meeting, including the meeting agenda, summary notes, 2010 Annual Report, and the pdf versions of all powerpoint presentations can be found here.

The Fisher Integration Team meeting was held in Fresno on July 22nd from 10am to 4pm at the UC Merced Center at 550 E. Shaw Ave in the Inyo room. The goal of this meeting was to share what the team has learned through their fisher research over the last year.

Powerpoint presentations and summary notes can be found here.

The Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project (SNAMP) and the University of California/University of Minnesota Science Team hosted a California Spotted Owl field trip on June 15, 2010 at Blodgett Forest Research Station, near Georgetown, CA (El Dorado County), from 4pm to 7pm. The purpose of this field trip was to educate the public on SNAMP Spotted Owl research, including the Eldorado Spotted Owl Demographic study.

The Fire and Forest Ecosystem Health Team held an Integration Team meeting February 17, 2010. The purpose of the meeting was to share current SNAMP research and scientific papers on implementation and effectiveness of landscape scale forest fuel treatments.

Presentations and information from this meeting can be found here.

SNAMP hosted its annual meeting on October 20, 2009 in Sacramento. The goal of the annual meeting was to promote shared understanding of the current status of SNAMP and its findings thus far and to allow for public interaction and involvement.

The morning session involved presentations from each science team on their research findings, collaboration, adaption and next steps. The afternoon session inolved facilitated, round table discussions with each science team to allow for public involvement and input.

Presentations and summary notes from this meeting can be found here.

The Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project hosted two field trips with the Water Team scientists to share their research. The goal of these field trips was 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 Forest Service fuels treatment projects on water quality and quantity.

Summary notes from this field trip can be found here.

The Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project hosted two field trips with the Water Team scientists to share their research. The goal of these field trips was 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 Forest Service fuels treatment projects on water quality and quantity.

Summary notes from this field trip can be found here.

The Sierra National Forest hosted two field trips to the Sugar Pine Adaptive Management Project. The purpose of the field visits was to inform and present to interested parties, the different alternatives in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and to let people know how best to respond to the DEIS.

The field trips were held on Wednesday, August 5 and Saturday, August 8, 2009, 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM.

Dr. John Battles, Professor of Forest Ecology at UC Berkeley and co-lead for the SNAMP Fire & Forest Ecosystem Health Science Team, led this field trip to discuss the forest health research being conducted and to demonstrate data collection techniques in the field. The goal of this field trip was to familiarize participants in SNAMP and other interested members of the public with forest health concepts and research methods. The focus of this field trip was forest health, while the field trip held in 2008 focused on data collection for fire modeling.

If you would like more information on this past field trip please contact Kim Ingram at kcingram@ucdavis.edu or (530) 889-7385

The Sierra National Forest hosted two field trips to the Sugar Pine Adaptive Management Project. The purpose of the field visits was to inform and present to interested parties, the different alternatives in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and to let people know how best to respond to the DEIS.

The field trips were held on Wednesday, August 5 and Saturday, August 8, 2009, 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM.

The owl science team hosted their second Integration Team meeting August 5, 2009. The purpose of this meeting was to share the owl teams latest findings and to review potential indicators for management of the CA Spotted Owl.

Meeting notes and presentation are posted here.

The Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project's Pacific Fisher wildlife research team hosted an integration team meeting to share the latest findings from their ongoing research in the Oakhurst area and receive input on a preliminary proposal by the team for fisher management indicators.

Summary notes and presentation from this meeting can be found here.

The Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project (SNAMP) hosted a field trip with the Owl Team to demonstrate research methods on Saturday, July 11, 2009 near Foresthill, CA. Project Leader and Owl Reserchers Doug Temple and Sheila Whitmore reviewed research methods used to study California Spotted Owls and demonstrated baiting and capture, banding and identifying techniques. The goal of the field trip was to familarize participants in SNAMP and other interested members of the public with the owl research being conducted as part of the project.

The Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project (SNAMP) Spatial Science Team recently hosted two educational workshops on the uses of Lidar in forest research and management. Lidar (Light Detection and Ranging) is a remote sensing technology that uses scattered light to characterize ground based resources.

The workshop included lidar basics, types and use examples, as well as other imagery technology. The science team also addressed the incorporation of lidar into the SNAMP project with examples from the water and wildlife teams and fire models.

The presentations from this workshop can be downloaded here, at the links to the right.

The Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project (SNAMP) Spatial Science Team recently hosted two educational workshops on the uses of Lidar in forest research and management. Lidar (Light Detection and Ranging) is a remote sensing technology that uses scattered light to characterize ground based resources.

The workshop included lidar basics, types and use examples, as well as other imagery technology. The science team also addressed the incorporation of lidar into the SNAMP project with examples from the water and wildlife teams and fire models.

The presentations from this workshop can be downloaded here, at the links to the right.

The Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project hosted a field trip with the University of California Science Team to share the forest health research being conducted by SNAMP. Dr. John Battles, Professor of Forest Ecology at UC Berkeley and co-lead for the Fire and Forest Health Team reviewed the forest health research being conducted by the team and demonstrated data collection techniques in the field. The goal of the field trip was to familiarize participants in SNAMP and other interested members of the public with forest health research methods.

Summary notes from the field trip are posted here.

The Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project held an Integration Team meeting on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 to share and discuss the Public Participation Team's goals, process, and draft results. Public Participation in SNAMP includes research on the participatory processes of SNAMP and the US Forest Service, UC Cooperative Extension-led outreach events for SNAMP and an interactive website. The purpose of this meeting was to inform stakeholders about SNAMP public participation research, get feedback on outreach strategies, and further develop how best to include the public in adaptive management.

Information from this meeting can be found here.

SNAMP and the USFS held an Integration Team meeting regarding the upcoming Sugar Pine fuels treatment project on the Sierra National Forest. The purpose was to roll out alternatives for the project as the Forest Service prepares to release their draft EIS.

Please contact Anne Lombardo at amlombardo@ucdavis.edu if you have any questions about this past meeting.

Notes and presentations from this meeting can be found here.

We hosted two sessions. The morning session objectives were to present an overview of the research conducted so far by the University of California Science Teams and to allow for public involvement and input with the various teams. Collaboration and synthesis of public comment in the interactive session will help to guide SNAMP public involvement for the next year.

The afternoon session objective was to brief state and federal agency leaders on the status of the SNAMP project. This includes research highlights, project level success and challenges, the future of SNAMP, public commentary and a question and answer period.

Presentations and summary notes from this meeting are available here.

The Forest Service and UC Science Team hosted a field trip to the Cedar Valley and Sugar Pine fuel treatment sites near Oakhurst on Friday, October 17th. The goal for this field trip was to provide information and dialogue about the effects of the 2004 Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment's fisher standards and guidelines on the thinning options for the Sugar Pine Project.

For more information about this past field trip, please contact Anne Lombardo at amlombardo@ucdavis.edu.

The meeting included presentations on the status of the Sugar Pine Project on the Sierra National Forest and the current fisher research there. The goal of the meeting was to better understand how the fisher team's research will inform future forest management decisions.

Presentations and summary notes from this meeting can be found here.

The Tahoe National Forest hosted a field trip to the Last Chance Project on Thursday, September 11, 2008, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm at the Foresthill Ranger Station.

The field trip's purpose was to view the tree designation (mark) on the Last Chance Project. This project is a Strategically Placed Area Treatment (SPLAT) being done to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires as per the 2004 Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment.

Effects of this project on wildlife, water, fire and forest health are being studied through the Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project (SNAMP) by the University of California Science Team.

For more information about this field trip, please contact Karen Jones. karenjones@fs.fed.us

The Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project (SNAMP) hosted a day in the field with the University of California Fire and Forest Ecosystem Health Team near Auburn, California on Saturday, September 6th, 2008.

The field trip included presentations on the current forest inventory work being done on the Tahoe National Forest to understand the effects of US Forest Service thinning treatments to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires. Desired outcomes of this field trip were to provide an opportunity for on the ground involvement with the Fire and Forest Ecosystem Health Science Team and an opportunity for the public to participate in data collection.

For more information about this field trip, please contact Kim Ingram at (530)889-7385, or kcingram@ucdavis.edu

A Day in the Field with the University of California Owl Science Team on July 29th, 2008. [this is a separate event from the July 25th integration team meeting in Auburn]. Desired outcomes of this field trip were to provide on the ground involvement with the Owl Science Team and an opportunity for the public to participate in data collection.

• Workshop: 4pm - 5:30 pm, Blodgett Research Forest, Georgetown, CA.
  
• Data collection: 6 pm - 9 pm, Tahoe National Forest, Last Chance Research site
  

The meeting included presentations on the current spotted owl research on the Tahoe National Forest and an opportunity to interact with the University of California/University of Minnesota Owl Science Team. Desired outcomes of the meeting were to increase knowledge about methods of spotted owl research and how this research will inform future management decisions.

Presentation and summary notes from this can be found here.

The field trip was held in Oakhurst, June 21, 2008. 10am to 1pm. Participants joined some of the UC science team members that have been collecting local forest inventory data for the Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project (SNAMP).

Our Integration Team meeting (with members from the public, UCST and MOU Partners) was held in Davis on May 27 from 10am - 1pm. The goal of the meeting was to further define the adaptive management loop, in this case focusing on the fire and forest health team data collection and analysis process.

Meeting notes are posted here.

Fisher presentation at Yosemite High School.

This workshop was one of two designed to:

• build working relationshops between SNAMP participants to inform the next steps in Adaptive Management development;
• provide tools to support effective communication between SNAMP partners; and
• prepare participants for the next Integration Team meeting (May 27 in Davis).

This workshop was one of two designed to:

• build working relationshops between SNAMP participants to inform the next steps in Adaptive Management development;
• provide tools to support effective communication between SNAMP partners; and
• prepare participants for the next Integration Team meeting (May 27 in Davis).

Our Q3 Meeting was held on Feb 26 2008 at the Tri-College Center in Merced. The following PIs (or their representatives) attended: Roger Bales, Reg Barrett, John Battles, Brandon Collins, Qinghua Guo, Lynn Huntsinger, Kim Rodrigues, Scott Stephens and Doug Temple.

Now that the UC Science Team has begun to implement the SNAMP workplan, an important next step is the exploration of HOW to collaboratively design and implement Adaptive Management practices. Since the T/T Team is critical to this effort, we are inviting you to a one day training to introduce the Structural Facilitation processes we used in the workplan development and to use these processes to plan for the next T/T meeting. It is scheduled for February 20th, from 9 AM to 5 PM at the DANR building in Davis and requires the full day commitment of all participants. Space is limited to 12 attendees, so get your registration in quickly! The attached agenda outlines some of the topics that will be covered as well as the desired outcomes from the day. The overall goals of the day are 1) to raise awareness regarding successful methods and processes that are needed to support Adaptive Management in SNAMP, 2) to practice using the methods to design the next T/T meeting, and 3) get feedback on what elements seem most important to the participants.

This was a conference call for interested parties to get feedback from the owl team on their revised workplan.

The q2 public meeting was Nov 29 2007 in Auburn CA. The success of this project requires public input throughout the development and implementation of the work plan. We will create continued opportunities for your input at this meeting and future events. We also held a celebration in recognition of this unique collaborative effort. The following lead scientists attended the public meeting: John Battles, Scott Stephens, Roger Bales, Martha Conklin, Rocky Gutierrez, Reg Barrett, Lynn Huntsinger, Kim Rodrigues, and Maggi Kelly.

Another meeting of our Triggers and Thresholds group. This meeting was on the Ecosystem Management Decision Support System, a proposed analytic fromework for the triggers and thresholds discussion. Our meeting notes are posted here.

Our first Public Meeting as an operational SNAMP Project. Meeting Invitation, a discussion about changes to the southern site, and our presentation are posted here.

This was a T&T meeting in Foresthill CA. The Triggers and Thresholds team is now called the Integration Team.

June 14 2007 Triggers and Thresholds meeting.

This public meeting in Auburn CA.

We presented an overview of the project, and produced a series of 1-page handouts from each of the science teams. They are all posted here at right.

We discussed the SNAMP project and the development of the SNAMP workplan. Our invitation and meeting notes are posted here.

This was our first Public Meeting, and it was held in Davis, Ca. We post here our Invitation, Public Comment, Notes, and five presentations shown at the meeting.