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ties and water agencies may be an increasing trend in attempts
to augment community water supplies.
proved the readability of the manuscrit Maureen Davis obtained data that I was unable to
With all changes in land use and other disturbances, prox- . Beyond the greater SNEP team,
imity to streams is a critical influence on the aquatic impacts source professionals on all the national forests of
of the activity. Simply minimizing disturbance of vegetation Nevada were very helpful in providing
and soils near streams and conscientious application of best marion, and access to their files. Ken Roby, Jim
management practices for erosion control have the potential McKee, Terry Kaplan-Henr~ and Bob Gecy were
for reducing sediment problems. This locational emphasis is helpful in this regard. Many other people involved,
especially important with respect to grazing. Overgrazed ri- ter issues in the Sier.ra Nevada provided information;
parian areas need substantial rest to adequately recover from sistance. The following list includes only a sample
past problems. Allowing such recovery means minimizing the who were most helpful: Jane Baxter, Clay Brandow, Bob
presence of livestock and other disturbances in riparian zones Gayle Dana, Gary Freeman, George Ice, Donna
on a continuing basis. Brett Matzke, Sally Miller, John Munn, Robert
Management of forest fuels to reduce the risk of catastrophic Randall Osterhuber, Doug Powell, Terry Russi, Tom~
fire must include thorough consideration of aquatic impacts
and mitigation measures. If a major program of fuels treatment
is started, a dedicated team of soil scientists, hydrolo-
Darrell Wong, and Sue Yee.
gists, and aquatic ecologists should be involved in the
planning and execution of such a program on local adminis-
R E F E R E N C E S
trative units. A team of specialists, on either a zone or regional Adams, P. W. 1993. Maintaining woodland roads. Extension
level, is also needed to monitor and evaluate the long-term
effects of postfire treatments. Their experience could develop
a rational set of best management practices for dealing with
burned landscapes.
Prevention of further degradation and correction of exist-
1137. Corvallis: Oregon State University,
Adams, P. W., and H. A. Froehlich. 1981. Compaction
Pacific Northwest Extension Publication 217. Corvallis:
State University.
Aguado, E. D., D. Cayan, L. Riddle, and M. Roos. 199~
fluctuations and the timing of west coast streamflow~ ~
ing water-related problems is expensive, as the Lake Tahoe
experience has demonstrated. Rehabilitation of forest roads
and restoration of degraded stream~ will require substantial
investment. The forests of the Sierra Nevada contain three
Climate 5:1468-83.
Akers, J. P. 1986. Ground water in the Long Meadow area and
with that in the General Sherman Tree area, Sequoia
California. Water-Resources Inv.estigations Report 8
resources of substantial economic value to society: water, tim- Sacramento, CA: U.S. Geological Survey.
ber, and recreational opportunities. Some of their value in the Albin-Smith, T., and C. A. Raguse. 1984. Environmental e
marketplace could be returned to their sources and used to
improve the conditions favorable to their production. Because
the benefits of water from the Sierra Nevada contribute to so
many aspects of California’s economy, creative means of reinvesting
a portion of those benefits into the watersheds need
to be explored.
use and intensive range management:
Contribution 187 ISSN 0575-4941. Davis:
Water Resources Center.
Allen, H. L. 1987. Forest fertilizers. Journal
American Meteorological Society. 1992. Planned and
weather modification--a policy statement. Bulletin oft
Meteorological Society 73 (3): 1-4.
Anderson, H. W. 1963. Managing
Research Paper PSW-6. Berkeley, CA: U.S.
A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station.
Most members and associates of the SNEP team contributed roads, forest fires, and catchment attributes.
to this chapter through comments, discussions, suggestions, symposium on man’s effect on erosion and
contacts, reviews of drafts, and material in their own chap- Publication 113.
ters. In particular, I wish to thank Peter Moyle, Don Erman,
Bruce McGurk, Nell Berg, Jeff Dozier, Susan Ustin, Larry
Costick, Debbie Elliott-Fisk, Rowan Rowntree, Bill Stewart,
Jeff Romm, Roger Poff, Mike Diggles, Hap Dunning, Matt
Kondolf, Roland Knapp, Doug Leisz, and Connie MiUar for
their help and insights. Karen Gabriel, Lian Duan, Steve
of Hydrological Sciences.
-. 1979. Sources of sediment induced reduction in
appraised from catchment attributes and
Congress on Water Resources. Urbana, IL:
Resource Association.
Anderson, H. W., and C. H. Gleason.
effects on runofffrom snow cover, 478-89. Publication
Beckwitt, Paul Randall, and Russ Jones provided much ana- England: International Association of Scientific
lytical assistance with geographic information. Jen Lucas, Erin Anderson, H. W., M. D. Hoover, and Ko G. Reinharto
Fleming, Mike Oliver, Cindy Seaman, and Sue Enos kept the water: Effects of forest management on floods,
project going with their behind-the-scenes logistics..Mignon supply. GeneraITechnical Report PSW-18.
Moskowitz, Virginia Rich, and Zipporah Collins greatly im- Service, Pacific
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