SYRCL’s Meadow Restoration Work: Staff Presentation
Alecia Weisman, SYRCL’s Watershed Science Program Manager, gives a presentation to the SYRCL staff about SYRCL’s meadow restoration work and the importance role meadows play in the watershed.
Projects
Grant Resources
Forest Health Grant Resources Cal Fire Business and Workforce Development – Accepting applications. California Forest Improvement Program (CFIP) – Accepting applications Fire Prevention Grants Program Forest Health Grant Program – Accepting applications. Forest Health Research – Accepting applications. Forest Legacy Program Rural Fire Capacity – Accepting applications. Urban and Community Forestry Grant Program Wildfire Resilience Block Grant – Accepting applications. Wood Products & Bioenergy Program Sierra Nevada…
Partner Projects
Check out the great work the Yuba Forest Network Partners are taking on across the Yuba River watershed: Aquatic Organism Passage on the Tahoe National Forest Trout Unlimited is working with the Tahoe National Forest to prioritize aquatic organism passage barriers for remediation. The upper Yuba system is pristine in many ways, but the many…
Yuba Forest Network Products
Resilience Strategy for Yuba Forests Stakeholder Needs Assessment – Yuba Forest Network Stakeholder Mapping Project – Yuba Forest Network
Haskell Peak Meadow Restoration Project
SYRCL, in partnership with the Tahoe National Forest, is wrapping up the planning phase and moving toward restoration implementation on 229 acres of meadow habitat within five high priority meadows in the North Yuba Watershed: Haskell Headwaters Fen, Chapman Saddle Meadow, West Church Meadow, Freeman Meadow, and Bear trap Meadow. Haskell Headwaters Fen, Chapman Saddle…
Loney Meadow Restoration Project
Located in the Tahoe National Forest near Grouse Ridge, Loney Meadow is a beautiful meadow that supports a diverse and fragile ecosystem. SYRCL began working at Loney Meadow with the Tahoe National Forest in 2011 to assess meadow conditions, restore aspen habitat, improve the interpretive trail, improve stream habitat, and monitor greenhouse gas emissions and…
Loney Meadow Interpretive Trail
The signs in this slideshow were designed by SYRCL, in partnership with the Tahoe National Forest. Funding for this project was provided by the Sierra Nevada Conservancy, and agency of the State of California. Directions to Loney Meadow From Nevada City/ Grass Valley: Take Highway 20 East from Nevada City about 30 miles. Just after…
Deer Meadow
Deer Meadow is a 46-acre, high gradient meadow located near Bowman Lake in the South Yuba River watershed. The meadow has a mean elevation of 6250 feet and a gradient of approximately 7 percent. Historic land use in the area include mining, logging, grazing and their associated roads and trails. The Tahoe National Forest acquired…