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Links:
General
Natural History
Yosemite Nature Notes
Pete Devine, Yosemite Conservancy's Resident Naturalist, has a blog about
day to day park happenings along with notes and observations from the field.
Check in often as he shares his decades of Yosemite experience and knowledge.
Biology of the Sierra Nevada From Wikipedia,
the free encyclopedia.
A very good overview of the Sierra's biology and ecology.
USGS Western Ecological
Research Center Excellent site for research papers on global climate
change and biodiversity. Now includes a new feature: Ask
An Expert! Send your questions to WERC scientists.
California Biodiversity
Council formed in 1991 to improve coordination and cooperation
between the various resource management and environmental protection
organizations at federal, state, and local levels.
Center for Biodiversity Protecting
endangered species and wild places through science, policy, education,
and environmental law.
Kaweah Oaks Reserve A nature
preserve whose primary purpose is to save the valley oaks and surrounding
native plant and wildlife communities that are our natural heritage here
in Tulare County, California.
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National
Park
Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Conservancy
Sequoia Parks Conservancy
Devil's Postpile National
Monument
Inyo National Forest
Sequoia National Forest
Sierra Foothill Conservancy a
land trust dedicated to the preservation of open space and traditional
land uses threatened by the rapid urbanization in the foothills of Fresno
and Madera Counties
UC Berkeley
Links to Natural History Education Sites
CalPhoto Online database
of plant & animal photos.
On-line Wildlife
Research Publications Online publications of the USDA Forest Service
Pacific Southwest Research Station, Redwood Sciences Laboratory, Arcata,
CA.
Wildlife Report
Wildlife Observations Mammals Reptiles & Amphibians Birds Geology Environmental
Education and History SierraWild.gov Sierra
Nevada Network Inventory and Monitoring Program The Sierra
Nevada Network (SIEN) is comprised of Yosemite, Sequoia and Kings Canyon
National Parks and Devils Postpile National Monument. Along with all
270 national parks participating in this inventory and monitoring effort,
the Sierra Nevada Network has begun a long-term plan to: Maps & Data
Another important web site that's just started is iNaturalist.org:
"where you can record what you see in nature, meet other
nature lovers, and learn about the natural world." This innovative site
allows everyone to record their natural history observations (critters, interesting
plants etc.), have it located on a Google map and even link your observation
to a Flikr photo, if available. As observation numbers grow, this site also
has the potential to make a major contribution to knowledge of species distribution.
It's an outstanding resource for the amateur naturalist, schools and even
professionals.
California Bighorn Sheep Foundation Recently
listed as endangered.
Carnivores U.C.
Berkeley carnivores web site
Rodents U.C.
Berkeley rodent web site
Fisher From
the Center for Biological Diversity's application seeking endangered
status with USF&W for the Fisher. A good paper on range and status
of the Fisher (PDF format).
Dr. Roland
Knapp's Frog
Blog. This is an excellent blog written by a
scientist about his work at the Sierra Nevada Aquatic
Research Lab on frogs and amphibians. Subscribe to the RSS Feed to automatically
find when new essays are posted. Roland's blog is part of a larger Nature
Blog Network. Check that out
for links to other excellent science writing by people actually doing
primary research.
Amphibia Web Amphibia Web
is an online resource for people concerned with the declining amphibian
problem.
Sierra Nevada Aquatic
Research Lab SNARL provides a modern laboratory and experimental
stream complex that promotes and encourages scientific research all year
long.
Audubon Society
Field
Guide to the Birds of the Sierra Nevada Project
Naturesongs.com NatureSong
has been recording the sounds of nature for over 23 years. All of our
nature sounds are continuous, natural sounds of nature and birdsongs recorded
live on location.
NPS Geodiveristy Atlas of Yosemite National Park
USGS Geology and Hydrology of Yosemite National Park
NatureBridge Begun in Yosemite 30 years ago, YI has expanded
to several campuses in California and Washington. They have great environmental
education courses for teachers and schools.
CREEC The California Regional Environmental
Education Community (CREEC) Network is an educational project whose mission
is:To develop a communication network which provides educators with access
to High Quality environmental education resources to enhance the environmental
literacy of California Students. Searchable by subject or county.
Yosemite Online Library An
excellent source for online text of books, old documents and maps of Yosemite.
Provides a centralized reliable source for current information and recent
news about the 28 designated Wilderness areas in the Sierra Nevada.
Help people plan their next wilderness visit, from brainstorming ideas through
leaving the trailhead with everything you’ll need for a safe, enjoyable,
responsible trip
GIS
Data Maps of the Sierra from the SNEP Report
Mono
Basin Clearinghouse An
excellent source for research reports and updates on the progress of restoring
Mono Lake.Many links to other Sierra resources and GIS Data.
Mono Lake Web Site Good selection
of natural history books; history and progress of restoring Mono Lake to
it's pre-diversion ecology; research article on Mono Basin AND current
temperature and lake level.
Central
Sierra Environmental Resources Center CSERC
defends 2,000,000 acres of the central region of the Sierra Nevada against
a wide range of environmental threats.
California
Gap Analysis The California Gap Analysis Project is publishing
a CD-ROM to provide you with a handy way to obtain the entire GIS database,
final report, and an interactive atlas of California's biodiversity.
Center for Biological Diversity Protecting
endangered species and wild places of western North America and the Pacific
through science, policy, education, and environmental law.
Geographic Information Systems An explanation
of GIS and links to data sets from ESRI, publishers of the GIS software
ArcView.
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