A goal of TIIMS is housing documents about the past,
present and future environmental research conducted
in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Scientific research conducted
by organizations, agencies, and universities aims to
detect, for example, habitat destruction and discover
ways to monitor and ultimately eliminate environmental
impacts. Ongoing research efforts collecting baseline
data will help regulatory agencies establish regulations
and develop limits and indicators
designed to improve environmental health.
The TRPA, along with the US Forest Service –
Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (USFS-LTBMU), California
State Parks, California Tahoe Conservancy, and the Nevada
Division of Wildlife, have actively implemented a coordinated,
interagency wildlife survey program. Collectively, these
agencies have been working together, without land management
boundaries, to accomplish a similar goal; generate quality
information on several wildlife species and habitats
throughout the basin. Since 1997, this interagency effort
has closely coordinated field efforts; using established
and accepted survey protocols, to efficiently, and consistently
record information on the basin´s wildlife populations.
In addition to wildlife surveys, the interagency group
continues to develop a wildlife database (“Wildlife2000”)
in which all agency partners enter survey data. The
data can be queried to rapidly generate pertinent wildlife
information. As part of the data management effort,
the interagency monitoring program continues to develop
a Geographic Information System (GIS) for wildlife sightings,
population activity locations (i.e., nest and den location),
and habitats of significance. Similar to the Wildlife2000
database, the GIS provides wildlife managers with a
valuable tool to track the site-specific status of sensitive
wildlife and their habitats and relate this information
with land use or landscape features.
TIIMS is always searching for more documents to include
in this section so please contact tiims@trpa.org
with possible links to other wildlife research.
Source:
TRPA 2001 Threshold Evaluation - Wildlife
California
Tahoe Conservancy: Wildlife Enhancement
Airola, D. A. and N. Shubert. 1981. Reproductive Success,
Nest Site Selection, and Management of Ospreys at Lake
Almanor, CA. 1969-1980. Cal-Neva Wildlife Transactions.
p. 79-85. (Management)
Anthony, R. G., R. J. Steidl, and K. McGarigal. 1995.
Recreation and bald eagles in the Pacific Northwest.
Pages 223-241 in R. L. Knight and K. J. Gutzwiller,
eds. Wildlife and recreationists: coexistance through
research and management. Island Press, Covelo, CA 372
pp.(Management)
Belanger, L., and J. Bedard. 1990. Energetic cost
of man-induced disturbance to staging snow geese. J.
Wildl. Manage. 54:36-41. (Management)
Berger, J. 1990. Environmental Restoration: Science
and Strategies for Restoring the Earth (Restoration)
Brooks, R. P., T. J. O´Connell, D. H. Wardrop,
and L.E. Jackson. 1998. Towards a regional index of
biological integrity: The example of forested riparian
systems. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 51:
131-143. (Monitoring/Management)
Burden, R. F. and P. F. Randerson. 1972. Quantitative
studies of the effects of human trampling on vegetation
as an aid to the management of semi-natural areas. Journal
of Applied Ecology 9:439-457. (Management/Regulation)
Conroy, M. J. and C. T. Moore. 2001. Simulation models
and optimal decision making in natural resource management.
In: Modeling in Natural Resource Management:
Development, Interpretation, and Application (eds. T.
M. Shenk and A. B. Franklin). Island Press, Washington,
D.C. (Decision Making).
Croonquist, M. J. and R. P. Brooks. 1991. Use of avian
and mammalian guilds as indicators of cumulative impacts
in riparian-wetland areas. Environmental Management
15: 701-714. (Monitoring/Management)
Cowardin, L. W., V Carter, F. C. Golet, and E. T. LaRoe.
1979. Classification of wetlands and deepwater habitats
of the United States. USDI, Fish and Wildlife Service,
Washington, D. C. (Management)
Dahl, T. E., 2000. Status and trends of wetlands in
the conterminous United States 1986 to 1997. U.S. Dept.
of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington
D.C. 82pp. (Restoration)
DeSante, D. F. and T. L. George. 1994. Population
trends in the landbirds of western North America. Studies
in Avian Biology No. 15:173-190. (Regulation)
Ehrenfeld, J. G. 2000. Defining the limits of restoration:
the need for realistic goals. Rest. Ecol. 8:1, 2-9 (Restoration)
Elliott-Fisk et al. 1997. Lake Tahoe Case Studies.
Pages 217–264, In; Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project:
Final Report to Congress, Status of the Sierra Nevada
(Addendum). Wildland Resources Center Report No. 40.
Centers for Water and Wildland Resources, University
of California, Davis. (Management)
Everett, R., P. Hessburg, J. Lahmkuhl, M. Jensen,
and P. Bourgeron. 1994. Old forest in dynamic landscapes.
J. of Forestry 92:1 22-25. (Regulation/Management)
Fraser, J. D., L. D. Frenzel, and J. E. Mathisen.
1985. The impact of human activities on breeding bald
eagles in north-central Minnesota. J. Wildl. Manage.
49:585-592. (Management)
Golightly, R.T. 1991. An Evaluation of the Tahoe Basin
for the Support of Nesting and Wintering Bald Eagles.
Department of Wildlife, Humboldt State University, Arcata,
CA. (Management)
Gutzwiller, K. J. 1995. Recreational disturbance and
wildlife communities. In: Wildlife and Recreationalists:
Coexistence Through Management and Research. Knight
R. L. and K. J. Gutzwiller (eds.) Island Press, Washington,
D.C. (Management/Regulation)
Keane, J. J. 1999. Ecology of the Northern Goshawk
in the Sierra Nevada, California. Ph.D. Dissertation.
Univ. of Calif., Davis. Pp. 123. (Management)
Knight, R. L. and D. N. Cole. 1995. Wildlife responses
to recreationists. In: R. L. Knight and K. J.
Gutzwiller (eds.). Wildlife and recreationists: coexistence
though management and research. Pp. 51 – 69. (Management)
Krebs, C. J. 1989. Ecological Methodology. Harper Collins
Publishers, New York, NY. Pp. 328 – 370. (monitoring/analysis
of monitoring data)
Hardt, R. A. and D. H. Newman. 1995. Regional policies
for national forest old-growth planning. J. of Forestry,
v91:32-35. (Regulatory/management)
Herron, G.B. C.A. Mortimore, and M.S. Rawlings. 1985.
Nevada Raptors: Their Biology and Management. Biological
Bulletin Number 8. Nevada Department of Wildlife, Reno,
NV. (management)
Huxel, G. R. and A. Hastings. 1999. Habitat loss,
fragmentation, and restoration. Rest. Ecol. 7:3, 309-315.
(Management/restoration).
James, T. D. W., D. W. Smith, E. E. Mackintosh, M.
K. Hoffman, and P. Monti. 1979. Effects of camping recreation
on soil, jack pine, and understory vegetation in a northwestern
Ontario park. Forest Science 25:333-349.
Kendall, W. L. 2001. Using models to facilitate complex
decisions. In: Modeling in Natural Resource Management:
Development, Interpretation, and Application (eds. T.
M. Shenk and A. B. Franklin). Island Press, Washington,
D.C. (Decision Making)
Knight, R. L. and D. N. Cole. 1995. Wildlife responses
to recreationists. Pages 51-69. In R.L. Knight and K.J.
Gutzwiller (eds.) Wildlife and Recreationists: Coexistence
through management and research. Island Press, Washington
D.C. (Management)
Knight, R L. and S. K. Knight. 1984. Responses of
wintering bald eagles to boating activity. Journal of
Wildlife Management 48:999-1004. (Management/restoration)
Kusler, J. A. and M. E. Kentula. 1990. Wetland Creation
and Restoration: The Status of the Science. Island Press,
Washington D.C. (Restoration)
Levenson, H. and J. R. Koplin. 1984. Effects of human
activity on productivity of nesting osprey. J. Wildl.
Manage. 48(4):1374-1377. (Management/Regulation)
Laves, K. S. and J. S. Romsos. 1999. Wintering Bald
Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) and human recreational
use of the south shore of Lake Tahoe, California. USDA
Forest Service, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, 870
Emerald Bay Road, Suite 1, South Lake Tahoe, CA. (Management/regulation)
Manley, P. N. and M. D. Schlesinger. 2001. Riparian
biological diversity in the Lake Tahoe basin. A final
report for the California Tahoe Conservancy and the
U. S. Forest Service. Pacific Southwest Region, US Forest
Service – Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, So.
Lake Tahoe, CA. Pp. 465. (Monitoring/management/regulation).
