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Riparian Habitat - Monitoring Birds at California's
Vehicular Recreation Areas - Pacific Northwest Science and Conservation Program
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- Pollinator Ecology and Conservation
- Molt and Plumage Studies
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SIERRA MEADOWS PROJECT PARTNERS
Many partners have joined forces to enable coordinated bird monitoring at meadow restoration sites throughout the greater Sierra Nevada region. One example of a successful partnership is Indian Valley, on the Eldorado National Forest, where we have joined with a diverse group of partners who are restoring the meadow and monitoring the effects on birds. The video below provides an introduction to the project at Indian Valley.
Partners on our coordinated bird monitoring project at meadow restoration sites include:
Alpine Watershed Council
American Rivers
California Dept. of Fish and Wildlife
California State Parks
Coca-Cola Corporation
Eldorado National Forest
Friends of Hope Valley
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Lassen National Forest - Modoc National Forest
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Nature Conservancy
Pit Resource Conservation District
Plumas National Forest
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park
Sierra National Forest
Stanislaus National Forest
Tahoe National Forest
The Institute for Bird Populations
The Ranz Family
Truckee Donner Land Trust
Truckee River Watershed Council
USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region
Webber Lake Ranch
Yosemite National Park
American Rivers
California Dept. of Fish and Wildlife
California State Parks
Coca-Cola Corporation
Eldorado National Forest
Friends of Hope Valley
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Lassen National Forest - Modoc National Forest
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Nature Conservancy
Pit Resource Conservation District
Plumas National Forest
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park
Sierra National Forest
Stanislaus National Forest
Tahoe National Forest
The Institute for Bird Populations
The Ranz Family
Truckee Donner Land Trust
Truckee River Watershed Council
USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region
Webber Lake Ranch
Yosemite National Park
Please see the full list of available publications for this program at the Restoring Montane Meadows Homepage.
Photo Credits: Top of Page, nigel; Right Column Top to Bottom, IBP, Matt MacGillivray, Kathy and Sam
PROJECT PARTNERS
In addition to studying meadow conditions for birds broadly across the Sierra, sometimes IBP works closely with land managers on specific meadow restoration projects. At Indian Valley in Alpine, CA, IBP has worked closely with a consortium of partners from multiple state and federal agencies, conservation organizations, and private industry to help incorporate the needs of riparian birds into hydrologic restoration efforts, and then monitor the response of bird populations to those efforts.
Above: IBP Biologist Helen Loffland and volunteers from a local high school take a break from planting willows at Indian Valley.
