Tahoe Science Program Funded by SNPLMA Round 8
Theme
Forest
Management,
Fuels
Reduction,
and Stream
and Meadow
Restoration
Subtheme
Forest and
Fuels
Reduction
Stream and
Meadow
Restoration
Recreation
Water Quality
Modeling
Water Quality
Best
Management
Practices
Roadway
Pollutants
Nearshore
Ecology
Climate
Change
Application of
Predictive
Models
Science Integration
Title
Lead Investigator Lead Institutions
Upland fuel reduction treatments in the Lake Tahoe
Basin: Forest restoration effectiveness
Patricia Manley
PSW Research Station, BMP
Ecosciences, UN Reno
Developing Fuel Characteristic Classification System
(FCCS) fuelbeds for the Angora Fire Region
Developing fuels treatments for balancing fuel
reduction, soil exposure, and potential for erosion in
the Tahoe Basin
Identifying spatially explicit reference conditions for
forest landscapes in the Lake Tahoe Basin, USA
A comprehensive integration of past stream
restoration efforts and future tools to evaluate and
track the multitude of benefits by stream and
meadows in the Lake Tahoe Basin
Roger D. Ottmar
PNW Research Station, USFS
Region 5
Humboldt State University, PSW
Research Station, UC Davis
The effects of ski resorts in the Lake Tahoe Region of
California on population dynamics of the American
Marten
Development of a water quality modeling toolbox to
inform pollutant reduction planning, implementation
planning and adaptive management
Nutrient and sediment loading predictions for
prescribed fire using optimized Water Erosion
Prediction Project (WEPP) model
Potential of engineered floodplains and wetlands as
fine particle best management practices: Case study
of Trout Creek and the Upper Truckee River
Keith M. Slauson
PSW Research Station, Rocky
Mountain Research Station
John E. Reuter
UC Davis
Drea Traeumer
Em Consulting, UC Davis, UN
Reno
Geoffrey Schladow
UC Davis
Determining sources of highway runoff fine sediment
in stormwater, streams, and Lake Tahoe using
fingerprinting techniques
NICHES: Nearshore Indicators for Clarity, Habitat and
Ecological Sustainability
James Thomas
Desert Research Institute, UC
Davis
Sudeep Chandra
UN Reno, Miami University, UC
Davis
Predictive modeling of cheatgrass invasion risk for
the Lake Tahoe Basin
Brian Anacker
UC Davis, USDA Forest Service
Region 5
Modeling the influence of management actions on fire
risk and spread under future climatic conditions
The effects of climate change on Lake Tahoe, and
implications for design of best management practices
Tahoe Science Consortium
Matthew Hurteau
John E. Reuter
Northern Arizona University, PSW
Research Station
UC Davis, Hydroikos Ltd.
Zach Hymanson
Tahoe Science Consortium
Andrew P.
Stubblefield
Alan Taylor
Nicole Beck
Penn State University, USFS
Region 5, PSW Research Station
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