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A myriad of sources of environmental change and associated land management challenges exist in the Lake Tahoe basin, as is the case for wildland forest ecosystems across the country. Sources of change are diverse, including land development, recreational uses, wildfire, insects, disease, forest management, and climate change.
The Lake Tahoe Basin needs an assessment tool that can be applied to a variety of wildlife and biodiversity evaluation needs to help inform land management planning and implementation in light of multiple interacting change agents acting across the landscape and over time. A rich array of empirical data is available and can be tapped to provide this important tool.
Completed
2009
2010
2012
$203,642
Pat Manley (pmanley@fs.fed.us)
10/27/2017
10/27/2017
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04.01.01.0082 - P050: Wildlife Habitat Occupancy Models for Project and Landscape Evaluations in the Lake Tahoe Basin
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$203,642
$203,642
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| Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (Pacific Southwest Research Station) (USFS - PSW) | $203,642 | $203,642 | $0 |
| Grand Total | $203,642 | $203,642 | $0 |
Reported Expenditures
Reported Expenditures
| Total | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | |
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| Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (Pacifi... | $203,642 | $50,911 | $50,910 | $50,911 | $50,910 |
| Grand Total | $203,642 | $50,911 | $50,910 | $50,911 | $50,910 |
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Biodiversity is integral to ecosystem functioning and services that are essential for human well-being Although the importance of biodiversity conservation is recognized, it remains one of the key challenges of land stewardship due to several ecological and practical limitations.
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Notes
Notes
| 10/27/2017 1:04 PM | Matt Driscoll | Match Funding: $61,000 | ||
| 07/27/2017 5:01 PM | Kiara Cuerpo-Hadsall | Objectives: The goal of this project was to use existing empirical field data that were collected in a systematic manner to develop species distribution maps and habitat occupancy models for forest associated vertebrate species in the Lake Tahoe Basin. These models will facilitate site and landscape-scale evaluations of management treatments, climate change, and other change agents that affect forest structure and composition today and in the future. |
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| 07/27/2017 5:01 PM | Kiara Cuerpo-Hadsall | Findings: • We recorded 66 species of birds for which point count surveys are typically used to monitor their populations. Birds were detected during 2937 visits to 1091 point count stations. Eight avian species considered very rare, Hammond’s Flycatcher (Empidonax hammondii), House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus), Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria), Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena), Pacific-slope Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis), Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus), Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula), and Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) were observed at fewer than 20 sites. • In general, mean parameter estimates for abiotic variables suggested that species within the basin may be more restricted by these factors than by variability in forest structure. *** See www.fs.fed.us/PSW/partnerships/tahoescience for additional findings. |
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| 07/27/2017 5:00 PM | Kiara Cuerpo-Hadsall | Management Implications: • The results of these models can be used by managers in the Lake Tahoe Basin to better understand how variation in different abiotic and biotic variables can influence the suite of species that currently occur in the area. • Synthesis of data on bird and small mammal populations in the Lake Tahoe Basin is intended to improve the capacity and confidence of stakeholders tasked with making decisions that could impact biodiversity. • Management actions that are driven by one or a few focal species are not likely to maintain biodiversity if they result in decreased variability in habitat conditions. An integrated approach that emphasizes conserving a diversity of habitats across environmental gradients and minimizing the extent of urbanization impacts is likely to more effectively conserve and restore biodiversity and enhance ecosystem functioning than a single-species focus. *** See www.fs.fed.us/PSW/partnerships/tahoescience for additional management implications. |