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Presentation by Susie Kocher, Natural Resources Advisor, for the University of California Cooperative Extension, on the Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project in the Tahoe Basin.
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The Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project (SNAMP) a joint effort by the University of California, state and federal agencies and the public to study management of public forest lands in the Sierra Nevada. The goal of SNAMP is to better understand how forest vegetation treatments to prevent wildfire affect fire risk, wildlife, forest health and water and to involve the public in adaptive management of our public forests. For more information, please see our project website: <http://snamp.cnr.berkeley.edu/>
This powerpoint presentation will consist of:
- Background on controversy about public forest management
- Development of the SNAMP project
- Forest treatments being evaluated
- Science teams study plans and progress
- Adaptive management
- Public involvement in the project
- Question and answers