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| Author | : John M. Melack |
| Publisher | : University of California Press |
| Total Pages | : 219 |
| Release | : 2020-12-01 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 0520278798 |
The Sierra Nevada, California’s iconic mountain range, harbors thousands of remote high-elevations lakes from which water flows to sustain agriculture and cities. As climate and air quality in the region change, so do the watershed processes upon which these lakes depend. In order to understand the future of California’s ecology and natural resources, we need an integrated account of the environmental processes that underlie these aquatic systems. Synthesizing over three decades of research on the lakes and watersheds of the Sierra Nevada, this book develops an integrated account of the hydrological and biogeochemical systems that sustain them. With a focus on Emerald Lake in Sequoia National Park, the book marshals long-term limnological and ecological data to provide a detailed and synthetic account, while also highlighting the vulnerability of Sierra lakes to changes in climate and atmospheric deposition. In so doing, it lays the scientific foundations for predicting and understanding how the lakes and watersheds will respond.
| Author | : Tim Palmer |
| Publisher | : Yosemite Conservancy |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Hiking |
| ISBN | : 9781597140775 |
A stunning photographic and text portrait of the entire Sierra Nevada mountain range with 135 full-color photographs. Unmatched in price and quality.
| Author | : Waldemar Lindgren |
| Publisher | : Franklin Classics |
| Total Pages | : 296 |
| Release | : 2018-10-16 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780343494681 |
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
| Author | : John Muir |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 406 |
| Release | : 1907 |
| Genre | : California |
| ISBN | : |
Famed naturalist John Muir (1838-1914) came to Wisconsin as a boy and studied at the University of Wisconsin. He first came to California in 1868 and devoted six years to the study of the Yosemite Valley. After work in Nevada, Utah, and Colorado, he returned to California in 1880 and made the state his home. One of the heroes of America's conservation movement, Muir deserves much of the credit for making the Yosemite Valley a protected national park and for alerting Americans to the need to protect this and other natural wonders. The mountains of California (1894) is his book length tribute to the beauties of the Sierras. He recounts not only his own journeys by foot through the mountains, glaciers, forests, and valleys, but also the geological and natural history of the region, ranging from the history of glaciers, the patterns of tree growth, and the daily life of animals and insects. While Yosemite naturally receives great attention, Muir also expounds on less well known beauty spots.
| Author | : Clarence King |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 310 |
| Release | : 1872 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : |
A bona fide classic, originally published in 1872, Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada is still exciting reading. It describes the perils and pleasures experienced by Clarence King (1842-1901) while conducting the first geological survey of California in the 1860s. His language was equal to the marvels he found, and here with unfading brilliance are his accounts of scaling such mountains as Tyndall, Shasta, and Whitney. The chapters on the Yosemite Valley and surrounding High Sierras were written while he was surveying the boundaries of a newly designated national park. There are also delightful vignettes of western characters, including a Sierra artist and a family of Pike County hog farmers. &
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 448 |
| Release | : 1980 |
| Genre | : Amphibians |
| ISBN | : |
Relationships between wildlife and their habitats are examined in a series of matrixes, species narratives, and distribution maps.
| Author | : Mark Grossi |
| Publisher | : Wilderness Press |
| Total Pages | : 356 |
| Release | : 2000-07 |
| Genre | : Travel |
| ISBN | : 9780899973395 |
From the Highroad Guide series, California Sierra Nevada, will show you the best of the West. This book is beautifully illustrated and reveals top spots for hiking, camping, biking, fishing, canoeing, birding, and scenic driving. * Easy-to-read maps * Trail descriptions for strolls, hikes, and backpacks * Human and natural history * Lists of outfitters and seasonal eventsHead for the hills well-prepared with Highroad Mountain Guides - Travel & LeisureTo call this book indispensable is almost an understatement. I have never seen so much relevant information compiled into one source - The Burlington Free Press''Detailed trail maps and pen-and-ink drawings of area flora and fauna for the traveler who likes to get off the main drag.'' - Atlanta, Georgia Journal Constitution
| Author | : Steve Hubbard |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 132 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780738547572 |
The historic powerhouses of the Sierras have been powering much of California's growth for the past hundred years or so. Located in canyons where water can be dropped thousands of feet from ridges above, they were California's first source of electrical power. The oldest powerhouses were built by survivors of the original gold rush, who turned metalworking and pipe-fitting skills to the task of generating electricity. The resulting machines were curious amalgamations of steam valves, riveted pipes, waterwheels, and rudimentary electrical devices imported from the East Coast. These views show how miners chipped out a small ledge on a granite cliff hundreds of feet below Spaulding Lake dam to create an anchor point for a powerhouse that seems embedded in the rock itself. They also celebrate the genius of mining-camp tinkerer Lester Pelton, who, in 1880, invented a more efficient waterwheel capable of spinning a generator shaft at high speed. His invention bore his name, and the basic design is used to this day throughout the world.
| Author | : Peter Victor Peterson |
| Publisher | : University of California Press |
| Total Pages | : 168 |
| Release | : 1975 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 9780520027367 |
| Author | : Mark A. Schlenz |
| Publisher | : Companion Press (Santa Barbara, CA) |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) |
| ISBN | : 9780944197745 |
The scenery of the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada Range offers inviting landscapes. This work begins with a geologic and geographic overview of the Sierra, then follows a south-to-north itinerary along Highway 395, passing 14, 494-foot Mt Whitney and the steep escarpment of the eastern side.
