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LINKS

Biking

Caving

Forums

Governmental Agencies

Mountaineering and Climbing

Mountaineering_Instruction

Natural History

Online History Resources

                Astronomical Observations
                Earth and Moon Viewer
                Stardate
                Your Sky

BACKPACKING

ORGANIZATIONS
American Long Distance Hikers Association-West

Pacific Crest Trail Organization

Sierra Club, Angeles Chapter, Backpacking

GENERAL

Summer in the Sierra [Change the page number in the address to continue]

Backpack 45

                              Backpacking in the High Sierra
                              Backpacking Light
                              California Rambling

Calipidder.com

Evolution Valley, 1997

Go Take a Hike

High Sierra Virtual Guidebook

LeConte Canyon, 2001

North Lake-South Lake, 1993

Sierra Backpacker

Sierra Club Women's Backpack Trip

Sierra Nevada Wild

Talus Dancers

Walking Trip in the High Sierra

LONG-DISTANCE

General

Trail Journals

Thru Hikers

John Muir Trail
Images of the John Muir Trail
Jim and Ned’s JMT Trip

JMT ‘99
John Muir Trail Albums

John Muir Trail in Words and Pictures
Our John Muir Trail

Tahoe-Yosemite Trail

Backpacking the Tahoe-Yosemite Trail
Sierra Crest Route
Sierra Crest Route

Sierra High Route
Mammoth to Tuolumne Meadows

Sierra High Group

Sierra High Route
Steve Roper's High Route

High Sierra Trail

Endeavors of a Reluctant Adventurer
High Sierra Trail
High Sierra Trail

High Sierra Trail
High Sierra Trail Photos

Trans-Sierra Trail

Pacific Crest Trail

Dances with Marmots
Pacific Crest Trail
PCT Hiker
PCT Links
PCT Links
PCT Mailing List

PCT Odessey

PCT Repeater Ham Radio Guide
The PCT
The PCT Company

Virtual Guidebook

Tahoe Rim Trail

The Radiant Mile
Tahoe Rim Trail

Tahoe Rim Trail

Other Long Distance Sierra Trails

American Discovery Trail

Mokelumne Coast to Crest Trail

Western States Pioneer Express Recreation Trail
Sierra Big Loop Trail

BIKING

Best Mountainbiking at Lake Tahoe

Lake Tahoe Mountain Bike Rides

Mountain Biking in Northern California

Sierra-North

Sierra-South & East

Sierra-South & West

Mountain Biking in the Sierra Nevada

Tahoe Mountain Biking

Tahoe-Pyramid Bikeway

Tahoe Rim Trail

Tahoe-Truckee Trail

Tahoe-Ward Creek Loop

Truckee River Bike Trail

Yosemite/Sierra Mountain Biking

CAVING

ORGANIZATIONS

California Cave Rescue Team

CAVING

Sequoia Cave Update

Sequoia/Kings Canyon Cave Research

The Virtual Cave

FORUMS

Climber.org
High Sierra Topix
Mt. Whitney Store

ECOLOGY

Ecological Subregions of California

Ecology of the Northern Sierra Nevada

Sierra Nevada Ecosystems

Western Ecological Research Center

EDUCATION

Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Lab
Sierra College Center for Sierra Nevada Studies

Sierra College-Saving the Sierra

ENVIRONMENT

American Lands Alliance (Sierra)

Backcountry Rangers
Becoming an Effective Voice for Change

Blueprint for Sierra Nevada National Forests

California Biodiversity Council-Sierra Bioregion

California Gap Analysis: Sierra Nevada Section

California League of Conservation Voters

California Native Plant Society

California Oak Foundation

California Regional Environmental Education Community

Regions 2. 3. 6b, 7, 8, & 10

California Resources Agency-Hetch Hetchy Restoration Study

Previous Hetch Hetchy Information/Studies/etc

California State Parks Foundation

California Trout
California Wilderness Coalition

California Wild Heritage Campaign
Central Sierra Environmental Research Center
Central Sierra Watershed Coalition
Committee to Save the Kings River
Eastern Sierra Advocates Network
Eastern Sierra Audubon Society

Eastern Sierra Land Trust

Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch

Echo Lakes Environmental Fund

Friends of Hope Valley

Friends of the Inyo
Friends of the River

Friends of Sierra Rock Art

Friends of the South Fork of Kings River
Friends of Yosemite Valley
Foothill Conservancy
Forest Issues-Tahoe Nat'l Forest

Golden Trout

Golden Trout Fund
Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act

High Sierra Hikers Association

High Sierra Volunteer Train Crew

Information Center for the Environment

John Muir Project
Jumping Frog Research Institute

Keep Tahoe Blue

Lake Tahoe Environmental Education Coalition
Lake Tulloch Alliance

LeConte Memorial Lodge

Merced River Stakeholders

Mono Lake Committee

Mountain Meadows Conservancy

Mountain Yellow Legged Frog
Nevada County Land Trust

Plumas Forest Project

Protect American River Canyons

Restore Hetch Hetchy

Scientist's Comments

Sequoia Net

Sequoia Forest Keeper
Sequoia Task Force
Sierra Biodiversity Institute

Sierra Bioregion

Sierra Club

Sierra Club Yosemite Committee
Sierra Fund

Sierra Nevada Alliance
Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep Foundation

Sierra Nevada Earth First

Sierra Nevada Forest Protection Campaign
Sequoia ForestKeeper

Sierra Foothill Conservancy

Sierra Watch

Stanislaus Wilderness Volunteers

Student Conservation Society

Tahoe Rim Trail Association

The Pine Hill Reserve
The Preservation of Mineral King

Sierra Foothill Conservancy

The Sierra Conservancy

Truckee-Donner Land Trust

Truckee River Watershed Council

Tuolumne River Trust

Upper Merced River Watershed Council

Volunteers in Parks

Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation
Wilderness.Net
Yosemite Discussion Forums
Yosemite Frog Project
Yosemite Fund

FIREFALLS

Horsetail Firefall

Natural Yosemite Firefall

Yosemite's Famous Firefalls

Yosemite Firefall

FISHING

California Trout

High Sierra Flycasters

High Sierra Sports

Lake Tahoe Chapter-Trout Unlimited

The Pish Page

FAUNA

Birds

Organizations

Audubon Society

Central Sierra

Eastern Sierra

Fresno and Madera Counties
Kerncrest
Lahontan

Sierra Foothills
Stanislaus
Yosemite

Sites

Bird Checklist of the Northern Sierra Nevada
Bird Image Gallery

Birding in Placer County

Birds and Birding in the Sierra Nevada

California Bird Records Committee

California County Birding Guide

California County Geographic Birding Guide

California Partners in Flight

Land Bird Conservation Plans

Sierra Nevada Bird Conservation Plan

Central Sierra Birds
Eastern Sierra Birding Trail

Field Guide to the Birds of the Sierra Nevada Project

Institute for Bird Populations-Sierra Nevada

Mono Basin Bird Festival

North American Bird Sounds

Mono Basin/Eastern Sierra Bird Sightings

Searchable Ornithological Research Archive

Institute for Bird Populations-Sierra Nevada

Sierra Nevada Avian Center

Sierra Nevada Birds

Some Sierra Nevada Birds

Yahoo Group-Sierra Nevada Birds and Birding

Yahoo Group-Stanislaus County Birds

Bears

Black Bear Tracks

Living with California Black Bears
Sierra Interagency Black Bear Group

Mountain Lions

California Mountain Lion Page

List and Descriptions of Mountain Lion Attacks

Living with the California Mountain Lion

Mountain Lion Foundation

Mountain Lion Tracks

FLORA

Boletes of California

California Flora

Wildflowers of the Sierra Nevada

GAY_LESBIAN

Gay and Lesbian Sierrans

GENERAL SITES

Above California
High Sierra Topix

GEOGRAPHY

GENERAL

                                Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
                                USGS Geographic Names

                HYDROLOGY AND WATER ISSUES

                                Hot Water in Lassen Park

Investigation of Near Shore Water Quality at Lake Tahoe

Truckee River Projects

Truckee River Watershed Assessment

Sierra Nevada Hydrologic Observatory

NATIONAL WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS

Middle Fork of the Feather

Kern River

Kings River

Merced River

Watersheds

East Branch-North Fork of the Feather

Lower Calaveras-Mormon Slough

Lower Cosumnes-Lower Mokelumne

Lower Feather

Middle Fork of the Feather

Middle Kern

Middle San Joaquin-Lower Merced-Lower Stanislaus

Mill

Mill Creek-Big Chico Creek

North Fork of the American

North Fork of the Feather

South Fork of the American

South Fork of the Kern

Upper Butte Creek

Upper Bear River

Upper Calaveras

Upper Chowchilla-Upper Fresno

Upper Coon-Upper Auburn

Upper Deer Creek-Upper White River

VIEWS FROM SPACE

California Landform Regions Panoramic Images

Great Basin Panoramic Aerial Images

Sierra Animated Aerial Images

Sierra Panoramic Aerial Images

Sierra Panoramic Images (California)

South Central Sierra Nevada Panoramic Images

                                Sierra Geography
                                View of the Sierra from Space

                WEATHER AND CLIMATE
                                California Cooperative Snow Survey

                        California State Global Warming Page
                        Consortium for Integrated Mountain Research in Western Mountains
                        Sierra Nevada Global Change Research Program
                        Active Condition Sensors in California

GEOLOGY

ORGANIZATIONS

Geological Society of America [Search Sierra Nevada]

U.S. Geological Survey [Search Sierra Nevada]

GENERAL

Aerial Geologic Tours of the Sierra

                                A Field Trip to Owens Valley/Mammoth Lakes
                                Cascades Volcano Observatory-Mount Lassen
                                Earthquake Generated Tsunamis on Lake Tahoe

Earthquake Map

Gaylor Peak Virtual Geology Tour

Geologic Story of Yosemite

Geology of Devil's Postpile
How Old is the Cinder Cone in Lassen Park

Illustrated Glossary of Alpine Glacier Landforms

Independence Dike Swarm
Lassen Volcanic Park Geology

Long Valley Caldera

Mammoth Lakes Earthquakes

Pacific Mountain System

Roadside Geology Tour of Yosemite

Sierra Nevada Batholith in the Yosemite Valley Area

Sierra Nevada Glaciations

Seismic Structure in the Southern Sierra
Sierra Nevada Research Papers and Abstracts

Southern Sierra Continental Dynamics Project
Volcanic Hazards of Lassen Park

Volcanism along the Eastern Sierra Frontal Scarp

GOOGLE GROUP BETA

GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES

United States Senate
United States Congress
The White House
State Assembly Member and Senator

FEDERAL

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

U.S. Board on Geographic Names

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
Ranger Districts

                                                                                                                                Bridgeport
                                                                                                                                Carson

                                                                                                Inyo
                                                                                    Natural Areas
                                                                                                Hall

                                                                                                                                                Hall Management Plan
                                                                                                                                Indiana Summit
                                                                                                                                Last Chance Meadow

                                                                                                                                McAfee
                                                                                                                                Sentinel Meadow
                                                                                                                Ranger Districts
                                                                                                                                Interagency Visitor Center
                                                                                                                                Mammoth
                                                                                                                                Mono Lake
                                                                                                                                Mt. Whitney
                                                                                                                                White Mountain
                                                                                                                Contact

                                                                                                Lassen
                                                                                                                Experimental Forests

Blacks Mountain Experimental Forest
Swain Mountain Experimental Forest

Natural Areas

                                                                                                                                Blacks Mountain
                                                                                                                                Cub Creek
                                                                                                                                Green Island Lake

Indian Creek

                                                                                                                                Iron Mountain
                                                                                                                                Mayfield
                                                                                                                                Soda Ridge
                                                                                                                                Timbered Crater
                                                                                                                Ranger Stations
                                                                                                                                Almanor

Eagle Lake

                                                                                                                                Hat Creek

                                                                                              Plumas

Experimental Forests

Challenge
Natural Areas

                                                                                                                                Mount Pleasant
                                                                                                                                Mud Lake
                                                                                                                Contact

Bishop Creek-Ponderosa Pine

                                                                         Wilderness Areas
                                                                                                Ansel Adams
                                                                                                Ansel Adams
                                                                                                Bucks Lake
                                                                                                Carson-Iceberg
                                                                                                Carson-Iceberg
                                                                                                Desolation
                                                                                                Desolation
                                                                                                Dinkey Lakes
                                                                                                Domeland
                                                                                                Emigrant
                                                                                                Emigrant
                                                                                                Golden Trout
                                                                                                Golden Trout
                                                                                                Granite Chief
                                                                                                Hoover
                                                                                                Jennie Lakes
                                                                                                John Muir
                                                                                                John Muir
                                                                                                Kaiser
                                                                                                Mokelumne
                                                                                                Mokelumne
                                                                                                Monarch
                                                                                                Mt. Shasta
                                                                                                Mt. Shasta
                                                                                                South Sierra
                                                                                                South Sierra

Recreation Areas

American River South Middle North Forks

Carson Pass Information Station

Dave Moore Nature Area

Harry L. Englebright Lake

Hensley Lake
Lake Kaweah

North Fork Kaweah River

Owens Peak Wilderness Area (Short Canyon)

Pine Flat Lake

Prosser Creek Reservoir

Red Hills Recreation Management Area

Sly Park Reservoir

South Yuba River

Squaw Leap Management Area

Stampede Reservoir

Squaw Leap Recreation Management Area

Sugar Pine Reservoir

                                                Geological Survey
                                                                California

                                DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                                                National Park Service
                                                                Sierra National Parks
                                                                                Lassen Volcanic National Park
                                                                                                Contact
                                                                               Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Park
                                                                                                Contact
                                                                               Yosemite National Park
                                                                                                Contact
                                                                Sierra National Monuments
                                                                                Devils Postpile
                                                                                                Contact
                                                                                Giant Sequoia
                                                                                                Contact

                                ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Pacific Southwest Regional Office

LEGISLATION, MANAGEMENT PLANS, AND RESEARCH PROJECTS

Congressional Bills

Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976
Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project

                                                                Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project-Map/Data Site
                                                Sierra Nevada Ecosystems in the Presence of Livestock
                                                Sierra Nevada Framework
                                                Sierra Nevada Research Papers and Abstracts
                                                Sierra Nevada Science Review

The Federal Register

The Wilderness Act of 1964

Thomas Legislative Information on the New

                                                Yosemite Plan
                                                Yosemite Plan
                                                Yosemite Plan

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

CONSERVATION CORPS

DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME

Threatened and Endanged Species

RESOURCES AGENCY

California Advisory Board of Geographic Names

Council of Geographic Names Authorities

SIERRA STATE PARKS, ETC.

                Sierra Parks
                                Burton Creek
                                Calaveras Big Trees
                                D.L. Bliss
                                Donner Memorial
                Sierra Historical Parks
                                Columbia
                                Empire Mine
                                Indian Grinding Rock
                                Malakoff Diggins
                                Marshall Gold Discovery
                Sierra Reserves
                                Mono Lake Tufa
                Sierra Recreation Areas
                                Kings Beach
                                Lake Oroville

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATION, MANAGEMENT PLANS, AND RESEARCH PROJECTS
Official California Legislative Information
Ceres Sierra Bioregion

HAZARDS

AVALANCHE
Organizations

Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies

CAVING

Safety Tips for Caving

MOUNTAINEERING AND CLIMBING

Organizations

American Safe Climbing Association

Rockfall
Rockfalls from Glacier Point

Rockfall Hazards in Yosemite Valley

Rockfall Potential in the Yosemite Valley

HIKING

ORGANIZATIONS

American Long Distance Hiker’s Association-West

Oregon-California Trails Association

GENERAL

California Hikes

California Hiking Page

Chico-Paradise
etreking

Jim's Sierra Hiking Page
Kevin's Hiking Page

Kings Canyon-Sequoia Virtual Guidebook

Kings Canyon and Sequoia Wilderness Hikes

http://virtualguidebooks.com/CentralCalif/SequoiaKings.html

Local Hikes

Natural Born Hikers

One-Day Hikes-California

Outhiking

Sacramento-Yolo

Sierra Hikers Webring

Slackpacker
The Backcountry

Wildernet

Varmint Al's Sierra Backpacking

Visalia-Tulare-Porterville

Yosemite Hiking by GPS

HIGHWAY ACCESS

Driving Directions

Northern Sierra Highway Rest Areas

Southern Sierra Highway Rest Areas

Video Traffic View Hiway 50 & 80

HORSEBACK RIDING

ORGANIZATIONS

American Endurance Riding Conference
Backcountry Horsemen of California

Kern Sierra Branch
Sequoia Unit
San Joaquin Sierra

OTHER

El Dorado Equestrian Trails Foundation

Tahoe Rim to Star Lake

Ten Day Tahoe Rim Ride
Tevis Cup Ride

HORSE PACKING

High Sierra Packer’s Association

Sierra Pack Trip

HOT SPRINGS

Hot Springs in the Sequoia Nat'l Forest

ICE CLIMBING

California Ice Climbing

Ice Climbing in California

California Ice Report

ONLINE

OTHER

How Topographic Maps are Made

ICE Maps

Index Map of the Sierra
Information on USGS Maps

National Park, Monument, etc. Maps

                                Sierra Holoscenes
                                Sierra Latitudes and Longitudes
                                Stereoviews

Satellite Images
Satellite Images

Topographic Mapping

Topographic Map Symbols

USGS Map Prices

USGS Map Order Form
Virtual Sierra Parks/Forests

7.5 Minute Maps

MOUNTAINEERING AND CLIMBING

ORGANIZATIONS
American Alpine Club, Sierra Nevada Section

                Bardini Foundation
                                California Mountaineering Club
                                Climber.org

Rim of the World Climbing Club

                                Sierra Club, Angeles Chapter, Sierra Peaks Section
                                Sierra Club, Loma Prieta Peak Climbing Section
                                Sierra Club Loma Prieta Rock Climbing Section
                                Southern California Mountaineer's Association
                                Western States Climbers
                                Other Relevant Mountaineering and Climbing Organizations
                                                American Alpine Club
                                                American Safe Climbing Association
                                                Highpointer's Club
                                                Los Alpinistas
                                                Mazamas
                                                The Mountaineers

                MOUNTAINEERING AND CLIMBING
                                A Half Dome Experience
                                Barney Cohen's Site

Bigwall.Com
Bigwall Climbing

Bob Austin's Climbing Site

Bob Burd's Sierra Travels

Bob Gross-Nature Lover

California Fourteeners

California Thirteeners

Climbing Source California Beta
Clint Cummins' Links

Cyber Mountain Goats
Gordie's High Sierra Ramblings

Growing Up Around the Palisades

Hans Florine's Speedclimbing

Jean Claude Latombe's Sierra Climbing Page

Keith Turner's Reno/Tahoe Rock Climbing

Lake Tahoe Peakclimbing

                                Neil's Home Page
                                North American Classic Climbs
                                Peak Bagging Tahoe's Mountains

Peak to Peak

Rockfall Hazards in Yosemite Valley

Scotty's Climbing Tour

Sierra Climbers

Sierra Nevada Mountain Climbing

Sierra Peak List

Somewhere Out There

Steve Eckert's Home Page

Stonewall Climbers

Summitpost

Supertopo

The Peakbagging Page

The Sierra Nevada & S. California Mountaineering and Climbing Page

Tiocampo’s Mountaineering Page

Tom's Sierra Climbing Stories

Tradgirl
Vulgarian Ramblers

Wormspew

Yosemite Climber-Karl Baba
Yosemite Climbing

The Yosemite Rock Page

MOUNT WHITNEY

America's Roof

Because It's Really Tall

Canine Hiking on Mount Whitney

Climbing Mt. Whitney

Death Valley to Mount Whitney

Badwater Ultramarathon

East Face

GORP Mt. Whitney Page

Kevin's Hiking Page

Mountaineers Route

Mount Whitney Backpacking Page

Mt. Whitney Arch
Mt. Whitney Day Hike

Mt. Whitney Day Hikes

Mt. Whitney by GPS

Mt. Whitney by Moonlight

Mt. Whitney from Shepherds Pass

Mt. Whitney Day Hike Page
Mt. Whitney's 97 Switchbacks

National Park Service Whitney Information

Night Climb

The Peakbagging Page

Peakware Encyclopedia

Peewee Buttress Photos

Prostate Cancer Climb

Ron's Hiking Page

Steve and Judy's Mt. Whitney Page

Summit by Sunrise

Sunrise Photo
U.S.S. Mt. Whitney
The Whitney Experience

Whitney in a Day

Whitney Portal Climbing Routes

Whitney Portal Store

Whitney Sunrise

1898 Trip to Mt. Whitney

HIGHPOINTERS

Highpointers
Highpointers Webring

State and County Highpoints

BOULDERING

Bishop Bouldering II

Buttermilks I

Buttermilks II

California Bouldering

Despondent Boulders

Owens River Gorge I

Owens River Gorge III

The Druid Stones

ODDS ‘N ENDS

Climbing Trivia

MOUNTAINEERING INSTRUCTION

Alpine Skills International

Mountain Adventure Seminars

Nidever Mountain Guides

Outward Bound West-Sierra Nevada

Sierra Mountaineering International

Sierra Nevada Alpine Climbing

Sierra Mountaineering Center

Sierra Mountain Guides

Sierra Wildeness Seminars

Southern Yosemite Mountain Guides

Yosemite Mountaineering School

NATURAL HISTORY

Sierra Nature Notes
Sequoia Natural History Association

ONLINE HISTORICAL SOURCES

GENERAL

Library of Congress

Library of Congress, American Memory

American West

Books About California History and Culture
California Foundry History Institute

California Gold Rush

California Heritage Collection
                California Historical Society
                California Historic Cemeteries Alliance
                California Indians and their Reservations

California Pioneers Project
California State Archives

California State Library

Central Sierra Historical Society
Columbia University Oral History

Cornell University Library

Gold Rush Bibliography

History of the Yosemite Area
Internet Public Library
John Muir Exhibit

Librarians Index to the Internet

Library Research Using Primary Sources

NARS Archival Research Group
National Archives

New Electronic Titles

New Light on the Donner Party

Online Archives of California

Oregon-California Trails Association

Overland Trail

Owens Valley History

Primary Sources on the Web
Regional Oral History-Bancroft Library

                                Repositories of Primary Sources
                                Research Natural Areas
                                Robert B. Honeyman Jr. Collection

Sequoia Natural History Association

Society of California Pioneers

Statistical Abstract of the United States
The Survivors and Casualities of the Donner Party

Trails to Utah and the Pacific
USGS Sources for Historical Maps

University of Michigan Library
University of Pennsylvania Online
Web de Anza

York History Net

Yosemite Historical Writings

GENEOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Association of Territorial Pioneers of California

California Genealogical Society

California Genealogical Web

Los Californianos

Native Sons of the Golden West

Society of California Pioneers

Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research

The Argonauts of California

National Pony Express Association

HISTORICAL SOCIETIES

Conference of California Historical Societies

Historical Societies of California

Central Sierra Historical Society

Dogtown Territorial Quarterly

Eastern Fresno County Historical Society

Kern County Historical Society

Nevada County Historical Society

North Lake Tahoe Historical Society

Paradise Historical Society

Placer County Historical Society

San Joaquin County Historical Society

Sierra Heritage Historical Society

Tahoe Heritage Foundation

Truckee/Donner Historical Society

Tuolumne County Historical Society

PHOTOGRAPHS
California Faces Collection
Carlton Watkins

Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum

Edweard Muybridge Collection
Edward S. Curtis Native American Collection

North American Indian

Indian Tribes of California

The North American Indian

Hearst (Phoebe A. ) Museum of Anthropology

Keystone-Mast Collection

The George Eastman House

The Getty Art Collections

National Library of Wales

National Park Service Digital Images

National Park Service Historical Photos

Robert B. Honeyman Collection

Sierra Nevada Lantern Slides

The Stereoviews of Carleton Watkins

Western Photography Links

YOSEMITE VALLEY RAILROADS

The Yosemite Park Railroad

Yosemite Park Railroad

BIBLIOGRAPHYS

The Gold Rush of California

MODERN PHOTOGRAPHY

GENERAL

Backpacking in the High Sierras

Bigwall Climbing in Yosemite

Dan Schmidt's Photography Page
Digital Drifter

Eastern Sierra Gallery

High Sierra Highlights

High Sierra Mountain Images

Jean Claude Latombe Photographs

John Muir Trail Pictures

Mountain Light-Galen Rowell

Sierra Nevada Gallery

Sierra Nevada Peaks Picture Archive

Sierra Photography
Tom Kenney's High Sierra

Virtual Guidebook-Yosemite

PANORAMIC VIEWS

Sierra Nevada Panoramas

Blake Wood Account
Five Accounts
John Muir Trail Run
O Brave New World

Tahoe Rim Trail 50K/50M

SEARCH AND RESCUE

San Joaquin County SAR

Yosemite National Park SAR

Yuba County TRT

SKIING

ORGANIZATIONS

National Ski Patrol

Individual Sierra Ski Patrol Units

Sierra Club, Angeles Chapter, Ski Mountaineers

Sierra Club, Angeles Chapter, Nordic Skiing

Sierra Club, Loma Prieta Chapter, Ski Group

Sierra Club, SF Bay Backcountry Ski Chapter

Snowlands Network

GENERAL

Bob's Free-Heel Skiing

Chutes of the High Sierra

Lake Tahoe Cross Country Skiing

Ostrander Ski Hut

Pear Lake Ski Hut

Sierra Backcountry

VIDEOS

Waterfalls of Yosemite

WEB CAMS

Kaweah

                Kings Canyon
                Lake Tahoe
                Regional

Sierra

Sierra Nevada Webcams
Yosemite

Yosemite Time-Lapse

WHITEWATER

ORGANIZATIONS

California Floater's Society
California Rafting News

Gold Country Paddlers

Shasta Paddlers

Sierra Club, Angeles Chapter, River Touring Section

Sierra Club, Loma Prieta Paddlers
Sierra Whitewater Paddling

Sierra Nevada Whitewater

RIVERS

North Fork-Stanislaus

Tuolumne River

YAHOO GROUPS

AICHE Sierra

California's High Sierra

Central Sierra Birds

Dinkey Lake Trout Society

Donner_Rails

Great Basin-Eastern Sierra Geocachers

Mother Earth Underground

Mother Lode Pagans

New Kayak Club

Nevada County Nordic Skiers

Placer County Freecyclers

Rubricon Rock Crawlers

Sac Skiers

Sequoia Kings Canyon Hikers

Sierra Express Bicycle Club

Sierra Naturalist

Sierra Nevada Hiking and Camping

Sierra Nevada Birds

Sierra Paddlers

Sierra Photographer's Group

Sierra Scrambles

Ski Sierra

ODDS ‘N ENDS

American Association of Private Railroad Car Owners

Animal Tracks

Eastern Sierra Camping Guide

California Canine Hikers
Calling Back the Salmon

Eastern Sierra Mountainfest

Fall Color Report

Florence Lake Ferry Service

General Sierra Information

High Sierra Camps
The "Range of Light Symphony"

Sierra Lakes Aquatic Club

Sierra Nevada Dog Drivers
Sierra Nevada Logging Museum

Surface Distance Calculator

Teachings from the Sierra Nevada

Wilderness Quotes

Yosemite Moon Writing Contest

Yosemite Park and Curry Company

Yosemite Valley Railroad

BIBLIOGRAPHY

ACTIVITIES

Backpacking

General

The Forest: Describing and Illustrating the Recreational and other Features of the Stanislaus National Forest in Alpine, Calaveras, Mariposa and Tuolumne Counties, California. (Sonora, Calif.: The Banner), 1923.

Guidebooks

Schumacher, Genny. Mammoth Lakes Sierra. (Berkeley: Wilderness Press), 1969.

Starr, Walter Augustus. Guide to the John Muir Trail and the High Sierra Region. (San Francisco: Sierra Club), 1934.

Winnett, Thomas. Mt. Whitney. (Berkeley: Wilderness Press), 1978.

Winnett, Thomas and Jason Winnett. Sierra North: 100 Back-Country Trips in the High Sierra. (Berkeley: Wilderness Press), 1997.

Winnett, Thomas and Jason Winnett. Sierra South: 100 Back-Country Trips in the High Sierra. (Berkeley: Wilderness Press), 1982.

Expeditions

Tibbitts, H. C. Across the Sierras in Winter. (San Francisco, Calif: California Historical Society), 2001.

Fishing

California. Dept. of Fish and Game. Anglers' Guide to the Waters of the Emigrant Basin Area, Tuolumne County, California. (Sacramento? s.n.), 1964.

Hiking

Guidebooks

John Muir Trail

Adams, Ansel. Sierra Nevada: the John Muir Trail. New York: Little, Brown and Co., 2006.

Roth, Hal. Pathway in the Sky; the Story of the John Muir Trail. (Berkeley: Howell-North Books), 1965.

Maps

Erickson, C.E. & Associates. Outing Map of the High Sierra Region, North Section. (Berkeley: Erickson & Associates), 1950.

Fine Edge Productions LLC. Eastern High Sierra RecreationTopo Map: Mammoth Lakes, Mono Lake, June Lake, Crowley Lake: A Guide to Mountain Biking, Hiking, 4WD and Camping. (Anacortes: Fine Edge Productions), 2000.

Harrison, Tom. Maps. (San Rafael, C : T. Harrison.
     Bishop Pass, North Lake-South Lake, Evolution Valley Trail Map, 2000.
     Devils Postpile, Minarets-Agnew Meadows, Thousand Island Lake Trail Map, 2000.
     Mt. Whitney High Country Trail Map, 1999.
     Mt. Whitney Zone : Whitney Portal--Crabtree, Cottonwood Lakes--Rock Creek, Trail Map, 2000.

Imus, David. Sierra Nevada: California - Nevada – USA. (Eugene, Oregon: Imus Geographics), 2006.

Mountaineering/Climbing

General

Farquhar, Francis P. First Ascents in the United States, 1642-1900. (Berkeley: F.P. Farquhar), 1948; (San Francisco: Grabhorn Press), 1950.

Jordan, David Starr. The Alps of the Kings-Kern Divide. (San Francisco: A.M. Robertson), 1907.

Muench, David and Don Pike. Sierra Nevada. (Portland: C. H. Belding), 1979.

Farquhar, Francis P. "Naming America's Mountains: The Sierra Nevada of California." American Alpine Journal. New York: American Alpine Club, 1964.

Guidebooks

Duane, Daniel. El Capitan: Historic Feats and Radical Routes. (San Francisco: Chronicle Books), 2000.

Roper, Steve. Climber’s Guide to Yosemite Valley. ( San Francisco: Sierra Club), 1964.

Voge, Hervey, Editor. A Climber's Guide to the High Sierra; Routes and Records for California Peaks from Bond Pass to Army Pass and for Rock Climbs in Kings Canyon. (San Francisco: Sierra Club), 1965.

ARTS

McPherson, Heather & David Worton. West to East: a Sierra Journey. (Santa Cruz, Calif.: Donna Thomas), 2002.

Fiction (Adult)

Davis, Vera C. Sierra Sagas. (Volcano: California Traveler), 1974.

Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee, William E. Justice, and James Quay, Editors. California Uncovered: Stories for the 21st Century. (Berkeley: Heyday Books), 2005.

Duane, Daniel. Looking for Mo. (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux), 1998.

Freeman, Charlotte McGuinn. Place Last Seen. (New York : Picador USA), 2000.

Harris, Ben. The Man who could Dodge Lightning: Tall Tales of the Sierra. (Visalia: Tulare County Historical Society), 1995.

Miner, Valerie. Range of Light. (Cambridge, Mass.: Zoland Books), 1998.

Fiction (Juvenile)

Yep, Laurence. Dragon's Gate. (New York: Harper Collins), 1993.

Biography

Wilson, Robert. The Explorer King: Adventure, Science, and the Great Diamond Hoax: Clarence King in the Old West. (New York: Scribner), 2006.

Movies

The Claim. (United States: Distributed by MGM Home Entertainment, 2001.

Counting Sheep: Restoring the Sierra Nevada Bighorn. (San Francisco, CA : Green TV).

Kansas Pacific. Filmed on location along the Sierra Railroad, near Sonora, California, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. (Thomasville: Roan Group), 1996.

Rage at Dawn . Filmed on location at Columbia Historic State Park in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California. (Thomasville: Roan Group), 1996

Music

Bynum, Lindley. High Treasure: Songs of the Sierra. (San Francisco: L. and A. Kennedy), 1966.

Matson, Sasha. Range of Light. For mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra, texts of John Muir (41:16). (San Francisco.: New Albion Records), 1996.

Painting

McPherson, Heather and David Worton. West to East: a Sierra Journey, Watercolors by Donna Thomas. (Santa Cruz: Donna Thomas), 2002.

Photography

Bowen, Ezra, and the Editors of Time-Life Books. The High Sierra. (New York, Time-Life Books), 1972.

Brower, David, ed. Gentle Wilderness. (San Francisco: Sierra Club Books), 1967.

Hyde, Philip. Philip Hyde Photography Archive, 1940-2002. Head of Special Collections, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.

Hyde, Philip. The Range of Light : Photographs, with Selections from the Writings of John Muir, (Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith Books, 1992.

Killion, Tom, ed. The High Sierra of California with Excerpts from the Sierra journals of Gary Snyder and John Muir. Santa Cruz [Calif.] (P.O. Box 2876, Santa Cruz 95063): Quail Press, 2000.

Muench, David and Don Pike. Sierra Nevada. (Portland: C. H. Belding), 1979.

Muir, John. Gentle Wilderness; the Sierra Nevada. Text from John Muir; photos by Richard Kauffman. (San Francisco, Sierra Club), 1964.

Muir, John. Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. Photos by Ansel Adams. Selections from the works of John Muir, ed. by Charlotte E. Mauk. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.), 1948.

Roth, Hal. Pathway in the Sky; the Story of the John Muir Trail. (Berkeley: Howell-North Books), 1965.

Webster, Paul and the Editors of The American West. The Mighty Sierra; Portrait of a Mountain World. (Palo Alto: American West Publishing Company), 1972.

Poetry

Stroud, Joseph. Country of Light: Poems. (Port Townsend: Copper Canyon Press), 2004.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Farquhar, Francis P. Yosemite, the Big Trees and the High Sierra; a Selective Bibliography. (Berkeley: Univ. of California Press), 1948.

ECONOMICS

Booth, Douglas E. Searching for Paradise: Economic Development and Environmental Change in the Mountain West. (Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers), 2002.

Brown, Harold F. Economic Development in the Foothills. (Sacramento: Office of Planning and Research), 1981.

California. Legislature. Senate. The Economic Potentials of the Sierra Nevada Mountain Counties; Partial Report. Fact-Finding Committee on Commerce and Economic Development.. [Sacramento] Senate of the State of California, 1959.

Duane, Timothy P. Shaping the Sierra: Nature, and Culture, and Conflict in the Changing West. (Berkeley: University of California Press), c1999.

Geological Survey of California. Report on the Geology of the Coast Mountains: Embracing their Agricultural Resources and Mineral Productions. Also, Portions of the Middle and Northern Mining Districts. By Dr. John B. Trask. (Sacramento: B.B. Redding, state printer), 1855.

Geological Survey of California. Report on the Geology of the Coast Mountains, and Part of the Sierra Nevada: Embracing their Industrial Resources in Agriculture and Mining. By Dr. John B. Trask. (Sacramento: B.B. Redding, State Printer), 1854.

Josephson, H. R. Factors Affecting Income from Second-Growth Forests in the Western Sierra Nevada. (Berkeley, Calif.: University of California), 1941.

Teeguarden, Dennis E. The Lumber Industry in the Central Sierra Nevada Region. California. Agricultural Experiment Station, Berkeley Bulletin 81. (Berkeley}, 1965.

Teeguarden, Dennis E. Timber Marketing and Land Ownership in the Central Sierra Nevada region. California. Agricultural Experiment Station Berkeley Bulletin 774. (Berkeley: Division of Agricultural Sciences, University of California), 1960.

Vicuña, Sebastian, et.al. Climate Change Impacts on High-Elevation Hydropower Generation in California's Sierra Nevada: a Case Study in the Upper American River. (Sacramento: California Energy Commission), 2006.

Weeks, David. Land Utilization in the Northern Sierra Nevada. Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics. Paper no.106. (Berkeley: University of California), 1943.

Weeks, David, A. E. Wieslander, and C. L. Hill. The Utilization of El Dorado County Land. Agricultural Experiment Station, Berkeley, California. Bulletin 572. (Berkeley: University of California), 1934.

ENVIRONMENT

Conservation

Duane, Timothy P. Shaping the Sierra: Nature, and Culture, and Conflict in the Changing West. (Berkeley: University of California Press), 1999.

Palmer, Tim. The Sierra Nevada: a Mountain Journey. (Washington, D.C.: Island Press), 1988.

Endangered Species

Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Managing California Spotted Owl Habitat in the Sierra Nevada National Forests of California: an Ecosystem Approach. (San Francisco: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region), 1995.

Draft Recovery Plan for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana). (Portland: Region 1, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service), 2003.

United States. Congress. House Committee on Resources. Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Lands. California Spotted Owl Recovery Plan: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Lands of the Committee on Resources, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, first session ... June 6. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, 1995.

Pollution

Arbaugh, Michael J., et. al. Ambient Ozone Patterns and Ozone Injury Risk to Ponderosa and Jeffrey Pines in the Sierra Nevada. U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. (Sacramento, CA: California Environmental Protection Agency, Air Resources Board, Research Division), 2002.

Bradford, David F., Scott D. Cooper, and Aaron D. Brown. Distribution of Aquatic Animals Relative to Naturally Acidic Waters in the Sierra Nevada. Prepared for California Air Resources Board, Research Division. (Sacramento: The Division), 1994.

Bytnerowicz, Andrzej, Michael Arbaugh, Pamela Padgett. Evaluation of Ozone and HNO3 Vapor Distribution and Ozone Effects on Conifer Forests in the Lake Tahoe Basin and Eastern Sierra Nevada. (Research Division. Sacramento, Calif.: California Environmental Protection Agency, Air Resources Board, Research Division), 2004. http://bibpurl.oclc.org/web/9446

Bytnerowicz, Andrzej Michael J. Arbaugh, Rocío Alonso. Ozone Air Pollution in the Sierra Nevada: Distribution and Effects on Forests. Developments in environmental science, 1474-8177; 2. Amsterdam . (Boston: Elsevier), 2003.

Carroll, John J. and Alan J. Dixon. Sierra Cooperative Ozone Impact Assessment Study, Year 4. Volume 1: Final Report. (Sacramento, CA: California Environmental Protection Agency, Air Resources Board, Research Division, 1995.

El Dorado. Discusses the controversy surrounding the trees in the El Dorado National Forest in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, which pits environmentalists against the lumber industry (San Francisco: Green TV), 1996.

Higashi, Richard M, Teresa W-M. Fan. Historical-Scale Biochemical Markers of Oxidant Injury & Exposure in Pines. (Sacramento: California Environmental Protection Agency, Air Resources Board, Research Division, 2002. http://bibpurl.oclc.org/web/9445

Hooper, Richard P. and Norman E. Peters. Executive Summary--Application of a Hydrochemical Model and a Multivariate Soil-Solution Mixing Model to Alpine Watersheds in the Sierra Nevada, California. U.S. Geological Survey open-file report; 93-59. (Atlanta: U.S. Geological Survey; Denver, CO: Books and Open-File Reports Section). 1993.

Jenkins, Thomas M. Aquatic Biota in the Sierra Nevada: Current Status and Potential Effects of Acid Deposition on Populations : Final Report. (California Air Resources Board, Research Division: Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara; Sacramento, Calif.: Air Resources Board, Research Division, 1994.

Nikolaidis, Nikolaos P., Vickie S. Nikolaidis, and Jerald L. Schnoor. Assessment of Episodic Acidification in the Sierra Nevada, California: Final Report. (Environmental Research Institute), 1989.

Stoddard, John L. Episodic Acidification of Lakes in the Sierra Nevada. (Sacramento: California Environmental Protection Agency, Air Resources Board, Research Division), 2002?.

Thomas, William H. Microalgae and Bacteria in Eastern Brook Lake, Sierra Nevada, California: Seasonal Rate Processes in Relation to Potential Acid Deposition: 1 January 1987-31 March 1987. La Jolla: Phytoplankton Resources Group, Institute of Marine Resources, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego), 1987.

Wilkison, Stan W and Dennis L. Wellman. LOREP 1993 Summary Report: Airborne Measurements of Meteorological Variables, Atmospheric Particles, and Sulfur Hexafluoride. Silver Spring: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Environmental Research Laboratories, Air Resources Laboratory; Springfield: For sale by the National Technical Information Service), 1996.

Reports.

The Sierra Nevada: Report of the Sierra Summit Steering Committee. (Sacramento: Resources Agency of California), 1992.

Booth, Douglas E. Searching for Paradise: Economic Development and Environmental Change in the Mountain West. (Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers), 2002.

Harvey, H. Thomas, R. J. Hartesveldt, and J. T. Stanley. Wilderness Impact Study Report: an Interim Report to the Sierra Club Outing Committee on the Effect of Human Recreational Activities on Wilderness Ecosystems. San Francisco: Sierra Club Outing Committee, 1972.

Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project. Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project Final Report to Congress: Status of the Sierra Nevada. Davis: Centers for Water and Wildland Resources, University of California, 1996. http://ceres.ca.gov/snep/pubs/

University of California, Santa Barbara, Biogeography Laboratory. Terrestrial Natural Community Types of the Southern Sierra Nevada Region: Draft prepared for the Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project, July 1995. (Sacramento: Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project), 1995. [ecology, natural history]

University of California, Santa Barbara, Biogeography Laboratory. Terrestrial Natural Community Types of the Northern Sierra Nevada Region: Draft prepared for the Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project, July 1995. (Sacramento: Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project), 1995.

USGS Auburn Project Review Team. Review of Seismic-Hazard Issues Associated with the Auburn Dam Project, Sierra Nevada Foothills, California. U.S. Geological Survey open-file report ; 96-11. (Reston: U.S. Dept. of the Interior,