… meadows that have been degraded from past and historic land uses. Livestock grazing is a
common land use in meadows with the potential to impact Sierra meadow … grazing strategies …

… Sierra meadows by 2030 to enhance water, carbon, and biodiversity benefits. The SMP’s
strategy … In the next section, we describe climate vulnerabilities specific to Sierra meadows and …

… Forest thinning impacts on the water balance of Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer headwater …
supply benefits from forest and meadow restoration in California’s northern Sierra Nevada. An …

… forces as the Sierra Meadows Partnership to share knowledge, ideas, and resources to
improve meadow condition in the greater Sierra Nevada. The Sierra Meadows Strategy lays out …

… Geomorphology: From a list of potential alternatives, the FRCRM selected a unique “pond
and plug” restoration approach to return hydrologic function to Big Flat Meadow. This strategy …

… As forest plans are being revised now on the Inyo, Sequoia, and Sierra national forests, and
… in the Sierra Meadow Strategy and recommendations by scientists working on meadow …

… However, at many Sierra meadows human activities and historic management practices
have altered meadow hydrology, which in turn has changed the characteristics of meadow plant …

… altered fire regime greatly impact meadow ecosystem function within the Sierra Nevada.
Prior to European settlement, fire return intervals in the Sierra Nevada mixed conifer zone were …

… Our conclusions support recent initiatives to increase investment in meadow restoration as
a strategy to improve water management and climate resiliency in mountains of the western …

… Although these concepts apply generally to montane wet meadow systems, a strategy of
rely… , a study of Monache Meadow in the southern Sierra Nevada found that banks without wet …