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- 1. SIERRA NEVADA Amy Hutto Carlos Guzman Linh La Tracey Mach Nam Nguyen
- 2. Approximately 400 miles long and 50 miles wide One of the most popular regions in the state of California
- 3. THE SIERRA NEVADA REGION INCLUDES: • 3 National Parks • 20 Wilderness areas • 2 National Monuments
- 4. BUSINESSES & ORGANIZATIONS • Sierra Entertainment • Sierra Nevada Brewing Company • Sierra Bullets • Sierra Club Even the state of Nevada was named for this mountainous region!
- 5. EARLY INHIBITERS – NATIVE AMERICANS • Inhabited as early as 500 CE • Northern Paiutes – East Side • Mono and Sierra Miwoks – Western Side • Kawaiisu – South Side Captain John of the Pauites Chief Winnemucca Pauites Mono Indians Sarah Winnemucca (daughter) Pauites writer, lecturer
- 6. EXPLORERS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA • Began by the Europeans and Americans in 1827 • Pedro Fages - First European to sight range in 1772 • Bolton Coit Brown – Explored Kings River in late 1800s • Joseph N. LeConte – Mapped Kings Canyon National Park in early 1900s • James S. Hutchinson – Climbed Palisades and Mt. Humphreys in early 1900s
- 7. MORE EXPLORERS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA • John C. Fremont and Kit Carson – Lake Tahoe in the mid 1899s • Josiah Whitney & others – Yosemite National Park in the mid 1899s • 1912 – USGS (United States Geological Survey) published first maps of the Sierra Nevada John C. Fremont Kit Carson Josiah Whitney
- 8. CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH (1848 – 1855)
- 9. EARLY ADVOCATES FOR THE SIERRA NEVADA “None of Nature's landscape are ugly so long as they are wild” (John Muir from Our National Parks) John Muir (1838 – 1914) Advocate, Conservationist, Author
- 10. EARLY ADVOCATES FOR THE SIERRA NEVADA Ansley Adams (1902 – 1984) Photographer, Environmentalist
- 11. • Climate in this region is influenced by a rain shadow effect. • Air Flow from the ocean hits the western slope which influences precipitation. • The Western slope receives about more precipitation than the Eastern slope.
- 13. • Adiabatic cooling is a major cause for climate in the Sierra Nevada. • Less oxygen at higher levels. • Cool and dry air influences velocity • “Venturi Effect.”
- 14. GEOLOGY • Largest Mountain range in the United States • Granite rocks • Young mountain range.
- 15. BIRTH OF THE SIERRA NEVADA • Formed when the North American plate pushed westward over the Pacific Ocean plate • Erosion carved shape. • Uplift in the eastern.
- 16. GOLD IN SEDIMENT DEPOSITS • Composites of gold and quartz in water • Engraved in veins of metamorphic rocks • Erosion • Gold Rush in California as discovered in the American River
- 17. •Blue Oak (Quercus douglasii) •California Buckeye (Aesculus californica)
- 19. •Greenleaf Manzanita (Arctostaphylos patula) •Kit-Kit-dizze (Chamaebatia foliolosa) •Sierra Gooseberry (Ribes roezlii) •Western Azalea (Rhododendron occidentale)
- 20. LODGEPOLE- RED FIR FOREST • Snow Plant (Sarcodes sanguinea) • Bush Chinquapin (Chrysolepis sempervirens)
- 21. RIPARIAN • Black Cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa) • White Alder (Alnus rhombifolia)
- 22. FLORA Giant Sequoia, also known as Giant Sierra Redwoods Sequoiadendron giganteum The largest living things in the world!!
- 23. FAUNA – FOOTHILL WOODLAND • California Ground Squirrel (Otospermophilus beecheyi) • Great Horned Owls (Bubo virginianus) • Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) • Burrowing Owls (Athene cunicularia) • California Quail (Callipepla californica)
- 24. FAUNA – YELLOW PINE FOREST • Gilbert’s Skink (Eumeces gilbert) • Steller’s Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) • American Robin (Turdus migratorius) • American Black Bear (Ursus americanus) • Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus)
- 25. FAUNA – LODGEPOLE- RED FIR FOREST • Cassin’s Finch (Carpodacus cassinii) • Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) • Marten (Martes americanus) • Northern Flying Squirrels (Glaucomys sabrinus) • Lodgepole Chipmunk (Tamius speciosus)
- 26. FAUNA – RIPARIAN HABITAT • Lorquin’s Admiral (Basilarchia lorquini) • Western Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio rutulus) • Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon) • Zephyr Anglewing (Polygonia zephyrus) • Pale Swallowtail (Papilio eurymedon)
- 27. CONSERVATION ISSUES - Yosemite Valley government protection (1864). - Endangered spp. - Invasive spp.
- 28. ENDANGERED SPECIES Giant Sequia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) California Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma californiense) Sierra Nevada Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes necator)
- 29. INVASIVE SPECIES Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) Yellow star- thistle (Centaurea solstitialis) Northern Snakehead (Channa argus)
- 30. THE END Thank you for listening to our presentation on the Sierra Nevada region of California!