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Chapter IX: Bibliography

Acree, Lisa N.

        1994           The Plant Communities of Yosemite Valley – A Map and Descriptive Key. Technical Report NPS/WRUC/NRTR-94-01. WesternRegionCooperativeNational Park Studies Unit. University of California, Davis, California.

Allen, Hollis H., and James R. Leech

        1997           Bioengineering for Streambank Erosion Control (Report 1 Guidelines). U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS. (Available at http://www.sac.usace.army.mil/permits/el97-8.pdf)

Arnold, Richard A.

        2001           Wawona Riffle Beetle Habitat Assessment and Presence-Absence Surveys for the Merced River, Yosemite Creek, and Bridalveil Creek at Yosemite National Park. Letter, dated November 27, and addressed to Tina Ogawa at Environmental Science Associates.

Barrett, Samuel A. and Edward W. Gifford

        1933           Miwok Material Culture: Indian Life of the Yosemite Region. Yosemite Natural History Association: Yosemite, California.

Bibby, Brian

        1994           An Ethnographic Evaluation of Yosemite Valley: The Native American Cultural Landscape. Report prepared for U.S. Department of the Interior, Yosemite National Park.

Brown, Harley P.

        1972           “Biota of Freshwater Ecosystems Identification Manual No. 6. Aquatic Dryopoid Beetles (Coleoptera) of the United States.” Water Pollution Control Research Series. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Washington, D.C. 82 pp.

California Ambient Air Quality Data

        2000           Air Quality Data 1980-1999, Data CD, November.

California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG)

        1999           California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB), for the USGS quadrangles containing the main stem and South Fork of the Merced River.

California Department of Mines and Geology (CDMG)

        1990           Fault-Rupture Hazard Zones in Californiaby Earl W. Hart. Special Publication 42.

        1996           CaliforniaFaultParametersBasin and Range – Sierra Nevada Faults, from Open-File Report 96-08, (Draft).

California Employment Development Department

        2002           Employment by Industry Data, (http://www.calmis.ca.gov/htmlfile/subject/ indtable.htm).

California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region (CVRWQCB)

        1983           Guidelines for Protection of Water Quality During Construction and Operation of Small Hydro Projects, Resolution No. 83-135, October.

        1998           The Water Quality Control Plan (Basin Plan) for the California Regional Water Quality Control Board Central Valley Region, Fourth Edition.

California State Board of Equalization

        2002           Taxable Sales, By County, 2000, downloaded from the State Board of Equalization website (http://www.boe.ca.gov/news/) on October 1.

Chandler, Harry P.

        1954           “New genera and species of Elmidae (Coleoptera) from California.” Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 30:125-131.

Environmental Science Associates (ESA)

        2002           Cascades Diversion Dam Removal Project Environmental Assessment: Wawona Riffle Beetle Habitat Assessment and Survey. Prepared by Environmental Science Associates on behalf of the National Park Service.

Federal Transit Administration (FTA), U.S. Department of Transportation

        1995           Transit Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment.

Fritzke, Sue, and Peggy Moore

        1998           Exotic Plant Management in National Parks of California. Fremontia, 26(4):49-53.

Hull, Kathleen L., and Michael J. Moratto

        1999           An Archeological Synthesis and Research Design, Yosemite National Park, California. Yosemite Research Center Publications in Anthropology No. 21. Submitted to National Park Service, Yosemite National Park.

Interagency Wild and Scenic Rivers Coordinating Council (IWSRCC)

        1999           Wild and Scenic Rivers Reference Guide. Joint document produced by Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Forest Service.

International Conference of Building Officials

        1997           Uniform Building Code Seismic Zone Map, Whittier, California.

Kennedy/Jenks/Chilton and ROMA Design Group

        1988           Design Report, YosemiteNational Park Rehabilitation of Electric System and Power Generation Facility Phase II, Preliminary Design (Demolition), Edition No. 2.

Kennedy/Jenks Consultants

        2002           Technical Memorandum – Sediment Volume Estimates in Impoundment Reservoir, Cascade Diversion Dam, Yosemite National Park, November, K/J 025805.00.

Micro IMPLAN Group

        1996           Input-Output System B IMPLAN, as compiled by George Goldman, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley.

National Park Service (NPS), U.S. Department of the Interior

        1982           Hydroelectric Power System Environmental Assessment. Yosemite National Park.

        1987a         Addendum to the Electrical Distribution System Replacement and Cascade Dam Removal Environmental Assessment. Yosemite National Park.

        1987b        Electrical Distribution System Replacement and Cascade Dam Removal Environmental Assessment. Yosemite National Park.

        1987c         Finding of No Significant Impact, Phase II Replacement of the Electrical Distribution System in Yosemite Valley. Yosemite National Park.

        1988           Finding of No Significant Impact, Electrical Distribution System Replacement.

        1990           Fire Management Plan, Yosemite National Park.

WIL-01

HYD-02

        1991           Analysis of Bank Erosion on the Merced River, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park by M. Madej, W. Weaver and D. Hagans. Prepared by Redwood National Park.

GEN-56

        1993a         Floodplain Management Guidelines. Special Directive 93-4. Washington, D.C.

        1993b        Guiding Principles of Sustainable Design.

        1994a         Report to Congress. Report on Effects of Aircraft Overflights on the National Park System, September. National Park Service.

WIL-11

        1994b        Water Resources Division and Servicewide Inventory and Monitoring Program. Baseline Water Quality Data Inventory and Analysis, Yosemite National Park. Technical Report, NPS/NRWRD/NRTR-94-03, September.

HYD-03

        1997a         Biological Assessment – El Portal Road Improvements. Prepared by Volpe National Transportation Systems Center.

        1997b        Draft Yosemite Valley Implementation Plan/Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement. USDOI/ National Park Service.

        1997c         El Portal Road Improvements Environmental Assessment. Prepared by VOLPE National Transportation Systems Center.

        1997d        Primary Record Y97B-25.

        1997e         The MercedCanyon Travel Corridor, Yosemite National Park, California: A Determination of Eligibility for Listing on the National Register of Historic Places. Prepared by VOLPENationalTransportationSystemsCenter, submitted to National Park Service, YosemiteNational Park.

        1997f         Vegetation Management Plan, Yosemite National Park, June.

        1998           Director’s Orders 2: Park Planning.

        1999           Personal communication from Steve Thompson, Wildlife Biologist, October 18.

        2000a         Final Yosemite Valley Plan/Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement.YosemiteNational Park, November.

        2000b        Glen Rothell, Project Manager. Phone memorandum, May 15.

        2000c         Merced Wild and ScenicRiver Comprehensive Management Plan/Final Environmental Impact Statement. Yosemite National Park. June.

        2001a         Merced Wild and ScenicRiver Comprehensive Management Plan. Yosemite National Park, February.

        2001b        Personal communication from Steve Thompson, Wildlife Biologist, July.

        2001c         Trip Report for Travel to YosemiteNational Park, March 20 – 23, 2001. Final Yosemite Valley Plan/Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement. Prepared by Gary M. Smillie, Hydrologist, Water Operations Branch, Water Resources Division. May 7.

        2002           Turbidity Monitoring Data. Utilities Department.

        2003a         Personal communication from Dave Forgang, Cultural Resources Specialist, January.From the comments on Admin Draft EA2. these personal communications were provided through the comments to Admin Draft EA II (the comment table).

 

        2003b        Personal communication from Steve Thompson, Wildlife Biologist, January.

these personal communications were provided through the comments to Admin Draft EA II (the comment table).

        2003c         Turbidity Monitoring Data. Utilities Department.

BIO-09

Pierson, Elizabeth D. and Gary M. Fellers

        1998           “Distribution of the Big-Eared Bat, Corynorhinus (=Plecotus) townsendii in California.” Prepared for the USGS Biological Resources Division Species at Risk Program.

Pierson, Elizabeth D. and W.D. Rainey

        1993           Bat surveys: Yosemite Valley and Hetch Hetchy Reservoir. Prepared for the National Park Service, August.

        1995           Bat Surveys, Yosemite National Park, 1994. Prepared for the National Park Service, March.

Pierson, Elizabeth D., W.D. Rainey, and Chris J. Corben

        2001           Seasonal Patterns of Bat Distribution along and Altitudinal Gradient in the Sierra Nevada. January.

Roth, Barry

        1972           “Rare and Endangered Land Mollusks in California”. Sterkiana. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California."

Rundel, Philip W., and Shari B. Stuner

        1998           Native Plant Diversity in Riparian Communities of the Santa Monica Mountains, California. Madrono, 45(2), 93-100.

Sawyer, John O. and Todd Keeler-Wolf

        1995           A Manual of California Vegetation. Sacramento: California Native Plant Society.

Shepard, William D. and C. B. Barr

        1991           “Description of the larva of Atractelmis (Coleoptera: Elmidae) and new information on the morphology, distribution, and habitat of Atractelmis wawona (Chandler). Pan-Pacific Entomologist (67).

U.S. Bureau of the Census

        2002           State & County Quick Facts, Internet release date: September 24 (http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/index.html).

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor

        2002           Consumer Price Index – All Urban Consumers, Base Period: 1982-84=100, downloaded from the Bureau of Labor Statistics website (http://stats.bls.gov/ cpihome.htm).

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Department of the Interior (USBR)

        1983           SEED Report on Cascade Dam, National Park Service, Yosemite National Park, California, Western Region. Prepared by Division of Dam and Structural Safety, Assistant Commissioner – Engineering and research, Denver, CO.

        1997           Condition Survey Report for Cascade Dam, YosemiteNational Park. A memorandum by Bob Woodby, Civil Engineer, P.E., May 30.

        2001           Evaluation Report: Cascades Diversion Dam Removal, Yosemite National Park, California. June.


U.S. Department of the Interior (USDOI)

        1983           The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards and Guidelines for Archeology and Historic Preservation. Federal Register 48(190): September 29.

U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Central Federal Lands Highway Division

        2002           Cascades Diversion Dam Removal Project drawings.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)

        1993           Determining Conformity of General Federal Actions to State or Federal Implementation Plans, Final Rule, November 30.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Department of the Interior

        1979           Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats of the United States by L.M. Cowardin, V. Carter, F.R. Govet and E.T. LaRoe. FWS/OBS-79/31.

        1995           National Wetlands Inventory (a series of 18 blueline topo maps).

        2002           Species List for Cascades Dam Removal Project, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa County, California. September 27.

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Department of the Interior

        1988           Assessment of Hydraulic Changes Associated with Removal of Cascade Dam, Merced River, Yosemite Valley, California, from Open-File Report 88-733. Prepared by J.C. Blodgett.

        1992a         El Capitan Topographic Map.

        1992b        Rock Falls in Yosemite Valley by Gerald Wieczorek, James B. Snyder, Christopher S. Alger, and Kathleen A. Issacson. Open File Report 92-387. Reston,VA: USGS.

        1998           Rockfall Hazards in Yosemite Valley DOI, by Gerald Wieczorek, Meghan M. Morrisey, Giulio Iouine, and Jonathan Goos. U.S.G.S. Open File Report 98-467. Reston,VA: USGS.

BIO-02

        1999           Biological, Habitat, and Water Quality Conditions in the Upper Merced River Drainage, Yosemite National Park, California, 1993-1996 by Larry R. Brown and Terry M. Short. Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4088. In cooperation with the National Park Service Water Resources Division and YosemiteNational Park. Sacramento, CA: USGS.

University of California at Davis (UC Davis)

        1996a         Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project, Final Report to Congress - Vol. I: Assessment Summaries and Management Strategies.

GEN-52

        1996b        Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project, Final Report to Congress - Vol. II: Assessments and Scientific Basis for Management Options.

GEN-53

        1996c         Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project, Final Report to Congress - Vol. III: Assessments, Commissioned Reports, and Background Information.

GEN-55

        1996d        Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project, Final Report to Congress – Addendum.

Usinger, Robert L., editor

        1956           Aquatic Insects of California. University of California Press. Berkeley, CA.


Verner, Jared, and Allan S. Boss

        1980           California wildlife and their habitats: western Sierra Nevada. General Technical Report PSW-37, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experimental Station, Berkeley. 439 pages.

Wuerthner

        1994           Yosemite: A Visitor’s Companion. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books.

 

Main . Abstract . Executive Summary. Letter From The Superintendent . Table of Contents

Purpose and Need . Alternatives . Affected Environment . Environmental ConsequencesMerced Wild and Scenic River . Consultation and Coordination 

List of Preparers and Reviewers . Glossary . Bibliography . Appendices

Yosemite Home . Yosemite Planning Page