Monitoring Plan and Protocols

Sierra Nevada Network Monitoring Plan

The Sierra Nevada Network’s monitoring plan and its appendices describe our monitoring strategy in detail.

Vital Signs Monitoring Protocols

We follow rigorous scientific protocols to monitor vital signs. Network scientists and our partners have designed the protocols for some vital signs; others were done in partnership with other Inventory & Monitoring networks or utlize national standard operating procedures. Protocols typically include a narrative and a separate collection of associated standard operating procedures. Find protocol documents below.

Birds

Monitoring Protocol Narrative and Standard Operating Procedures

Climate

Climate Monitoring Protocol Narrative and Standard Operating Procedures

High-elevation Forests

White Pine Monitoring Protocol Narrative and Standard Operating Procedures

Lakes

Lake Monitoring Protocol Narrative
Lake Monitoring Protocol Standard Operating Procedures

River Hydrology

River Hydrology Monitoring Protocol Narrative
River Hydrology Monitoring Protocol Standard Operating Procedures

Wetlands

Wetlands Ecological Integrity Monitoring Protocol
Wetlands Ecological Integrity Monitoring Protocol Standard Operating Procedures