Reports

Starting in 2023, American Rivers was funded by the Wildlife Conservation Board through the Sierra Meadows Partnership to use the Meadow Condition Scorecard in the Caldor Fire burn area and its vicinity to guide investment and accelerate restoration to aid in post-fire recovery. We assessed every accessible meadow in the burn area or within 0.25 miles of the burn perimeter (94 sites were originally identified; 43 sites assessed in the field).

This report summarizes hydrogeomorphic and aquatic survey monitoring data collected at Childs Meadow during the summer season (approximately June-October) in 2023. 

This report summarizes hydrogeomorphic and aquatic survey monitoring data collected at Van Norden Meadow during the summer season (approximately June-October) in 2022 and 2023.

The Restoration of Priority Meadows in the Walker Watershed Project was highly successful and provided benefits to Yosemite toad and the Walker River watershed. 

This report summarizes a groundwater and surface water modeling framework developed for Van Norden meadow to evaluate the potential effects of various restoration options.

The Carman Watershed Restoration Project Phase 2 monitoring report summarizes pre-project (baseline) and construction monitoring for the Phase 2 project sites under California Department of Fish and Wildlife Watershed Restoration Grant Program Agreement #P1796015. Phase 2 project sites include Site #1 Folchi Meadows, Site #2 Folchi Meadows Railroad Grade, Site #4 Carman Creek, and Site #8 Carman Creek.