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Round Title Final Products Expected Sort by First Researcher Lead Researchers
Air Quality
 Climate Change Forest Fuels Vege-
tation Mgmt		 Habitat Improve-
ment		 Lake Quality Storm-
water Mgmt		 Stream Resto-
ration		 Science Integ-
ration
7 Quantifying cost effectiveness of different road dust control strategies applied in the Lake Tahoe Basin 2010-09 Gillies John Gillies, Hampden Kuhns, Vicken Etyemezian, and Alan Gertler at the Desert Research Institute; Steven Cliff, UC Davis x x
7 Predicting and managing changes in near-shore water quality 2011-01 Schladow S. Geoffrey Schladow, University of California, Davis; Rick Susfalk, Desert Research Institute; Alan Heyvaert, Desert Research Institute; Sudeep Chandra, University of Nevada, Reno; Francisco Rueda, Universidad de Granada; Fabian Bombardelli, University of California, Davis x
7 Application of enhanced stream-corridor modeling tools for adaptive management of Tahoe basin streams 2011-02 Simon Andrew Simon and Eddy J. Langendoen, USDA-ARS National Sedimentation Laboratory x
7 Methodology to predict total and fine sediment load reductions as a result of channel restoration in Lake Tahoe streams 2010-12 Beck Nicole Beck, 2NDNATURE, LLC x
7 Assessing the sources and transport of fine sediment in response to management practices in the Tahoe basin using the WEPP Model 2010-12 Elliot William Elliot, USDA-FS Rocky Mountain Research Station; Erin S. Brooks, University of Idaho; Jan Boll, University of Idaho; Joan Wu, Washington State University x
7 Potential nutrient emissions from prescribed fire in the Lake Tahoe basin 2010-12 Verburg Paul S.J. Verburg, Richard B. Susfalk, and Lung-Wen Antony Chen, Desert Research Institute x
7 Restoration and fuel treatment of Lake Tahoe's riparian forests 2010-10 North Malcolm North, USFS Pacific Southwest Research Station x x
7 Restoring sugar pine in the Tahoe basin: regeneration ecology and recruitment dynamics of sugar pine under various stand structures. 2011-05 Waring Kristen M. Waring, Northern Arizona University; Kevin L. O'Hara, University of California - Berkeley; Natalie Angell, Northern Arizona University x
7 Natural and anthropogenic threats to white pines from lower montane forests to subalpine woodlands of the Lake Tahoe basin: an ecological and genetic assessment for conservation, monitoring, and management 2011-06 Vogler Detlev R. Vogler, Pacific Southwest Research Station; Patricia E. Maloney, University of California, Davis; Annette Delfino-Mix, Pacific Southwest Research Station; Joan Dunlap, USDA-Forest Service, Placerville Nursery; Valerie Hipkins, Geneticist, USDA-FS, National Forest Genetics Lab x x
7 Improving road erosion modeling for the Lake Tahoe basin and evaluating BMP strategies for fine sediment reduction at watershed scales 2010-12 Foltz Randy B. Foltz and William Elliot, USDA-FS Rocky Mountain Research Station; Woodam Chung, University of Montana; Hakjun Rhee, Washington State University x
7 Development of a BMP performance assessment and data analysis system for the Tahoe Integrated Information Management System (TIIMS) 2010-09 Heyvaert Alan Heyvaert, Desert Research Institute; Eric Strecker and Marc Leisenring, Geosyntec Consultants; Nicole Beck, 2NDNATURE, LLC; Ed Wallace and Brent Wolfe, Northwest Hydraulic Consultants; Charles Goldman, University of California, Davis x
7 Analysis of 15 years of data from the California State Parks Prescribed Fire Effects Monitoring Program 2010-06 Pavlik Bruce Pavlik and Alison Stanton, BMP Ecosciences x
7 Lake Tahoe source attribution study: receptor modeling study to determine the sources of observed ambient particulate matter in the Lake Tahoe basin 2009-12 Engelbrecht Johann Engelbrecht and Alan Gertler, Desert Research Institute; Tony VanCuren, University of California, Davis x
7 Tahoe basin particle size analysis and protocol development 2010-10 Heyvaert Alan Heyvaert, Desert Research Institute; S. Geoffrey Schladow, University of California, Davis; Todd Caldwell, Desert Research Institute x
7 Monitoring past, present, and future water quality using remote sensing (RS) 2010-09 Schladow S. Geoffrey Schladow, University of California, Davis; Simon J. Hook, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA/JPL) x
7 Tahoe Science Consortium Reuter John Reuter and Geoffrey Schladow, University of California, Davis; Michael Collopy and Wally Miller, University of Nevada, Reno; Alan Gertler and James M. Thomas, Desert Research Institute; Timothy Rowe and Kimball Goddard, US Geological Survey; Peter Stine and Pat Manley, Pacific Southwest Research Station x
8 Tahoe Science Consortium Reuter John Reuter and Geoffrey Schladow, University of California, Davis; Michael Collopy and Wally Miller, University of Nevada, Reno; Alan Gertler and James M. Thomas, Desert Research Institute; Timothy Rowe and Kimball Goddard, US Geological Survey; Peter Stine and Pat Manley, Pacific Southwest Research Station x
9 Tahoe Science Consortium Reuter John Reuter and Geoffrey Schladow, University of California, Davis; Michael Collopy and Wally Miller, University of Nevada, Reno; Alan Gertler and James M. Thomas, Desert Research Institute; Timothy Rowe and Kimball Goddard, US Geological Survey; Peter Stine and Pat Manley, Pacific Southwest Research Station x
8 Upland Fuel Reduction Treatments in the Lake Tahoe Basin: Forest Restoration Effectiveness 2011-06 Manley Pat Manley, USFS Pacific Southwest Research Station; Bruce M. Pavlik, Mills College; Dennis Murphy, University of Nevada Reno x
8 Developing FCCS Fuelbeds for the Angora Fire Region 2010-12 Ottmar Roger Ottmar, Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Lab and Hugh Safford, U.S. Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region x
8 Balancing fuel reduction, soil exposure, and erosion potential 2010-12 Stubblefield Andrew P. Stubblefield and J. Morgan Varner, Humboldt State University; Eric Knapp, USFS Pacific Southwest Research Station; Mark Grismer, UC Davis x
8 Identifying Spatially Explicit Reference Conditions for Forest Landscapes in the Lake Tahoe Basin, USA 2011-08 Taylor Alan Taylor, Penn State University; Carl Skinner, USFS Pacific Southwest Research Station; Hugh Safford, USFS Region 5 x
8 The effects of ski resorts in the Lake Tahoe region of California on population dynamics of the American marten 2011-12 Slauson Keith M. Slauson and William J. Zielinski, USFS Pacific Southwest Research Station x
8 Development of a water-quality-modeling toolbox to inform pollutant reduction planning, implementation planning, and adaptive management 2011-03 Reuter John Reuter and Geoffrey Schladow, University of California, Davis x
8 Nutrient and sediment loading predictions for prescribed fire using optimized WEPP model 2010-12 Traeumer Drea Traeumer, Em Consulting; Mark Grismer, Integrated Environmental Restoration Services; Wally Miller, University Nevada-Reno x
8 Potential of engineered flood plains and wetlands as fine-particle BMPs: case study of Trout Creek and the Upper Truckee River 2010-08 Schladow Geoffrey Schladow and John Reuter, University of California, Davis; Fabian Bombardelli, University of California, Davis x x
8 Determining sources of highway runoff fine sediment in stormwater, streams, and Lake Tahoe using fingerprinting techniques 2011-06 Heyvaert Jim Thomas and Alan Heyvaert, Desert Research Institute x
8 NICHES: Nearshore Indicators for Clarity, Habitat, and Ecological Sustainability 2010-09 Chandra Sudeep Chandra, University of Nevada, Reno; Craig Williamson, Miami University of Ohio; James Oris, Miami University of Ohio; Geoffrey Schladow, University of California, Davis x
8 Predictive modeling of cheatgrass invasion risk for the Lake Tahoe basin 2010-05 Anacker Brian Anacker, and Susan Harrison, UC Davis; Hugh Safford, USFS Region 5 x
8 Modeling the influence of management actions on fire risk and spread under future climatic conditions 2011-08 Hurteau Matthew Hurteau, Northern Arizona University; George Koch, Northern Arizona University x x
8 The effects of climate change on Lake Tahoe, and implications for design of best management practices 2010-06 Reuter John Reuter, University of California, Davis; Robert Coats, Hydroikos x x
8 A comprehensive integration of past stream restoration efforts and future tools to evaluate and track the multitude of benefits by stream and meadows in the Lake Tahoe basin 2010-02 Beck Nicole Beck, 2NDNATURE LLC x
9 Evaluating alternative fuel treatments in the South Shore wildland urban interface area 2011-08 Johnson Morris C. Johnson and Roger Ottmar, Pacific Northwest Research Station x
9 Silvicultural prescriptions to restore forest health 2013-09 Manley Patricia N. Manley and Malcolm North, US Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station; Dennis D. Murphy and T. Will Richardson, University of Nevada x
9 Integrated decision support for cost effective fuel treatments under multiple resource goals 2013-09 Chung Woodam Chung and Solomon Dobrowski, College of Forestry and Conservation, the University of Montana; J. Greg Jones and William J. Elliot, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station x
9 Effects of pile burning in the Tahoe basin on soil and water quality 2012-05 Hubbert Ken Hubbert and Matt Busse, U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station; Steve Overby, U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station x x
9 Biodiversity response to burn intensity and post-fire restoration 2011-09 Manley Patricia N. Manley, US Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station; Dennis D. Murphy and T. Will Richardson, University of Nevada x
9 Urban stormwater fine sediment filtration using granular perlite 2010-12 Wigart Russ Wigart, El Dorado County Department of Transportation x
9 Priority urban stormwater monitoring to directly inform the Pollutant Load Reduction Model (PLRM) 2012-02 Beck Nicole Beck, 2nd Nature LLC x
9 Development of a road cut and fill land use category for the Pollutant Load Reduction Model (PLRM) 2010-09 Grismer Mark Grismer and Michael Hogan, Integrated Environmental Restoration Services x
9 Measuring the ability of floodplains to treat urban runoff in the Lake Tahoe basin 2011-06 Schladow Geoffrey Schladow, Tahoe Environmental Research Center, University of California at Davis; Stefan Wuertz, Department of Engineering, University of California at Davis x x
9 Impacts of vehicle activity on airborne particle deposition to Lake Tahoe 2010-12 Kuhns Hampden Kuhns, John Gillies, and Alan Gertler, Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Desert Research Institute x
9 Quantification and characterization of Trout Creek restoration effectiveness 2012-03 Beck Nicole Beck, 2nd Nature LLC x
9 Development of a risk model to determine the expansion and potential environmental impacts of Asian clams in Lake Tahoe 2011-05 Chandra Sudeep Chandra, University of Nevada at Reno; Marion Wittmann and Geoff Schladow, University of California at Davis x x
9 Evaluation of montane forest genetic resources in the Lake Tahoe basin: Implications for conservation, management, and adaptive responses of Pinus monticola to environmental change 2013-06 Vogler Detlev Vogler, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station; David Neale, Department of Plant Sciences, University of California at Davis; Patricia Maloney, Department of Plant Pathology, University of California at Davis x x
9 Hydrologic response of sub-alpine wetlands to climate change, Tahoe basin 2011-05 Fogg Graham Fogg, University of California at Davis x
10 Management options for reducing wildlife risk and maximizing carbon storage under future climate changes, ignition patterns, and forest treatments 2012-06 Scheller Robert M. Scheller, Environmental Sciences and Management Dept., Portland State University; Jian Yang and Peter J. Weisberg, University of Nevada-Reno; Alison Stanton, BMP Ecosciences x x
10 Wildlife Habitat Occupancy Models for Project and Landscape Evaluations in the Lake Tahoe Basin 2012-06 Manley Patricia Manley, James Baldwin and Ross Gerrard, USDA FS Pacific Southwest Research Station x
10 Stocking Guidelines for Aspen Restoration 2013-05 Berrill John-Pascal Berrill, and Christa M. Dagley, Humboldt State University x x
10 Development and Validation of the Tahoe Project Sediment Model 2012-06 Elliot William Elliot, USDA FS Rocky Mountain Research Station, Erin Brooks, Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of Idaho, Drea Traeumer, Em Hydrology, LLC x
10 Ecological succession in the Angora fire: Forest management effects on woodpeckers as keystone species 2011-06 Manley Patricia Manley, USDA FS Pacific Southwest Research Station, Gina Tarbill, Sacramento State University x x
10 Tahoe Stormwater Particle Assessment and Management for Urban and Roadway Runoff 2012-10 Heyvaert Alan Heyvaert and Jim Thomas, Desert Research Institute, John Reuter, University of California, Davis x
10 Defensible Space-Erosion Protection Tools Development 2012-06 Hogan Michael Hogan, Integrated Environmental Restoration Services, Inc.; Mark Grismer, Vadose Zone Hydrology/UC Davis x x
10 Potential for Pathogen Growth, Fecal Indicator Growth and Phosphorus Release under Clam Removal Barriers in the Lake Tahoe Basin 2011-05 Wuertz Stefan Wuertz, Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California-Davis, Geoffrey Schladow, Tahoe Environmental Research Center, University of California-Davis x x
10 Natural and human limitations to Asian clam distribution and recolonization-factors that impact the management and control in Lake Tahoe 2012-05 Wittman Marion Wittmann, John Reuter and Geoff Schladow, Tahoe Environmental Research Center, UC Davis; Sudeep Chandra, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Nevada Reno x x
10 Evaluation of Montane Forest Genetic Resources: Implications for Conservation, Management, and Restoration of Whitebark Pine (Pinus albicaulis) in the Lake Tahoe Basin 2012-12 Vogler Detlev Vogler and Annette Delfino-Mix, USDA FS Pacific Southwest Research Station; Patricia Maloney, Department of Plant Pathology & Tahoe Environmental Research Center, UC Davis; David Neale, Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis x x x
10 Plant community characterization and ranking of fens in the Lake Tahoe Basin 2011-05 Evens Julie M. Evens, California Native Plant Society x
10 Visibility Monitoring and Standards for Lake Tahoe Basin: Assessment of Current and Alternative Approaches 2011-06 Chen L.-W. Antony Chen, Xiaoliaong Wang and John G. Watson, Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Desert Research Institute x
10 Lake Tahoe Visibility Impairment Source Apportionment Analysis 2011-05 Green Mark Green, Antony Chen, and Dave DuBois, Desert Research Institute; John Molenar, Air Resource Specialists x
10 Particulate Emissions from Biomass Burning: Quantification of the Contributions from Residential Wood Combustion, Forest Fires, and Prescribed Fires 2012-02 Obrist Daniel Obrist, Alan W. Gertler and Barbara Zielinska, Desert Research Institute, Division of Atmospheric Sciences x x
10 Distribution of ozone, ozone precursors and gaseous components of atmospheric nitrogen deposition in the Lake Tahoe Basin 2012-06 Bytnerowicz Andrzej Bytnerowicz, Haiganoush Preisler and Mark Fenn, US Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station; Alan Gertler and Barbara Zielinska, Desert Research Institute x
10 The Tahoe Climate Information Management System (TahoeClim) 2012-08 Redmond Kelly T. Redmond, Desert Research Institute; Geoffrey Schladow, Tahoe Environmental Research Center, UC Davis x x
10 Improving meteorological data and forecasts for prescribed fire burn day decisions for the Lake Tahoe Basin 2011-04 Brown Timothy Brown, Desert Research Institute; Narasimhan Sim Larkin, USFS Pacific Northwest (PNW) Research Station x x x
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8 Selection announcement - Round 8 x
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