Science
Since the Forest Service initiated the collaborative planning process in October 2007, we have completed a number of tasks to link science to management. In May 2008, the Forest met with some of the members of the initial Scientific Advisory Board to review the science advisories submitted from 2001 to 2003, and discuss how they are still relevant. In July 2008, the Forest released the science advisories again to the public and provided a 60-day commenting period for the public to review the advisories and provide their comments on whether the advisories were still relevant and addressed current science.
The Forest held a Southern Sierra Science Symposium in September 2008. The Sequoia National Forest/Giant Sequoia National Monument worked for over a year with the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, the Pacific Southwest Research Station, and the U.S. Geological Survey to host a Southern Sierra Science Symposium to explain and design a research science agenda for the future.
In 2003, the research branch of the Forest Service developed procedures for conducting a science review. A science review determines whether an analysis or decision document is consistent with the best available science. The review is accomplished by judging whether scientific information of appropriate content, rigor, and applicability has been considered, evaluated, and synthesized in the documents that underlie and record land management decisions. A Science Review Panel has been convened as part of the Monument planning process, consisting of a science administrator and five scientists. The draft and final EIS's and management plans, and the Record of Decision, will be reviewed by this panel of scientists before they are released to the public. In addition, the panel will prepare a report which will be available to the public. As we implement the science review process, we are interested in your input and feedback.
Annually
2011
2010
- Short-term impacts of fuel management activities on fishers in the Sequoia National Forest, the Ponderosa Urban Interface Fisher Project, December 2010 (851kb pdf)
- Responses to Science Review Panel Comments, July 2010 (676kb pdf)
- Science Consistency Review, Giant Sequoia National Monument Plan DEIS, May 2010 (360kb pdf)
- A Summary of Current Trends and Probable Future Trends in Climate and Climate-driven Processes in the Giant Sequoia National Monument and the Neighboring Sierra Nevada (4.6mb pdf)
2009
- Letter Introducing the Science Review Panel, October 2009 (44kb pdf)
- Science Review Process
- Post-fire Erosion Paper, October 2009
- Joint Strategic Framework for Science in Support of Management in the Southern Sierra Nevada Ecoregion, June 2009 (1.6mb pdf)
- Strategic Framework Powerpoint Presentation, June 2009 (609kb pdf)
- An Ecosystem Management Strategy for Sierran Mixed-Conifer Forests, March 2009 (2.0mb pdf)
- Giant Sequoia Grove Inventory, June 2009 (46kb pdf)
2008
- Recreation Research Update, October 2008 (16kb pdf)
- 2008 Symposium: Speakers' Presentations
- 2008 Southern Sierra Science Symposium
- 2008 Partnership with Park Service (760kb pdf)
