Nevada Water Resources Association

4th Biennial Tahoe Basin Science Conference,
Science as a Tool in Lake Tahoe Basin Management:
Making Sense of Complexity

March 17-19, 2008
Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences and
Hyatt Lake Tahoe Resort, Spa, and Casino
Incline Village, Nevada

Presentations and Abstracts

Moving Forward with Low Impact Development (LID) in the Truckee Meadows - Chris Conway
Modeling Variable Source Area Hydrology with the WEPP Model - E.S. Brooks, S. Dun, B. Crabtree, J.Boll, J. Wu, and W.J. Elliot
Nutrients and clarity of subalpine lakes in the upper Lake Tahoe watershed during early summer - Sudeep Chandra and Andy Rost
Where will bass go? The role of climate change in largemouth bass invasion in Lake Tahoe - Ka Lai (Christine) Ngai, B. Shuter, M.Kamerath, S.Chandra and B. Allen
Climate Change in the Tahoe Basin: Regional Trends and Impacts - Robert Coats
Obstacles and Opportunities for Chemical Treatment of Stormwater by Aluminum- Based Coagulants - Jeff Curtis, John Johnston, Dipen Patel, and Mark Keisler
Improving the Snow Simulation Routines of WEPP - Shuhui Dun, Joan Wu, William Elliot, Don McCool, and Erin Brooks
The Challenge of Developing TMDLs for Forest Watersheds - Bill Elliot
Fires and Floods: Impacts of 21st Century Climate Change on Extreme Weather Events for the Tahoe Basin - Dr. John Abatzoglou
Lake Tahoe Aquatic Invasive Species Working Group - Jenny Francis
Erosion Modeling for Land Management & TMDL Assessment in the Tahoe Basin – Scaling from plots to forest catchments - Mark Grismer, K. Drake & M. Hogan
USFS LTBMU Proposed Methodology for Evaluating the Sensitivity of SEZs in the South Shore Fuel Reduction and Healthy Forest Restoration Project to Mechanical Equipment Operations - Theresa Loupe & Denise Downie
Design and Implementation of BMPS for Single Family Homes in the Tahoe Basin - Lesley Higgins and Eben Swain
Effects of Fuel Treatments on Species Richness - Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
Improving Science Effectiveness in the Lake Tahoe Basin Through an Established Science program - Zach Hymanson and Tricia York
Immediate Environmental Impacts of the Angora Fire: Air Quality, Atmospheric Deposition and Lake Tahoe Water Quality - John Reuter, Brant Allen, Anne Liston, Scott Hackley, Tom Cahill, Geoff Schladow, & Adina Paytan
TMDLs and Lake Tahoe Basin Water Resources - James R. Karr
Fallen Leaf Secchi Disk Measurements and Their Use as a Management Tool - John A Kleppe
Upper Cutthroat Infiltration Testing and Stormwater Runoff Study - Alan Heyvaert, Dave Vaccarello, Andrea Parra, Raph Townsend, and Collin Strasenburgh
Natural and anthropogenic threats challenging white pines of the Lake Tahoe Basin: How do we conserve, monitor, and manage improtant forest tree species? - Patricia E. Maloney and Detlev R. Vogler
Statistical Design for Monitoring American Marten in the Lake Tahoe Basin: Detecting Change and Evaluating the Role of Anthropogenic Stressors - Keith Slauson, Jim Baldwin, and William Zielinski
Climate change, forests, disturbance, adaptation: some thoughts for the Sierra Nevada - Don McKenzie, Dave Peterson, & Jeremy Littell
Effects of Watershed Management on Discharge Water Quality: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow - W.W. Miller, D.W. Johnson, S.L. Ganschow, P.J. Weisberg, and R.F. Walker
Immediate Environmental Impacts of the Angora Fire: Air Quality, Atmospheric Deposition and Lake Tahoe Water Quality - John Reuter, Brant Allen, Anne Liston, Scott Hackley, Tom Cahill, Geoff Schladow, & Adina Paytan
Quantifying Reductions of Mass- Failure Frequency and Sediment Loadings from Streambanks using Toe Protection and Other Means - Andrew Simon, Natasha Pollen-Bankhead, Virginia Mahacek, and Eddy Langendoen
Activated Alumina Filters: Turbidity and Nutrient Removal in Full-Scale Pilots - Stefan Schuster, Dipen Patel, John Johnston, Jeffry Curtis, & Mark Keisler
Spatial and Seasonal Emissions of Road Dust in the Lake Tahoe Basin - Dongzi Zhu, Hampden Kuhns, Jack Gillies, Vic Etyemezian, & Alan W. Gertler
Runoff Water Quality from a Sierran Upland Forest, Transition Ecotone, and Stream Environment Zone Runoff Water Quality from a Sierran - Nicole Gergans
Climate Change and Hydrologic Resources in the Western U.S. With Special Emphasis on the Snow Survey Program and the Lake Tahoe Basin - Michael L. Strobel
Learning from River Restoration Projects: EXPERIENCE FROM THE NATIONAL RIVER RESTORATION SCIENCE SYNTHESIS (NRRSS) - Shannah Anderson & Matt Kondolf
A Channel Expansion Model for Sub-Alpine Meadows - Mike Liquori
Determining the Response of Wildlife to Small Scale Forest Management in California State Parks of the Lake Tahoe Basin - Lisa Fields, Michael G. Barbour, Deborah L. Elliott-Fisk, & Tamara L. Sasaki
Long-term Temporal and Spatial Patterns of Climate Variability in the Western U.S. - Kelly T. Redmond
Upper Truckee River Habitat Use by Native Species at Local and Watershed Scales - Tom Taylor, Chris Hogle and Ramona Swenson
Cultured Periphyton in a Subalpine Environment: Phosphorus and Fine Particle Removal by an Ecologically Engineered System - Steve Patterson, Alan Heyvaert, & Collin Strasenburgh
Tahoe basin precipitation and watershed streamwater outflow: inter-annual variability and explanatory variables - James C Trask, Graham E Fogg
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Ward Creek Watershed Restoration Project Technical Assessment - Toby Hanes & Matt Kiesse
Lake Tahoe Basin Invasive Weeds Early Detection and Rapid Response Program - Wendy West
WEPP—A Process-Based Hydrology and Erosion Model for Watershed Assessment and Restoration - Joan Wu, Markus Flury, Shuhui Dun, Don McCool, Bill Elliot, & Dennis Flanagan
The Effects of Off-Highway Vehicles on the American Marten - William Zielinski, Keith Slauson and Ann Bowles