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Figure 1. The Sierra Meadows Partnership meeting in Calistoga in February 2016 brought the need and direction for a comprehensive Meadow Strategy into focus.
The shared vision of the Sierra Meadows Partnership is a greater Sierra Nevada region with healthy and resilient meadows that provide sustained goods and services to bene t ora, fauna and people.
The Sierra Meadows Partnership is a collaboration among interested stakeholders and has had participation by representatives from non-pro t and for-pro t natural resource organizations (Plumas Corporation, California Trout, Trout Unlimited, Stillwater Sciences, Sierra Foothill Conservancy, Truckee River Watershed Council, American Rivers, The
Nature Conservancy, Point Blue, Institute for Bird Populations, Occidental Arts and Ecology Center), public natural resource agencies (United States Forest Service [USFS], Paci c Southwest Research Station, National Park Service [NPS], United States Geological Survey [USGS]), Universities (University of California [UC] at Merced, Davis and Berkeley, University of Nevada
Reno, California State University at Sacramento), and funding institutions (National Fish and Wildlife Foundation [NFWF], California Department of Fish and Wildlife [CDFW], and the State Water Resources Control Board [SWRCB]). At the time of writing, the Partnership is being broadened to include Resource Conservation Districts [RCDs], private and/or public funding entities, permitting agencies, and is open to new parties, including implementing groups and individuals interested in improving the ecological health of mountain meadows. The Partnership is open to all interested in supporting meadow restoration and management.
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Geographic Scope
The geographic scope for the Sierra Meadows Strategy, referred to as the Strategy Area, includes all of the California portion
of the Sierra Nevada, the Modoc Plateau, and the Southern Cascades along with the Sierra and Cascade foothills and the Warner Mountains (see Figure 2).
While recognizing that there are meadows in other regions of California, this region is prioritized because of:
1. its shared legacy of impacts from grazing, railroads, logging, re suppression, invasive plant and wildlife species, roads and recreation,
2. its shared central role in California water infrastructure,
3. its broad geography and relevance to USFS revisions to current USFS Sierra Nevada Forest Management Plans, and
4. the convenience of being geographically aligned with USFS (Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment, generally referred
to as the “Sierra Nevada Framework”), the Sierra Nevada Conservancy’s Watershed Improvement Program and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Meadows Business Plan planning areas.