Ecology and Management of Giant Sequoia Groves-Volume II Chapter 55

The charge of the Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project (SNEP) included conducting “[a]n examination of the Mediated Settlement Agreement [U.S. Forest Service 1990]. This chapter is limited to addressing the last part of this charge: providing an assessment for scientifically-based management of sequoia groves, with some attention given to scientifically-based grove mapping. Also see Elliott-Fisk et al. (file "Section B. Giant Sequoia Groves: An Evaluation".)