I. Purpose and Need  |  II. Alternatives  III. Affected Environment  IV. Environmental Consequences  V. Merced Wild and Scenic River  VI. Consultation and Coordination  |   VII. Preparers and Reviewers VIII. Glossary  IX. Bibliography  |  Appendices

 

IX. Bibliography

References

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

        1999      Programmatic Agreement among the National Park Service at Yosemite, the California State Historic Preservation Officer, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation regarding Planning, Design, Construction, Operations and Maintenance, Yosemite National Park, California.

Bibby, Brian

        1994      An Ethnographic Evaluation of Yosemite Valley: The Native American Cultural Landscape.

 

California Ambient Air Quality Data

        2000      Air Quality Data 1980-1999, Data CD, November.

California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG)

      1999a      Wildlife Habitat Relationships Database, Version 7.0.

      1999b      California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB), for the USGS quadrangles containing the main stem and South Fork of the Merced River.

California Department of Mines and Geology (CDMG)

        1996      California Fault Parameters Basin and Range – Sierra Nevada Faults, from Open-File Report 96-08, (Draft).

California Environmental Protection Agency, Air Resources Board

        1995      Air Resources Board, California Air Quality Data.

      1996a      Air Resources Board, California Air Quality Data.

      1996b      Second Triennial Review of the Assessment of the Impacts of Transported Pollutants on Ozone Concentrations in California, October.

        1997      Air Resources Board, California Air Quality Data.

        1998      Emission Inventory 1996, October.

      2000a      Air Resources Board, Final Recommended Area Designations For the Federal 8-hour Ozone Standard, March 23.

      2000b      California Environmental Protection Agency, Air Resources Board, California Ambient Air Quality Data 1980-1999, Data CD, November.

      2001a      Air Resources Board, Ambient Air Quality Standards, downloaded from the ARB web site (www.arb.ca.gov/aqs/aaqs2.pdf) on May 9.

      2001b      Air Resources Board, Area Designation Maps, downloaded from the ARB web site (www.arb.ca.gov/desig/adm) on May 9.

Chow, L., J. van Wagtendonk, S. Thompson, and K. McCurdy

        1994      Using wildlife habitat relationship models for land use planning for Yosemite Valley. Trans. Western Section Wildl. Soc, 30:49-55.

 

 

Drost, Charles A. and Gary M. Fellers

        1996      Collapse of a regional frog fauna in the Yosemite area of the California Sierra Nevada, USA. Conservation Biology; 10(2):414-425.

Eagan, S. M.

        1998      Modeling Floods in Yosemite Valley, California Using Hydrologic Engineering Center’s River Analysis System. Master’s Thesis, University of California, Davis.

Environmental Science Associates (ESA)

        2001      Results of Biological Resource Site Reconnaissance, April 18.

Federal Transit Administration (FTA), U.S. Department of Transportation

        1995      Transit Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment.

 

Fritzke, Sue, and Peggy Moore

        1998      Exotic Plant Management in National Parks of California. Fremontia, 26(4):49-53.

 

Graber, D. M.

        1996      “Status of terrestrial vertebrates.” In Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project, Vol.2, 709-734. Davis, CA: University of California.

Gramann, James H.

        1992      Visitors, Alternative Futures, and Recreational Displacement at Yosemite National Park. Prepared for the National Park Service.

Harms, Dale R.

        1980      “Black bear management in Yosemite National Park.” In Papers of the Fourth Int. Conf. Bear Res. Manage, edited by C. Martinka and K. McArthur, 205-212.

Hart, Earl W.

        1990      Fault-Rupture Hazard Zones in California, California Division of Mines and Geology, Special Publication 42, Revised.

 

Huber, N. K.

        1989      The Geologic Story of Yosemite National Park. Yosemite: Yosemite Association.

 


Hull, Kathleen L., and Michael J. Moratto

        1999      Archeological Synthesis and Research Design, Yosemite National Park, California. Yosemite Research Center Publications in Anthropology No. 21. Submitted to National Park Service, Yosemite National Park. 

Interagency Wild and Scenic Rivers Coordinating Council (IWSRCC) (Joint document produced by Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the U.S. Forest Service)

        1999      Wild and Scenic Rivers Reference Guide.

Madej, M., W. Weaver, and D. Hagans

        1991      Analysis of Bank Erosion on the Merced River, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service.

McNutt, S., W. Bryant, and R. Wilson

        1991      Mono Lake Earthquake of October 23, 1990, California Geology 44(2):27-32.

Milestone

        1978      The Influence of Modern Man on the Stream System of Yosemite Valley. M.A. Thesis, San Francisco State University.

 

National Park Service (NPS), U.S. Department of the Interior

        1977      Natural Resources Management Plan for Yosemite National Park. National Park Service, Yosemite National Park, California.

        1978      Draft Environmental Impact Statement, General Management Plan, Yosemite National Park, August.

GEN-43

      1980a      General Management Plan/Final Environmental Impact Statement, Yosemite National Park.

GEN-11

      1980b      General Management Plan/Visitor Use/Park Operations/ Development, Yosemite National Park.

        1988      Yosemite Place Names, The historic background of geographic names in Yosemite National Park. Peter Browning, National Park Service.

        1989      Yosemite Wilderness Management Plan, Yosemite National Park.

        1990      Fire Management Plan, Yosemite National Park.

WIL-01

HYD-02

      1991a      Analysis of Bank Erosion on the Merced River, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park by M. Madej, W. Weaver and D. Hagans. Prepared by Redwood National Park.

GEN-56

      1991b      Director’s Order 28: Cultural Resource Management Guideline. National Park Service, Washington D.C.

      1991c      Natural Resources Management Guidelines. NPS-77. Washington, D.C.: USDOI.

      1993a      Guiding Principles of Sustainable Design.

      1993b      Aircraft Overflight Sound Level Study, Yosemite National Park, August.

      1993c      Floodplain Management Guidelines. Special Directive 93-4. Washington, D.C.

      1993d      Resources Management Plan, Yosemite National Park.

      1994a      Report to Congress. Report on Effects of Aircraft Overflights on the National Park System, September. National Park Service.

WIL-11

      1994b      Water Resources Division and Servicewide Inventory and Monitoring Program. Baseline Water Quality Data Inventory and Analysis, Yosemite National Park. Technical Report, NPS/NRWRD/NRTR-94-03, September.

HYD-03

      1997a      Analysis of the Hydrologic, Hydraulic, and Geomorphic Attributes of the Yosemite Valley Flood: January 1-3, 1997 by William Jackson, Gary Smillie, and Michael Martin. Technical Report NPS/NRWRD/NRTR-97/129. Fort Collins, CO: NPS, Water Resources Division.

      1997b      Board of Survey Findings and Determination, Happy Isles Gauging Station Bridge, Pedestrian, July 19.

      1997c      Draft Yosemite Valley Implementation Plan/Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement. USDOI/ National Park Service.

      1997d      El Portal Road Improvements. Environmental Assessment. Prepared by Volpe National Transportation Systems Center.

      1997e      Finding of No Significant Impact, El Portal Road Improvements.

       1997f      Happy Isles Area Plan. Prepared by Royston, Hanamoto, Alley, and Abey, provided by the Yosemite Fund, June.

      1997g      Vegetation Management Plan, Yosemite National Park, June.

      1997h      Yosemite National Park Human-Bear Management Plan. Yosemite, CA: National Park Service.

      1998a      Bridge Inspection Report, Happy Isles Bridge, Happy Isles Trail over Merced River, Yosemite National Park, Structure No. 8800-037S, June.

      1998b      Director’s Orders 2: Park Planning.

      1998c      Procedural Manual #77-1: Wetland Protection. Technical Report NPS/NRWRD /NRTR-98-203.

      1999a      Amendment to the Finding of No Significant Impact, El Portal Road Improvements.

      1999b      Board of Survey Findings and Determination, Happy Isles Gauging Station Bridge, Yosemite National Park, California, Report of Survey No. RS88099908, July 19.

      2000a      Bridge Inspection Report, Happy Isles Trail Bridge, Happy Isles Trail over Merced River, Yosemite National Park, Structure No. 8800-037S, August.

GEN-49

      2000b      Director's Order #12: Conservation Planning, Environmental Impact Analysis, and Decision-making.

      2000c      Merced Wild and Scenic River Comprehensive Management Plan/Final Environmental Impact Statement. Yosemite National Park, June.

      2000d      Final Yosemite Valley Plan/Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, November.

      2000e      Management Policies 2001, December.

      2001a      Merced Wild and Scenic River Comprehensive Management Plan. Yosemite National Park, February.

      2001b      Palisca, Al. Utilities Maintenance Mechanic. Phone memorandum, May 23.

      2001c      Thompson, Steve. Wildlife Biologist. Personal Communication, July.

BIO-09

National Park Service (NPS) and Office of the Secretary, Interior; Forest Service (USFS) and Office of the Secretary, USDA.

        1982      “Wild and Scenic Rivers Guidelines.Federal Register, 47(173).

Peterson et al.

        1999      Seismic Shaking Hazard Maps of California, Map Sheet 48. California Division of Mines and Geology.

Pierson, E.D. and W.D. Rainey

        1993      Bat surveys: Yosemite Valley and Hetch Hetchy Reservoir. Prepared for the National Park Service, August.

Royston Hanamoto Alley & Abey

        1997      Happy Isles Area Plan, Yosemite National Park. Provided by The Yosemite Fund for the National Park Service, June.

Rundel, Philip W., and Shari B. Stuner

        1998      Native Plant Diversity in Riparian Communities of the Santa Monica Mountains, California. Madrono, 45(2), 93-100.

Sawyer, J.O. and T. Keeler-Wolf

        1995      A Manual of California Vegetation. Sacramento: California Native Plant Society.

Smillie, G. M., W. L. Jackson, and M. Martin

        1992      Prediction of the Effects of Restoration of El Capitan Moraine, Yosemite National Park. Technical Report NPS/NRWRD/ NRTR-92/10. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, May.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)

        1993      Determining Conformity of General Federal Actions to State or Federal Implementation Plans, Final Rule, November 30.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Department of the Interior

        1979      Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats of the United States by L.M. Cowardin, V. Carter, F.R. Govet and E.T. LaRoe. FWS/OBS-79/31. Washington, D.C: FWS/DOI.

      1992a      Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats of the United States. Reprint of the 1979 ed. with minor corrections and additional plates. Washington, D.C.: FWS/DOI.

      1992b      Merced River Habitat Typing, Underwater Fish Observations, and Habitat Restoration Recommendations by T.T. Kisanuki and T.A. Shaw. Report AFF1-FRO-92-03. Arcata, CA: USFWS/Coastal California Fishery Resource Office.

 

        1995      Draft National Wetland Inventory Maps, Yosemite National Park.

        1998      Evaluation of the Effects of Riparian Habitat and Bank Restoration on the Fisheries of the Merced River, Yosemite Valley, California by S.P. Gallagher. Arcata, CA: USFWS.

        1999      Memorandum from Chief, Endangered Species Division, Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office to the Superintendent, Yosemite National Park. Species List Yosemite National Park.

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Department of the Interior

        1991      The San Andreas Fault System, California, Earthquake History: March 26, 1872 (M=7. 6), USGS Professional Paper 1515, Wallace, R. E., editor, U.S. Printing Office.

        1992      Topographic maps of the Merced River in the Yosemite National Park area: El Portal, El Capitan, Half Dome, Merced Peak, Mount Lyell, Tenaya Lake, Buckingham Mountain, Wawona, Mariposa Grove.

      1996a      Ground-Water Resources and Water-Supply Alternatives in the Wawona Area of Yosemite National Park, California by James W. Borchers. U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4229. Prepared in cooperation with the National Park Service. Sacramento, CA: USGS.

      1996b      USGS Hazard Events of 1996, from USGS Internet home page, www.usgs. gov/themes/FS-248-96.

        1998      1998 California Hydrologic Data Report—11264500 Merced River at Happy Isles Bridge, Near Yosemite, CA. 

                     www.dcascr.wr.usgs.gov/RTwww/pub/book/11264500.html.

BIO-02

      1999a      Biological, Habitat, and Water Quality Conditions in the Upper Merced River Drainage, Yosemite National Park, California, 1993-1996 by Larry R. Brown and Terry M. Short.  Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4088. In cooperation with the National Park Service Water Resources Division and Yosemite National Park. Sacramento, CA: USGS.

      1999b      Rock-fall Potential in the Yosemite Valley, California, by Gerald F. Wieczorek, Meghan M. Morrissey, Guilio Iovine, and Jonathan Godt. U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 99-578. greenwood.cr.usgs.gov/pub/open-file-reports/ofr-99-0578.

Uniform Building Code (UBC)

        1997      International Conference of Building Officials, Uniform Building Code, ICBO, Whittier, California.

GEN-51

University of California at Davis

      1996a      Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project, Final Report to Congress - Vol. I: Assessment Summaries and Management Strategies.

GEN-52

      1996b      Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project, Final Report to Congress - Vol. II: Assessments and Scientific Basis for Management Options.

GEN-53

      1996c      Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project, Final Report to Congress - Vol. III: Assessments, Commissioned Reports, and Background Information.

GEN-55

      1996d      Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project, Final Report to Congress – Addendum.

 

Wuerthner, G.

        1994      Yosemite: A Visitor’s Companion. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books.

 

 

Wieczorek, Gerald, S.P. Nishenko and D.J. Varnes

        1992      Rock Falls in Yosemite Valley. Department of Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Open File Report 92-387.

        1995      “Analysis of Rockfalls in the Yosemite Valley, California.” In Rock Mechanics Proceedings of the 35th U.S. Symposium, edited by J.J. Daemen and R.A. Schultz, 85-89.Rotterdam: A.A. Balkema.

Wieczorek, Gerald, F., Meghan M. Morrisey, Giulio Iouine, and Jonothan Goos

        1998      Rockfall Hazards in Yosemite Valley DOI, U.S. Geological Survey, Open File Report 98-467.

Wildman, A. M.

        1992      Effect of Human Activity on Great Grey Owl Hunting Behavior in Yosemite National Park, California. Technical Report NPS/WRUC/NRTR 92-49. Davis, CA: CNPSU/NPS.


Map Data

All data are in Universal Transverse Mercator, North American Datum 1928, meters.

Data

Source

100-year floodplain, Happy Isles to Housekeeping Camp

Cella Barr and Associates

1997 flood extent

Yosemite GIS

Wetlands

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Wetlands Inventory (1995)

Wild and Scenic River boundaries and zones

Yosemite GIS

 

Main . Table of Contents . Abstract . Executive Summary . Scoping Summary . Fact Sheet . Superintendent's Letter . Environmental Assessment . FONSI

 I. Purpose and Need  |  II. Alternatives  III. Affected Environment  IV. Environmental Consequences  V. Merced Wild and Scenic River  VI. Consultation and Coordination  |   VII. Preparers and Reviewers VIII. Glossary  IX. Bibliography  |  Appendices