Sierra Nevada

over 1,500 species of flowering plants, the park truly come alive with color in the fall. Yosemite, California: People don’t flock to this beloved California wonder because of fall foliage. The reason to visit the spectacular park located in the Sierra Nevada mountain region is that most of the tourists have gone home. The crowds have dispersed enough by late fall that visitors can get a glimpse of beloved and timeless Yosemite points of interest including Bridalveil Fall, Glacier Point, Half…

The Tehama County Resource Conservation District pledged with the California Native Plant Society (CNPS) and Aerial Information Systems (AIS) to create a fine scale, spatially and floristically, exact vegetation chart of the Lassen Foothills venture region. This zone includes a 108,400 section of land allotment of eastern Tehama County and spreads three substantial packages: South Denny Ranch, Tehama Wildlife Area, and Dye Creek Preserve. The undertaking zone speaks to an organically different…

During the time after the Civil War, America needed a physical strategy to unite one another; the Transcontinental Railroad did just that. The railroad was one of the most impressive engineering projects in the United States. It generated a huge economic and social boost, in addition to creating an effective means of transportation, which assisted in the development of the United States. Although the Transcontinental Railroad helped to develop new opportunities for the American people, it had…

exclusively of himself at the club’s headquarters in San Francisco. He became known as a fighter and an artist of Yosemite. Adams was a member of the Sierra Club for 37 years. During this time, Adams and the rest of the club attempted to establish the Kings Canyon National Park. To help with their efforts, Adams wrote a special-edition book called Sierra Nevada: The John Muir Trail. This book influenced many people including President Franklin Roosevelt about the idea of Kings Canyon Park.…

Introduction. Forests are changing dramatically in the face of climate change and human activities. Since the 1800s, fire exclusion, animal grazing, timber harvest, and climate cycles have contributed to these changes (Graham and Jain 2005). In 2016, we are seeing unprecedented tree mortality—more than 62 million have died this year alone (USDA 2016). California experienced a fourth consecutive year of below-average precipitation in 2015 with mean monthly temperatures reaching record or near…

sean ,my friend, and me to get inside. It was time to leave our dull suburban home in San Jose, and drive to the beloved National Park, Yosemite, to hike Half Dome. On the car ride there I had slept, but awoke right when we had gotten into the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Looking outside of the window and noticing all of the evergreen trees was surreal for me, as I rolled down my window a strong smell of pine and fresh air poured into the car. After six hours we finally reached our destination…

The Transcontinental Railroad was not only the first massive mode of transportation to connect coast to coast for the United States but it was a race, a major source of immigration, culture, and the livelihood for many who worked on it. Building the railroad wasn’t an easy feat, it had grueling trials on both the manual and non-manual side of the process. The financing for the railroad constituted finding loopholes to get the most government funding possible and finding investors. While the…

The westward expansion was very important. The westward expansion included topics such as the war of 1812, which was caused by the westward expansion, then later on the California Gold Rush. This was truly an incredible amount of gold found in California. The Gold Rush, was truly an incredible amount of gold found in California by accident. Lastly, there was the Northwest Passage, a dream for many Americans to find the Northwest Passage. 2. In all these events, Great Britain, the American…

There are times when life’s situations make us do drastic choices, to help us escape, find ourselves or even to heal the soul within. In the novels “Into the Wild,” and “Wild” both of the characters take an unimaginable trip out into the wilderness to escape everyone and everything that at one point in their life’s was important to them. Both “Into the Wild” and “Wild” are distinctly different from each other, despite wilderness being both of the stories it’s symbol. The distinctions between…

Chester Elementary Teachers Preparation for Outdoor Core/NGSS Rollout Over the last three years, Chester teachers, Kellie Bainbridge, Janae LaGroue, Aletha O’Kelley, Meghan Whalen, Brooke Geer, Nicholle Crowther, Susan Tantardino, and Camille Klimek, have taken on a huge responsibility in our district, by agreeing to pilot Next Generation Science Standards ( NGSS).They have been the pioneers willing to dissect and deconstruct NGSS to create a curriculum guide and instructional plans that would…