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CHAPTER 14 References

Mammoth Creek Draft EIR 14-1 September 2010

CHAPTER 14 REFERENCES

Chapter 1 - Introduction

Bratovich, P.M., K.L. Carlson, D.B. Christophel, and T.A. Jackson. 1990. Mammoth Creek Instream Flow Investigations. Prepared by Beak Consultants for the Mammoth Community Water District, Mammoth Lakes, California.

Bratovich, P.M., Jackson, T.A., K.L. Carlson, D.B. Christophel. 1991. Brown Trout and Rainbow Trout Instream Flow Requirements in Mammoth Creek, California. Draft Report. Prepared for Mammoth Community Water District, Mammoth Lakes, California.

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City of Antioch. 2003. City of Antioch General Plan. Prepared by LSA Associates, Inc. November 24, 2003.

County of Mono. 2007. Upper Owens River Watershed Plan Management Plan. March 2007.

Hood, D.J. 1998. Mammoth Creek 1997 Fish Community Survey. Prepared by KDH Biological Consultants for the Mammoth Community Water District, Mammoth Lakes, California.






Hood, D.J. 2006a. Mammoth Creek 2005 Fish Community Survey. Draft report prepared by KDH Biological Consultants for the Mammoth Community Water District, Mammoth Lakes, California.

Hood, D.J., P.M. Bratovich, and D.B. Christophel. 1993. Mammoth Creek 1993 Fish Community Survey. Prepared by Beak Consultants for the Mammoth County Water District, Mammoth Lakes, California.


Hood, D.J., D.B. Christophel, and P.M. Bratovich. 1992. Mammoth Creek Fish Community Survey. Prepared by Beak Consultants for the Mammoth County Water District, Mammoth Lakes, California.

Chapter 14 References


Howle, J.F., and Farrar, C.D., 2001. Hydrologic Data for Long Valley Caldera, Mono County, California, 1994-96. Open-File Report 00-0230. Menlo Park: U.S. Geological Survey, 155 pp.

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Jenkins, T.M., Jr., and D.R. Dawson. 1996. Mammoth Creek 1995 Fish Community Survey. Prepared by Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory for Mammoth County Water District, Mammoth Lakes, California.


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Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board (Lahontan RWQCB). 2002. Watershed Management Initiative.

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MCWD. 2005. Urban Water Management Plan. Final Draft. December 22, 2005.

MCWD. 2005a. Groundwater Management Plan for the Mammoth Basin Watershed. July 2005.

MCWD. 2006. Recycled Water Distribution Project. Subsequent Draft Environmental Impact Report. Prepared by Bauer Planning & Environmental Services, Inc. September 2006.

MCWD. 2009. Mammoth Basin Groundwater Model Report. Final Report. Prepared by Wildermuth Environmental, Inc. September 2009.

Mammoth Community Water District and United States Forest Service (MCWD and USFS). 2000. Draft Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement for Changes in Mammoth Creek Instream Flow Requirements, Change in Point of Measurement and Change in Place of Use. State Clearinghouse No. 97032082. November 2000. Prepared by CH2MHill. November 2000.

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Salamunovich, T. 2006. October 2006 Mammoth Creek Fish Community Survey. Final Report. Prepared by Thomas R. Payne & Associates for the Mammoth Community Water District, Mammoth Lakes, California.


Salamunovich, T. 2009. October 2008 Mammoth Creek Fish Community Survey. Draft Report. Prepared by Thomas R. Payne & Associates for the Mammoth Community Water District, Mammoth Lakes, California.

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Town of Mammoth Lakes. 2007. Town of Mammoth Lakes General Plan.

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Wildermuth, M.J. 2003. Investigation of Groundwater Production Impacts on Surface Water Discharge and Spring Flow. San Clemente, CA: Author

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Chapter 2 – Proposed Project and Alternatives

Bratovich, P.M., K.L. Carlson, D.B. Christophel, and T.A. Jackson. 1990. Mammoth Creek Instream Flow Investigations. Prepared by Beak Consultants for the Mammoth Community Water District. Mammoth Lakes, California.

Bratovich, P.M., Jackson, T.A., K.L. Carlson, D.B. Christophel. 1991. Brown Trout and Rainbow Trout Instream Flow Requirements in Mammoth Creek, California. Draft Report. Prepared for Mammoth Community Water District. Mammoth Lakes, California.

Bratovich, P.M., D.B. Christophel, and G. Link. 1994. Comments in Response to Preliminary Cease and Desist Order No. 9P2. February 22, 1994. Prepared for Mammoth County Water District. Mammoth Lakes, California.

MCWD. 1988. Mammoth Creek Instream Flow Study. Prepared by Beak Consultants, Inc.

Stefferud, J. 1977. Mammoth Creek Instream Flow Needs. United States Forest Service, Inyo National Forest, Internal Memo No. 2630. Lone Pine, California.

USFS. 1977. United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service Environmental Analysis of Mammoth County Water District’s Water Management Plan. September 1977.

Chapter 3 – Overview of Analytical Approach

MCWD. 2005. Urban Water Management Plan.

MCWD and USFS. 2000. Draft Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement for Changes in Mammoth Creek Instream Flow Requirements, Change in Point of Measurement and Change in Place of Use. State Clearinghouse No. 97032082. November 2000.



Mono County. 1997. Mono County General Plan.

Mono County. 2009. Mono County General Plan Land Use Element.

Mono County LAFCO. 2009. Municipal Service Review and Sphere of Influence Recommendation. Mammoth Community Water District, Mono County, California. March 2009.

Sass, J. and S. Priest. 2002. U.S. Geological Survey - Geothermal California. California Claims the World’s Highest Geothermal Power Output, With Potential for Even More Production With Advanced Techniques. September/October 2002.

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Town of Mammoth Lakes and Unites States Forest Service. 2001. Initial Study and Final Environmental Assessment for the Lake Mary Road Bicycle Lanes and Off-Street Bicycle Paths. March 26, 2001.

USFS. 2007. Recreation Site Facility Master Planning. Inyo National Forest. February 2007.

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Chapter 4 – Hydrology

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Chapter 5 – Water Quality

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Resh, V. H., A. V. Brown, A. P. Covich, M. E. Gurtz, H. W. Li, G. W. Minshall, S. R. Reice, A. L. Sheldon, J. B. Wallace, and R. Wissmar. 1988. The Role of Disturbance in Stream Ecology. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 7: 433-455.

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SWRCB. 2004. Water Quality Control Policy for Developing California’s Clean Water Act Section 303(d) List. Adopted September 2004.

SWRCB. 2006. Clean Water Act Section 303(d) List of Water Quality Limited Segments Requiring TMDLs. U.S. EPA Approval Date: June 28, 2007. URL = http://www.swrcb.ca.gov.

SWRCB. 2006a. Clean Water Act Section 305b Report 2006. Water Quality Assessment of the Condition of California Coastal Waters and Wadeable Streams. October 2006. URL = http://www.waterboards.ca.gov.

SWRCB. 2009. Update of the Water Quality Management Plan for National Forest System Lands in California. URL = http://www.swrcb.ca.gov.

SWRCB. 2010. Staff Report. 2010 Integrated Report - Clean Water Act Sections 303(d) and 305(b). April 19, 2010. URL = http://www.waterboards.ca.gov.

Stow, G. A. and M. Borsuk. 2003. Assessing TMDL Effectiveness Using Flow-Adjusted Concentrations: A Case Study of the Neuse River, North Carolina. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2003, 37, 2043-2050.

Town of Mammoth Lakes. 2005. 2005 Storm Drain Master Plan Update. Prepared by Boyle Engineering Corporation. VT-M01-100-01. Revision 0D. May 26, 2005.

Town of Mammoth Lakes. 2007. Snowcreek VIII, Snowcreek Master Plan Update – 2007 Project. Draft Environmental Impact Report. Prepared by Christopher A. Joseph & Assoicates in Association with SWCA Environmental Consultants, Treadwell & Rollo, and LSC Transportation Consultants, Inc. SCH # 2006112015. August 2007.

Town of Mammoth Lakes. 2008. The Sherwin Project Recirculated Public Review Draft EIR. SCH No. 2007052103. Prepared by RBF Consulting. October 2008.

Town of Mammoth Lakes. 2008a. Snowcreek VIII, Snowcreek Master Plan Update Final Environmental Impact Report. SCH # 2006112015. January 2008.

Town of Mammoth Lakes. 2009. Snowcreek VIII, Snowcreek Master Plan Update – 2007 Project. Final Environmental Impact Report Addition. SCH # 2006112015. May 2009.

Town of Mammoth Lakes and United States Forest Service. 2001. Final Environmental Assessment for Lake Mary Road Bicycle Lanes and Off-Street Bicycle Paths. September 2001.

United States Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation). 2010. Revised Walker River Basin Acquisition Program Draft Environmental Impact Statement. URL = http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=2810.

USFS. 2004. Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment. Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement. January 2004.

USFS. 2009. Pacific Southwest Region. Forest Plan Revision Process. Status Update: October 29, 2009.

USFS. 2010. Inyo National Forest Schedule of Proposed Actions (SOPA) 1/01/2010 to 3/31/2010.

USGS. 1984. Water-Quality Appraisal. Mammoth Creek and Hot Creek, Mono County, California. Technical Report No. USGS/WRI-84-4060. Energy Citations Database. June 1, 1984.



USGS. 2007. U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Forest Service – Our Volcanic Public Lands. Boiling Water at Hot Creek—The Dangerous and Dynamic Thermal Springs in California’s Long Valley Caldera. Prepared by Christopher D. Farrar, William C. Evans, Dina Y. Venezky, Shaul Hurwitz, and Lynn K. Oliver. Cooperating Organization - U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. URL = http://pubs.usgs.gov.

Chapter 6 – Fisheries and Aquatic Resources

Bratovich, P.M., K.L. Carlson, D.B. Christophel, and T.A. Jackson. 1990. Mammoth Creek Instream Flow Investigations. Prepared by Beak Consultants for the Mammoth Community Water District, Mammoth Lakes, California.

Breton, E.,V. Rousseau, and J.-Y. Parent 2006. Hydroclimatic Modulation of Diatom/Phaeocystis Blooms in Nutrient-Enriched Belgian Coastal Waters (North Sea). Limnol. Oceanogr., 51: 1401-1409.

Briceño, H.O. and J.N. Boyer 2010. Climatic Controls on Phytoplankton Biomass in a Sub-Tropical Estuary, Florida Bay, USA. Estuaries and Coasts, 33: 541-553.

Brown, H. W. 1973. A Literature Review and Evaluation of the Effects of Temperature upon the Fish of the New River Drainage in Giles County, Virginia. Am. Electric Power Serv. Corp.

CDFG. 2003. Strategic Plan for Trout Management: A Plan for 2004 and Beyond. November 2003.

CDFG. 2010. Designated Heritage and Wild Trout Waters. URL = http://www.dfg.ca.gov/fish/Resources/WildTrout/Waters/index.asp.

CDFG. 2010a. Fish Planting Information. Release Waters Evaluated and Approved for Stocking. URL = http://www.dfg.ca.gov/fish/hatcheries/fishplanting/Evaluation.asp

California Department of Fish and Game and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (CDFG and USFWS). 2010. Final Hatchery and Stocking Program Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement. State Clearinghouse #2008082025. Prepared by ICF Jones & Stokes. January 2010.

Campbell, R.F., and J.H. Neuner. 1985. Seasonal and Diurnal Shifts in Habitat Utilized by Resident Rainbow Trout in Western Washington Cascade Mountain Streams. In Proceedings of the Symposium on Small Hydropower and Fisheries, Aurora, Colorado. May 1985.

Cunjack, R.A., and G. Power. 1987. Cover Use by Stream-Resident Trout in Winter: A Field Experiment. N. Am. J. Fish. Manage. 7:539-544.

Deinstadt, J.M., D.R. McEwan, and D.M. Wong. 1985. Survey of Fish Populations in Streams of the Owens River Drainage: 1983-84. California Department of Fish and Game, Inland Fisheries Administrative Report 85-2. 102 pp.

Frost, F.E and Brown, M.E. 1967. The Trout. Collins, London.

Glibert, P.M., D. Hinkle, C.E. Wazniak, B. Sturgis and R. Jesien (In review). Rapid Eutrophication of a Maryland/Virginia Coastal Lagoon: Application of the CUSUM Mthod to Identify a Tipping Point and Potential Causes. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.



Heggenes, J., and S.J. Saltveit. 1990. Seasonal and Spatial Microhabitat Selection and Segregation in Young Atlantic Salmon, Salmo salar L., and Brown Trout, Salmo trutta L., in a Norwegian River. J. Fish Biol. 36:707-720.

Heggenes, J., O.M.W. Krog, O.R. Lindas, J.G. Dokk, and T. Bremnes. 1993. Homeostatic Behavioural Responses in a Changing Environment: Brown Trout (Salmo Trutta) Become Nocturnal in Winter. Journal of Animal Ecology 62:295-308.




Hood, D.J. 2006a. Mammoth Creek 2005 Fish Community Survey. Draft report prepared by KDH Biological Consultants for the Mammoth Community Water District, Mammoth Lakes, California.

Hooper, D. R. 1973. Evaluation of the Effects of Flow on Trout Stream Ecology. Dept. Eng. Res., PG&E, Emeryville, CA. 97 pp.

Jellison, R., D. Herbst, and V. de Vlaming. 2005a. Hot Creek Hatchery Stressor Identification: Interim and Proposed Work Plan. Contract P0460003, Eastern Sierra and Inland Deserts, Region 6.

Jellison, R., D. B. Herbst, J. Harrington, V. de Vlaming, and M. Smeltzer. 2005. Hot Creek Hatchery Stressor Identification: Description of Local Variations in Biotic Integrity. Contract P0460003, Eastern Sierra and Inland Deserts, Region 6, Bishop, CA.

Jellison, R., D. Herbst, S. Parmenter, J. Harrington, V. de Vlaming, M. Kondolf, and M. Smeltzer. 2007. Final Report - Hot Creek Fish Hatchery Stressor Identification. Deliverable #5 of Hot Creek Hatchery Stressor Identification Contract P0460003, Eastern Sierra and Inland Deserts, Region 6. Submitted to California Department of Fish and Game, Bishop, California. August 2007.


Maciolek, J.A. and P.R. Needham. 1952. Ecological Effects of Winter Conditions on Trout and Trout Foods in Convict Creek, California, 1951. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 81:202-217.

MacNally, R. and B.T. Hart 1997. Use of CUSUM Methods for Water-Quality Monitoring in Storages. Envir. Sci. and Technol., 31: 2114- 2119.

Maki-Petays, A., T. Muotka, A. Huusko, P. Tikkanen, and P. Kreivi. 1997. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 54:520-530.

Mammoth City Concierge. 2010. Fish Stocking Schedule. URL = http://www.mammothcityconcierge.com.

MCWD. 1988. Mammoth Creek Instream Flow Study Work Plan. Prepared by Beak Consultants, Inc. October 1988.



MCWD and USFS. 2000. Draft Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement for Changes in Mammoth Creek Instream Flow Requirements, Change in Point of Measurement and Change in Place of Use. State Clearinghouse No. 97032082. November 2000.

Mansell, W. O. 1966. Brown Trout in Southwestern Ontario. Ontario Fish Wildl. Rev. 5(2): 3-8.

Markus, H. C. 1962. Hatchery-Reared Atlantic Salmon Smolts in Ten Months. Prog. Fish-Clut. 24:127-130.

Mesnil, B. and P. Petitgas. 2009. Detection of Changes in Time Series Using CUSUM Control Charts. Aquat. Living Resour., 22: 187 -192.

Mills, D. 1971. Salmon and Trout: A Resource, Its Ecology, Conservation and Management. St. Martains Press, N.Y. 351 pp.

Moyle, P.B., R.M. Yoshiyama, J.E. Williams, and E.D. Wikramanayake. 1995. Fish Species of Special Concern in California, Second Edition.

Moyle, P.B., R.M. Yoshiyama, and R.A. Knapp. 1996. Status of Fish and Fisheries. Chapter 33 in Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project Final Report to Congress, Volume II, Assessments and scientific basis for management options. University of California Centers for Water and Wildland Resources, Davis, CA.

Moyle, P. B. 2002. Inland Fishes of California. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.

Needham, P.R. 1969. Trout Streams (Revised Edition - Carl F. Bond). Winchester Press, New York. 241pp.

Page, E.S. 1954. Continuous Inspection Schemes. Biometrika, 41:100-115.

Poff, N. L, J. D. Allan, M. B. Bain, J. R. Karr, K. L. Prestegaard; B. D. Richter, R. E. Sparks, and J. C. Stromberg. 1997. The Natural Flow Regime: A Paradigm for River Conservation and Restoration. BioScience 47 (11): 769-784.

Power, M.E., A. Sun, M. Parker, W. E. Dietrich, J.T. Wooton. 1995. Hydraulic Food-Chain Models: An Approach to the Study of Food-web Dynamics in Large Rivers. BioScience 45: 159-167.

Raleigh, R.F., L.D. Zuckerman, and P.C. Nelson. 1986. Habitat Suitability Index Models and Instream Flow Suitability Curves: Brown Trout, Revised. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Report 82(10.124). 65pp.

Real Mammoth Adventures. 2006. Twin Lakes. Available at URL = http://www.reelmammothadventures.com/lakes.html.

Resh, V. H., A. V. Brown, A. P. Covich, M. E. Gurtz, H. W. Li, G. W. Minshall, S. R. Reice, A. L. Sheldon, J. B. Wallace, and R. Wissmar. 1988. The Role of Disturbance in Stream Ecology. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 7: 433-455.

Riehle, M.D., and J.S. Griffith. 1993. Changes in Habitat Use and Feeding Chronology of Juvenile Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus Mykiss) in Fall and the Onset of Winter in Silver Creek, Idaho. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 50:2119-2128.






Snider, W.M. and A. Linden. 1981. Trout Growth in California streams. California Department of Fish and Game, Inland Fisheries Administrative Report No. 81-1. Sacramento, California.

Stillwater Sciences. 2008. Technical Memorandum Regarding Mammoth Creek Assessment of Whether Brown Trout are in “Good Condition”. January 25, 2008.

Stillwater Sciences. 2009. Potential Habitat Enhancement Opportunities for Adult Trout in Mammoth Creek, California. Technical Memorandum. Prepared for Mammoth Community Water District and The Mammoth Creek Collaborative Group. January 30, 2009.

Tebo, L. B. 1975. Review of Selected Parameters of Trout Stream Quality. Pages 20-32 in Symposium on Trout Habitat Research and Management Proceedings.

USGS. 1999. Volcano Hazards Program – Long Valley Observatory. Photos of the Mammoth Lakes Basin. October 14, 1999. URL = http://quake.wr.usgs.gov.

USFS. 2003. Biological Assessment for Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment SEIS Final. URL = http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/snfpa/final-seis/biological-documents/BA/VI/B/20.htm

Chapter 7 – Wildlife and Botanical Resources

American Ornithologists’ Union. 1998. The American Ornithologists’ Union Checklist of North American Birds. 7th Edition. American Ornithologists’ Union, Washington, D.C.

Bennett, A. F. 1990. Habitat Corridors and the Conservation of Small Mammals in a Fragmented Forest Environment. Landscape Ecol. 4:109-122.

CDFG. 2009a. Database Record Search for Information on Threatened, Endangered, Rare, or Otherwise Sensitive Species and Communities for the Mammoth Mountain, Old Mammoth, Crystal Crag, Bloody Mountain, Whitmore Hot Springs, and Convict Lake USGS 7.5 Minute Quadrangles, State of California Resources Agency, California Department of Fish and Game, Natural Heritage Division, Sacramento, CA.

CDFG. 2009a. Wildlife and Habitat Data Analysis Branch, California Natural Diversity Database. July 2009. Special Animals List, Sacramento, 59 pp.

CDFG. 2009b. Natural Diversity Database. Special Vascular Plants, Bryophytes, and Lichens List. Quarterly publication. October 2009 80 pp.

CDFG. 2009c. State and Federally Listed Endangered, Threatened, and Rare Plants of California. Resource Management and Planning Division. Biogeographical Data Branch.

CDFG. 2009d. Habitat Conservation Division. Wildlife & Habitat Data Analysis Branch. California Natural Diversity Database. October 2009. State and Federally Listed Endangered and Threatened Animals of California. 12pp.



CDFG. 2009e. Wildlife and Habitat Data Analysis Branch. California Natural Diversity Database. Special Animals List. Sacramento. 59 pp.

CDFG. 2003. List of California Terrestrial Natural Communities Recognized by the California Natural Diversity Database. Wildlife Habitat Data Analysis Branch, California Natural Diversity Database. September 2003.

Carey, D., T.R. Thomas, and H. Altman. 2004. Environmental Assessment: Upper Basalt Geothermal Exploration Project (EA Number: CA-170-05-04). Report submitted to U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Bishop Resource Area.

Chung, Jae. 2010. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Personal communication with Linda Robb, Senior Biologist, PCR Services Corporation. January 19, 2010.

CNPS. 2001. Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants of California (Sixth Edition). Rare Plant Scientific Advisory Committee, David P. Tibor, Convening Editor, California Native Plant Society, Sacramento, California, 388pp.

CNPS. 2009. Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants for USGS 7.5 minute quadrangle for Mammoth Mountain, Old Mammoth, Crystal Crag, Bloody Mountain, Whitmore Hot Springs, and Convict Lake.

Coles-Ritchie, M.C., R.C. Henderson, E.K. Archer, C. Kennedy, and J.L. Kershner. 2004. Repeatability of Riparian Vegetation Sampling Methods: How Useful Are these Techniques for Broad-scale, Long-term Monitoring? General Technical Report RMRS-GTR-138. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. Fort Collins, Colorado.

Currier, M.J.P. 1983. Felis concolor. Mammalian Species 200:1-7. Ecosign Mountain Resort Planners Ltd., 1997. Mammoth Mountain Master Plan. November 1997.

Dawson, Daniel. 2009. Reserve Manager, Valentine Eastern Sierra Reserve, University of California Santa Barbara. Personal communication with Linda Robb, Senior Biologist, PCR Services Corporation. August 4, 2009.

Ellsworth, Todd. 2010. Watershed Program Manager/BAER Coordinator. Personal communication via email with Linda Robb, Senior Biologist, PCR Services Corporation. January 8, 2010.

French, D.P., M. Reed, J. Calambokidis, and J.C. Cubbage. 1989. A Simulation Model of Seasonal Migration and Daily Movements of the Northern Fur Seal. Ecological Modeling 48:193-219.

Harris, L. D. and P. B. Gallagher. 1989. New Initiatives for Wildlife Conservation: The Need for Movement Corridors. Pages 11-34 in G. Mackintosh, ed. Preserving communities and corridors. Defenders of Wildlife. Washington D.C. 96 pp.

Hickman, J. C. 1993. The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Holland, R. F. 1986. Preliminary Descriptions of the Terrestrial Natural Communities of California. Unpublished Report, State of California, The Resources Agency, Department of Fish and Game, Natural Heritage Division, Sacramento, California, (updated in 1992).





Hood, D.J., D.B. Christophel, and P.M. Bratovich. 1992. Mammoth Creek Fish Community Survey. Prepared by Beak Consultants for the Mammoth County Water District, Mammoth Lakes, California.







Horseshoe Canyon Biological Consultants. December 1999. Mammoth Creek 1999 Fish Community Survey.

Howald, Ann M. 1983. The Vegetation and Flora of Mammoth Mountain. Prepared for Mr. Dave McCoy, Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, December 1 1983.

Howald, Ann M. 2000. A Flora of Valentine Eastern Sierra Reserve. The Herbarium, Museum of Systematics and Ecology, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Publication Number 1, Second Edition.

Jameson, Jr., E. W., and H. J. Peeters. 1988. California Mammals. Berkeley: University of California Press.




Jones and Stokes. 1999. Final Report: An assessment of the Sandhouse Project’s Effects on Mule Deer Movement and Mortality Along State Route 395 in Mono County. Report submitted to California Department of Transportation, District 9.

KDH. 1998. Mammoth Creek 1997 Fish Community Survey. March 1998.

KDH. 2001.Mammoth Creek 2000 Fish Community Survey. June 2001.



KDH. 2002. Mammoth Creek 2001 Fish Community Survey. June 2002.

KDH. 2003. Mammoth Creek 2002 Fish Community Survey. July 2003.

KDH. 2004. Mammoth Creek 2003 Fish Community Survey. September 2004

KDH. 2006. Mammoth Creek 2004 Fish Community Survey. April 2006.

Kondolf, G.M., J.W. Webb, M.J. Sale, and T. Felando. November 1987. Basic Hydrologic Studies for Assessing Impacts of Flow Diversions on Riparian Vegetation: Examples from Streams of the Eastern Sierra Nevada, California, USA. Environmental Management. Vol. 11, No. 6, pp. 757 to 769.

Kucera, Thomas E. 2004. Ecology of American Martens on the Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, Inyo National Forest, California. July.

Laws, John M. 2007. The Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada. Heyday Books. Berkeley, California.

Logan, K.A. and L.L. Sweanor. 2001. Desert Puma: Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation of an Enduring Carnivore. Washington, D.C.: Island Press.

MacArthur, R. M. and E. O. Wilson. 1967. The Theory of Island Biogeography. Princeton University Press: Princeton, New Jersey.

Martin, David L. 2009. Mammoth Lakes Basin Yosemite Toad (Bufo canorus) Survey. Canorus Ltd. October 15,2009.

Martin, David. 2010. Canorus Ltd. Personal communication via email with Linda Robb, Senior Biologists, PCR Services Corporation on January 25, 2010.

Mono County Planning Department. 1993. Mono County General Plan. Biological Resources.

Murphy, Leeann. 2009. Wildlife Biologist, Inyo National Forest. Email communication with Linda Robb, Senior Biologist, PCR Services Corporation on November 16, 19, and 20, 2009.

NatureServe. 2006. NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life [web application]. Version 6.0. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. Accessed November, 7 2006. URL = http://www.natureserve.org/explorer.

Nelson, Kathleen. 2009. Forest Botanist, Inyo National Forest. Email communication with Linda Robb, Senior Biologist, PCR Services Corporation on November 5 and 16, 2009.

Parmenter, Steve. 2008. Senior Biologist, California Department of Fish and Game. Personal Communication.

Parmenter, Steve. 2010. Senior Biologist, California Department of Fish and Game. Personal communication with Linda Robb, Senior Biologist, PCR Services Corporation on January 19, 2010.

PCR Services Corporation. 2005. Revised Draft Program, Environmental Impact Report. Town of Mammoth Lakes 2005 General Plan Update. October 2005.

PCR Services Corporation. 2006. Final Environmental Assessment and Final Environmental Impact Report, Eagle Lodge. December 2006.

Perloff, Richard. 2009. Wildlife Biologist, Inyo National Forest. Email Communication with Linda Robb, Senior Biologist, PCR Services Corporation on December 16, 2009.



Pierce, B.M., V.C. Bleich and R.T. Bowyer. 1999. Population Dynamics of Mountain Lions and Mule Deer: Top-down or Bottom-up Regulation? Final Report. Deer Herd Management Plan Implementation Program. California Department of Fish and Game. Sacramento, California.

Pierce, B.M., V.C. Bleich, and R.T. Bowyer. 2000. Selection of Mule Deer by Mountain Lions and Coyotes: Effects of Hunting Style, Body Size, and Reproductive Status. Journal of Mammology 81:462-472.

Reed, P. B., Jr. 1988. National List of Plant Species that Occur in Wetlands: California (Region 0). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biol. Rep. 88(26.10). 135 pp.




Sawyer, J.O. and T. Keeler-Wolfe. 1995. A Manual of California Vegetation. Sacramento: California Native Plant Society.

Snow Survey Associates. 2006. Evaluation of Minimum Flows Required to Maintain Existing Riparian Vegetation Along Bodle Ditch. Prepared for Mammoth Community Water district, Mammoth Lakes, California.

Soule, M. E. 1987. Viable Populations for Conservation. Sinaur Associates Inc., Publishers, Sunderland, Massachusetts.

State Water Resources Control Board and Mono County Collaborative Planning Team. 2007. Upper Owens River Watershed Management Plan.

Stebbins, R. C. 2003. A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians, Third Edition. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin.

Sweanor, L.L., K.A. Logan, and M.G. Hornocker. 2000. Cougar Dispersal Patterns, Metapopulation Dynamics, and Conservation. Conservation Biology 14:798-808.

Taylor, D.W.1982. Riparian Vegetation of the Eastern Sierra, Ecological Effects of Stream Diversion. Report to Inyo National Forest. Oregon State University, Forestry Sciences Laboratory. April 1982.

Taylor, T. 1996. Snowcreek Ski Area Deer Study, 1995 Spring and Fall Migration Study. Prepared for Dempsey Construction Corporation, Mammoth Lakes, California.

Town of Mammoth Lakes. 2005. Town of Mammoth Lakes. Revised Draft Program Environmental Impact Report: 2005 General Plan Update. P. 4-221. October 2005. As Cited in the Mammoth Community Water District 2005 Urban Water Management Plan.

Town of Mammoth Lakes and USFS. 2001. Initial Study and Final Environmental Assessment for the Lake Mary Road Bicycle Lanes and Off-Street Bicycle Paths. March 26, 2001.



Valentine Camp/Eastern Sierra Reserve. 2009. Flora and Fauna Compendium. Site Accessed August 10, 2009. URL = http://vesr.ucnrs.org.

BLM and U.S. Department of Agriculture. Forest Service. 1998. A User Guide to Assessing Proper Functioning Condition and the Supporting Science for Lotic Areas. Technical Reference 1737-15.

USFS. 1998. Biological Evaluation for Mammoth Mountain Ski Area Base VII Expansion Project.

USFS. 2006. Inyo National Forest Sensitive Plant List. Pacific Southwest Region. Updated October 2006. .

USFS. 2008a. United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service Sierra Nevada Project-Level MIS Report Template Outline. January 25 2008.

USFS. 2008b. Sierra Nevada Forests Bioregional MIS Report. January 2008.

United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). 2009. U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. Database of Occurrences.

USFWS. 1985. U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Status and Critical Habitat Designation for the Owens Tui Chub. Final Rule. 50 CFR Part 17. Federal Register Vol. 50, No 150: 31592-31597. August 5, 1985.

Weden, Norman F. Ph.D. February 2005. A Sierra Nevada Flora. Wilderness Press. Berkeley, California.

Winward, A.H. 2000. Monitoring the Vegetation Resources in Riparian Areas. General Technical Report RMRSGTR-47. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. Fort Collins, Colorado.

Chapter 8 – Recreation Resources

Town of Mammoth Lakes. 2007. Town of Mammoth Lakes General Plan Update. URL = http://www.ci.mammoth-lakes.ca.us.



Mono County. 2009. Mono County General Plan Land Use Element. URL = http://www.monocounty.ca.gov/online_services/documents/2009LUE/index.html

Mono County Community Development Department. 2009. Mono County General Plan. http://www.monocounty.ca.gov/cdd%20site/Planning/GeneralPlan.htm

USFS. 1988 Inyo National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan.

Chapter 9 – Visual Resources






Mono County. 2009. Mono County General Plan Land Use Element. URL = http://www.monocounty.ca.gov/online_services/documents/2009LUE/index.html

Mono County Community Development Department. 2009. Mono County General Plan. http://www.monocounty.ca.gov/cdd%20site/Planning/GeneralPlan.htm


Chapter 10 – Other CEQA Considerations

DWR. 2005. Guidebook to Assist Water Suppliers in the Preparation of a 2005 Urban Water Management Plan. January 18, 2005.

MCWD. 2005. Urban Water Management Plan. Final Draft. December 22, 2005.

MCWD. 2005a. Groundwater Management Plan for the Mammoth Basin Watershed. July 2005.


Town of Mammoth Lakes. 2007. Final Program Environmental Impact Report. Volume 1. FPEIR and Appendices. Town of Mammoth Lakes 2005 General Plan Update. State Clearinghouse No. 2003042155. May 2007.

Town of Mammoth Lakes. 2010. Town of Mammoth Lakes Housing Element 2007-2014. Adopted June 23, 2010.


Chapter 11 – Climate Change Considerations

Association of Environmental Professionals (AEP). 2007. Alternative Approaches to Analyzing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Global Climate Change in CEQA Documents. June 29, 2007.

California Natural Resources Agency. 2009. California Climate Adaptation Strategy. A Report to the Governor of the State of California in Response to Executive Order S-13-2008.

California Air Pollution Control Officers Association (CAPCOA). 2009. Modeling Policies for Greenhouse Gases in General Plans. A Resource for Local Government to Incorporate General Plan Policies to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions. June 2009.

Center for Biological Diversity. 2007. The California Environmental Quality Act - On the Front Lines of California’s Fight Against Global Warming. A Center for Biological Diversity Report. September 2007.

County of Marin Community Development Agency. 2007. Marin Countywide Plan Update Draft Environmental Impact Report. State Clearinghouse No. 2004022076. January 2007. URL = http://www.co.marin.ca.us/depts/cd/main/pdf/eir/CWP/DEIR_1-3.pdf.



EPA. 2009. Water Quality Standards - Antidegradation Policy. October 26, 2009.URL = http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/standards/about/adeg.htm.

EPA. 2010. DFLOW: A Tool for Low Flow Analysis. Low Flows and Aquatic Life Criteria. URL = http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/models/dflow/flow101.htm.

Reclamation. 2009. Central Valley Project Water Supply Contracts Under Public Law 101-514 (Section 206): Contract Between the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the El Dorado County Water Agency, Subcontract Between the El Dorado County Water Agency and the El Dorado Irrigation District, and Subcontract Between the El Dorado County Water Agency and the Georgetown Divide Public Utility District Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report.

Reclamation, Contra Costa Water District, and Western Area Power Administration. 2009. Los Vaqueros Reservoir Expansion Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report. State Clearinghouse No. 2006012037. February 2009.

San Diego Association of Governments. 2007. Draft EIR for the 2007 Regional Transportation Plan. SCH No. 2007051145. Prepared by EDAW, Inc. August 2007


United States Climate Change Science Program. Overview of U.S. Research on Climate and Global Change. URL = http://www.climatescience.gov. Accessed on March 3, 2005.

United States National Weather Service (USNWS). 2008. U.S. Temperature and Precipitation Trends. National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center, U.S. National Weather Service. URL =http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/trndtext.shtml.

University of Washington, The Alpheus Group TAG. ACPI - Accelerated Climate Prediction Initiative, Understanding the Impacts of Future Climate Variability and Change on California's Central Valley and the Columbia River Basin. URL = www.tag.washington.edu. Accessed on November 7, 2005.

Vanrheenen, N. T., R. N. Palmer, and M. A. Hahn. 2001. Evaluating Potential Climate Change Impacts on Water Resource Systems Operations: Case Studies of Portland, Oregon and Central Valley, California. UCOWR 35-50-.

Vanrheenen, N. T., A. W. Wood, R. N. Palmer, and D. P. Lettenmaier. 2004. Potential Implications of PCM Climate Change Scenarios for Sacramento-San Joaquin River Basin Hydrology and Water Resources. Climatic Change Volume 62: 257-281. Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Water Utility Climate Alliance. 2010. Decision Support Planning Methods: Incorporating Climate Change Uncertainties into Water Planning. Prepared by Malcolm Pirnie, Inc. and Denver Water. January 2010.

Zhu, T., M. W. Jenkins, and J. R. Lund. 2003. Appendix A Climate Change Surface and Groundwater Hydrologies for Modeling Water Supply Management.



Chapter 12 – Consultation and Coordination

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Chapter 13 – List of Preparers

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