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Group Research Projects and Reports
Every summer during the Summer Environmental Exchange (SEE) Program, TBI participants conduct research projects with academic, government, and non-profit institutions in the Lake Tahoe and Lake Baikal watersheds. Typically, these projects are two weeks long and focus on current environmental science, policy, or economic topics in the communities where they take place. Below are brief details of these projects, project sponsors, and reports or PowerPoint presentations when available for projects since 1996. If you are interested in learning more about a single project, or would like to suggest a project topic, please contact us.
2007 Projects
Tahoe
- Ward Creek Watershed Restoration Project
(California Tahoe Conservancy) - Non-Native Fishes of Lake Tahoe
(University of Nevada, Reno) - Lake Tahoe Aquatic Invasive Species Project
(Tahoe Resources Conservation District) - Baseline Water Quality Monitoring for the Upper Truckee and other creeks flowing into Lake Tahoe
(Sierra Nevada Alliance)
Baikal descriptions pending
Tahoe
- An Investigation of Algal Nutrient Limitation of Lakes in the Upper Tahoe-Truckee Watershed
(University of Nevada, Reno) - Transportation Monitoring in the Tahoe Basin
(Tahoe Regional Planning Agency) - Collaboration for Installation of Best Management Practices
(California Tahoe Conservancy and Tahoe Resources Conservation District) - Managing Eurasian Watermilfoil at Meeks Bay
(Washoe Tribe Environmental Protection Department) - Controlling White Pine Blister Rust in Tahoe’s Whitebark Pine Populations
(Sugar Pine Foundation)
Baikal
- Study of the Natural Complex of Karst Caves on the shores of Lake Baikal in the Irkutsk Oblast
(Irkutsk Cave Explorers Club “Arabika”) - Ethnographic Aspects of the Animal and Plant World of the Baikal Biosphere Reserve
(Baikal Biosphere Reserve) - Comprehensive social-ecological study of the peculiarities of nomadic natural resource use by aboriginal ethnicities of the mountainous regions of southern Siberia
(Buryat State University) - Complex investigation of the ecosystem of the Chevirkuiski Bay, in Zabaikalski National Park
(Buryat State University)
Tahoe
- Lahontan Cutthroat Restoration and Reintroduction
(University of Nevada, Reno & UC Davis Tahoe Research Group) - Meadow Erosion/Drainage Survey & Evaluation
(California Tahoe Conservancy & Natural Resources Conservation Service) - Mountain Lake Environment Center
(California Tahoe Conservancy)
Baikal
- Ecological & Educational Assessment
(Buryat State University & Zabaikalsky National Park) - Ecological Monitoring at Bol’shoye Koty: Sensitive Habitat Evaluation
(Irkutsk State University) - Sacred Places of Olkhon District
(Tatiana Antonovna Markova & Tatiana Trufanova (TBI ’04))
Tahoe
- Examination of Acid Mine Drainage with Microbial Assessment
(University of Nevada, Reno) - Stormwater Basin Study
(California Tahoe Conservancy, UC Davis Tahoe Research Group) - Tahoe Rim Trail Link
(Tahoe Rim Trail Association)
Baikal
- Buryatia Ecotourism Study
(Hotel-Tourist Complex Geser) - Ecological Assessment of Lake Baikal near the Settlement of Bol'shye Koty
(Irkutsk State University Institute of Biology) - Evaluation of the Conditions of the Forest Ecosystems in the Baikal Biospheric State Nature Preserve
(Baikal Biospheric State Nature Preserve; Institute of Geography, Siberian Branch of RAS)
Tahoe
- Environmental Pollution Associated with Acid Mine Drainage
(Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board and University of Nevada, Reno) - Food Web Dynamics and Lahontan Cutthroat Trout Energetics in Pyramid Lake, NV
(UC Davis Tahoe Research Group, Pyramid Lake Fisheries) - Washoe Culture Interpretation on the Tahoe Rim Trail
(Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California, Tahoe Rim Trail Association) - Watershed Assessment for the Pioneer Trail Erosion Control Project
(California Tahoe Conservancy, City of South Lake Tahoe, UC Davis Tahoe Research Group)
Baikal
- Ecological Assessment of Lake Baikal near the Settlement of Bol'shye Koty
(Irkutsk State University Institute of Biology) - Evaluation of the Conditions of the Forest Ecosystems in the Baikal Biospheric State Nature Preserve
(Baikal Biospheric State Nature Preserve; Institute of Geography, Siberian Branch of RAS) - Trail Interpretation at the Sludyanski Lakes
(Great Baikal Trail Association)
Tahoe
- Characterization of Metal-fixing Microbial Communities in Natural and Acid Mine Drainage Environments
(Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board) - Hydrodynamic Impacts of Watercraft Use on Lake Tahoe
(University of Nevada, Reno) - Meeks Meadow Vegetation Monitoring
(Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California) - Land-Use and Drainage Survey for Best Management Practices Implementation in the Sierra Tract of South Lake Tahoe
(California Tahoe Conservancy and UC Davis Tahoe Research Group) - Cattle and Wild Horse Grazing and its Effects on Watershed Ecosystems
(Earth Island Institute)
Baikal
- Mapping of Sacred Sites on Olkhon Island
(Irkutsk Institute of Geography) - Analysis of the Ecosystems of Southern Zabaikal
- Monitoring of Photoplankton Species and Dendropark Restoration
(Limnological Museum of Listvyanka) - Evaluation of the Ecosystems of the Baikal State Biospheric Nature Preserve (Baikal Biospheric State Nature Preserve; Institute of Geography, Siberian Branch of RAS)
Tahoe
- Stream Ecology and Aquatic Insects (Dorrie Panayotou, TBI '96, UC Davis Tahoe Research Group)
- Predictions on Reintroduction of Lahontan Cutthroat Trout into Fallen Leaf Lake (Sudeep Chandra, TBI '97, UC Davis Tahoe Research Group)
- Tahoe Yellow Cress: Endangered Plant Monitoring and Public Outreach (Beth Gross, Liz Ayres, and Victor Insera, California Tahoe Conservancy)
- Identification of Nonconforming Industrial Uses of Sensitive Land (Lisa O'Daly, City of South Lake Tahoe)
- Impact of Wild Horses and Cattle on Watershed Ecosystems in the West
(Jeanne McVey, Physicians for Socially Responsible Medicine; Gary Cook, Earth Island Institute)
Baikal
- Dendrochronological Study of Baikal Biospheric State Nature Preserve (Baikal Biospheric State Nature Preserve; Institute of Geography, Siberian Branch of RAS)
- Reintroduction of Cormorants in the Lake Baikal Region (Buryatia Museum of Nature; Buryatia State University)
- Preparation for a Landscape Park on Olkhon Island (Lena Maysyuk, TBI '97; Irkutsk Children and Youth School of Ecology and Health)
Tahoe
- Prescribed Fire Monitoring Project
(California Tahoe Conservancy) - Citizen Environmental Monitoring Project
(League to Save Lake Tahoe) - Grazing assessment: a comparison of wild horse and cattle grazing in Nevada
(Animal Legal Defense Fund) - Benthic Macroinvertebrate Biodiversity and Community Structure as Biological Indicators of Watershed Restoration
(UC Davis Tahoe Research Group, with CTC funding) - Assessment of Lahontan Cutthroat Trout on Cascade Lake, CA
(UC Davis Tahoe Research Group) - Assessment of Tahoe Yellow Cress Protection Methods at Baldwin Beach
(California Tahoe Conservancy)
Baikal
- Land-use Planning on Olkhon Island
(Institute of Geography of Irkutsk - Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences) - Restoration of Cultural Sites on Olkhon Island
(Irkutsk Children and Youth School of Ecology and Health - funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development "ROLL" Project) - Selenga Water Quality and Health Assessment
("Baikalkomvod" - Committee for the Management of Water Resources of Lake Baikal under Russian Ministry of Natural Resources) - Assessment of the Forest Ecosystem in the Baikal Nature Preserve
(Baikal Biospheric State Nature Preserve; Institute of Geography, Siberian Branch of RAS)
Tahoe
- Tahoe Yellow Cress Study
(California Tahoe Conservancy) - Evaluation of Stream Environment Zone Erosion Control Improvements
(California Tahoe Conservancy) - Trail Maintenance, Construction, and Design
(Tahoe Rim Trail Association) - Bike Trail Planning in South Lake Tahoe
(University of Boulder, Colorado) - Prescribed Fire Monitoring Assessment
(California Tahoe Conservancy) - Eurasian Watermilfoil Research
(UC Davis Tahoe Research Group)
Baikal
- Southern Baikal Region Ecotourism Assessment
(City Administration of Sludyanka) - Arshan Ecological Trail Restoration Project
(City Administration of Arshan) - Environmental Education Development on the Kitoi River
(Lyceum of Usolie-Sibirskoye) - Ecosystem Assessment of Arakhley Lakes
(Chita Institute of Natural Resources, Pedagogical State University Chita)
Tahoe
- Nutrient Distribution and Food Web in Lake Tahoe
(Sudeep Chandra, TBI '97; UC Davis Tahoe Research Group) - GIS/GPS Mapping Project: Tahoe Yellow Cress (TYC) Study
(Mary Small, TBI '97; Rick Robinson, California Tahoe Conservancy) - Trout Creek Restoration
(California Tahoe Conservancy) - Leviathan Mine Acid Mine Drainage Study
(Daniel Fabian, TBI '98) - Studying Native People of America
(Phil Caterino, Alpen Group)
Baikal
- Ecology-Ethnology Project at Chernaryd and Khabsagai
(Lena Zelinskaya, TBI'95; Erjen Kamaganova, TBI' 97; Ust-Ordinskiy Regional Administration) - Geomorphology Research Project on Olkhon Island
(Prof. Kuzmin, Geography Institute, Irkutsk) - Cape Burkhan Restoration Project on Olkhon Island
(Hank Birnbaum, former TBI coordinator; Viktor Vorotintsev, TBI '96; Pribaikalskiy National Park) - Water assessments, shore restoration, and water bottling analysis
(Professor Fialkov, Limnological Museum, Listvyanka)
Tahoe
- Trout Creek Watershed Restoration
(Joe Thompson, Jerry Owens, Natural Resources Conservation District) - Cave Rock Interpretive Project
(Phil Caterino, American Land Conservancy) - Lake Tahoe Community College Demonstration Garden Botany
(Peggy Wu, Lake Tahoe Community College) - Endangered Plant Study: Biology of the Endangered Tahoe Yellow Cress
(Tanya Sapozhnikova, TBI coordinator; Rick Robinson, California Tahoe Conservancy) - Tahoe Crayfish Study
(Dorrie Panayotou, TBI '96, UC Davis Tahoe Research Group)
Baikal
- Sludyanka Restoration Project
- "Old Round Baikal Railroad" Ecotourism Study and Analysis
- Analysis of Eutrophication Processes in Barguzin Bay
- Environmental Education Camp Development at Arakhlei Lake
(Inga Gennadieva, Katya, Igumneva, Oleg Korsun, Natalia Kovalyonok, Pedagogical State University Chita)
1996 Projects
Tahoe
- Trout Creek Watershed Restoration
- Riparian Biodiversity Assessment
- The Role of Fire in Sierra Forest Ecosystems
- Pope Marsh Baseline Environmental Assessment
- Tahoe Crayfish Study (Professor Charles Goldman, UC Davis Tahoe Research Group)
Baikal
- Bio-Monitoring Study at Shumak, Eastern Sayan Mountains
- "Old Round-Baikal Railroad" Tourism Study and Recommendations
- Limnological Study of Organochlorides in Baikal Fish
P.O. Box 13587 - South Lake Tahoe, CA 96151 USA - Ph. 530-542-5599 - Fax 530-542-5567
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