Yosemite National Park

  Partnership Projects in Yosemite National Park

• 1999 - Atmospheric depostition of lakes in the Pacific West Region (multi-park project)
• 2003 - Risk Assessment for Aquatic Ecosystems in Wilderness Areas
• 2006 - Water-Quality Monitoring in Support of Establishing User Capacities
• 2008 - Occurrence and Distribution of Current-Use Pesticides in Atmospheric Deposition
• 2009 - Map critical loads of atmospheric nitrogen deposition (multi-park project)
• 2013 - Effects of Stock and Backpackers on Water Quality in Yosemite National Park
  
  

Publications:

Clow, D.W., J.O. Sickman, R.G. Striegl, D.P. Krabbenhoft, J.G. Elliott, M. Dornblaser, D.A. Roth, and D.H. Campbell. 2003. (download PDF reader) Changes in the chemistry of lakes and precipitation in high-elevation national parks in the western United States, 1985-1999. Water Resources Research, 39(6), 1171, doi: 10.1019/2002WR001533.

Clow, D.W., R.G. Striegl, L. Nanus, M.A. Mast, D.H. Campbell, and D.P. Krabbenhoft. 2002. Current status of high-elevation lake chemistry in seven national parks in the western United States. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus 2(2) 139-164. U.S. Geological Survey.

Brown, L.R. and T.M. Short. 1999. Biological, habitat, and water quality conditions in the upper Merced River drainage, Yosemite National Park, California, 1993-1996. U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4088. 56 p.

National Park Service Site: http://www.nps.gov/yose