Saving the Sierra snowpack by Restoring Mountain Meadows - First Friday Lecture January 6, 2012

side from sheer beauty, the Sierra Nevada mountain meadows may offer a major solution to managing California's challenging water issues by helping to save the Sierra snowpack.

Healthy mountain meadows store water, acting as natural reservoirs that hold back floodwaters. By slowing the heavy spring flows and releasing them gradually over the dry summer months, healthy watersheds can increase the quantity (and quality) of water available downstream.

Join Jim to find out what can be done and the recent studies into Sierra mountain meadow restoration projects in Northern California.

Takes place rain or shine!

Official Website: http://www.placernaturecenter.org/lectures/firstfriday2011-2012/sierra-snow-pack-jim-wilcox.html