California Environment Information Sources

For information on specific regions, sites or organisms in California consult the cited references within the sources listed in this research guide as well as searching the HSU Library Catalog and the catalogs of other libraries.

General

• Directories--directories of California environmental organizations and agencies
  • California Environmental Directory: a Guide to Organizations and Resources (Center for California Public Affairs) 1993 (ref HC 107 C23 E556) Directory of federal, state, private and university agencies and organizations that are concerned with protecting the California environment and managing its resources.
  • Harbinger File: A Directory of Citizen Groups, Government Agencies and Environmental Education Programs Concerned with California Environmental Issues (Harbinger Communications) 1996/97 (print copy available in ref HC 110 E5 H328)
• Guides and Bibliographies
  • Bibliography of California Environmental History (Teisch) 1998 (GE 155 C2 G75 1998) List primary and secondary books and journal articles on the history of California's natural resources in general, Indian lands, Spanish and Russian explorers, forests and rangelands, as well as more contemporary topics on California's environmental history. Companion volume to Green Versus Gold: Sources in California's Environmental History.
  • California Environment (Thorngren) Portal to information resources on California's natural history, natural resources, pollution, environmental organizations, and natural hazards.
  • California Environmental Resources Evaluation System - CERES (California Resources Agency) Information system developed by the California Resources Agency to facilitate access to electronic data describing California's rich and diverse environments. Find environmental information by bioregion, county, or watershed. Also includes the following portals and services:
    • California Environmental Information Catalog Contains descriptions (metadata) of California environmental data resources contributed by cities, counties, utilities, state and federal agencies, private businesses, and academic institutions. The basic catalog is searchable by resource title, contributing organization, resource type, subject keyword, or geographic region.
  • California Land Use Planning Information Network - LUPIN Retreive information by geographic area, data type, topic or organization.
  • California Ocean and Coastal Environmental Access Network (CalOcean) Includes links to information on coastal access and recreation; environmental groups; flora, fauna, and habitats; land use planning; water resources, water quality monitoring; current flood conditions; road and weather conditions; tides and ocean currents; and wave, wind, and meteorological data.
  • California Watershed Portal Website to identify ongoing watershed activities, provide access to important data and information, and links to the larger California watershed community.
    
  • California Geography, Geology, Hazards, and Natural History Information (US Geological Survey) Contains links to web sites and maps on the California environment and its natural resources. Emphasis is on educational materials.
  • California Handbook: A comprehensive guide to sources of current information and action, with selected background material (Trzyna) 1999 (ref HC 107 C2 C253) Directory of Internet resources, books, and organizations dealing with California. Includes section on "California's Environment and Natural Resources."
  • California Information Node (USGS National Biological Information Structure) Gateway to environmental information on California as well as providing access to a growing collection of biodiversity databases on California.
  • California Policy Inbox (UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies Library) Selectively reports on new public policy research about California as reported on the websites of academic, nonprofit, and governmental research organizations. Browse by date, subject category, including "Environment; or search by keyword.
  • Environmental History Bibliography (Forest History Society) Includes over 35,000 references to books, articles, and dissertations on the history of natural resources utilization, management, and utilization with an emphasis on forest related resources. References through 1975 were also published in North American Forest and Conservation History: A Bibliography (Fahl) 1977 (ref SD 140 F33). Includes over 1800 references on California environmental history.
  • International Field Guides: California (Schmidt) Lists over 175 field guides to the California environment. Guides listed alphabetically and by broad classification. Part of a larger database that includes annotations to over 5500 field guides covering plants, animals, rocks, minerals, astronomy and weather.
    
  • Preserving California’s Natural Heritage: a Bioregional Guide to Land and Water Conservation (California Resources Agency) 1998. In three parts: Part 1 includes an overview of trends along bioregional lines with maps and graphs showing current and projected population growth, land ownership patterns, and total acreage for each bioregion. Part 2 is divided into ten bioregions, each with information on population, tourism and industry, geography, natural resource issues and conservation initiatives. Maps and charts give additional knowledge of the bioregion’s vegetation, threatened and endangered species, natural resource conservation projects, and habitat conservation planning and natural community conservation planning initiatives. Also included is a list of organizations working on land and water conservation in each bioregion. Part 3 lists federal, state, regional, and private funding opportunities that include contact information, program description, funding purpose, and statistics about the average size of grants and/or amount of money available in the program.
    
• General Introductions
  • Bioregions of the Pacific Southwest (USGS Western Ecological Research Center) Contains brief descriptions of the 10 bioregions in California. The regional classification represents a blending of the National Hierarchical Framework of Ecological Units and the California Biodiversity Council classifications.
  • California and Man (Hartman) 1977 (F866.2 H3 1977) Provides a basic introduction to California's natural environment and the utilization of its resources. Includes brief descriptions of each of California's 13 geomorphic provinces with an emphasis on their physical description.
  • California Rivers Assessment (International Center for the Environment) For every California watershed contains information that can be used in resource planning and decision making. Each watershed includes basic environmental facts; an interactive mapper with 30 available data layers; a set of static, predefined maps; and links to other sources of Internet information. Search by watershed basin or county.
  • Ecological Subregions of California: Section and Subsection Descriptions: (US Forest Service) 1997 (print copy available in Ref QH 105 C2 E26 1997--includes accompanying map) Contains general descriptions of the environmental characteristics--geomorphology, lithology and stratigraphy, soil taxa, vegetation, fauna, elevation, precipitation, temperature, growing season, disturbance regimes, surface water characteristics, land use and cultural ecology--for all sections and subsection ecological units in California. These units are based on the National Hierarchical Framework of Ecological Units classification system developed by the US Forest Service.
  • Field Guide to California and Pacific Northwest Forests (Kricher) 1998 (Ref QH 104.5 W4 K73 1998) (Peterson Field Guide Series) Popularly written field guide to the flora and fauna of 10 major forest and woodland types in California. For each type there is a list of indicator plants and animals, a color plate of representative species, and short descriptions of the community and key species.
  • Island Called California (Bakker) 1984 (QH 105 C2 B3 1984) Popularly written introduction to California's natural communities.
  • Major Land Resource Areas (US National Resources Conservation Service) Click on the US map to drill down to California resource areas. There a descriptions for each of the 16 MLRAs that contain summary information on land use, elevation and topography, climate, water, soils, and potential natural vegetation. Adapted from Land Resource Regions and Major Land Resource Areas of the United States (US Soil Conservation Service) 1981 (Agriculture Handbook 296) (Docs A 1.76:296).
  • National Audubon Society Field Guide to California (Alden) 1998 (not available in the HSU Library) Compact field guide to California's natural history. Includes 1) an introductory overview covering geology; fossils, rocks and minerals; wildlife habitats; weather; and the night sky; 2) descriptions and photographs of 1,000 wildflowers, trees, mushrooms, mosses, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, butterflies, and mammals; and 3) a directory of important natural sites throughout California.
  • Natural History of California (Schoenherr) 1992 (QH 105 C2 S36 1992) (California Natural History Guides # 56) Aimed for the advanced layperson, this work is organized roughly around the 11 geomorphic provinces of California and presents detailed information on their climate, geology and biotic communities. Each biotic community is extensively described and includes information on its geographic range, physical geography, and important plant and animal species. The regions/geomorphic provinces covered include the Sierra Nevada, mountaintops, Pacific Northwest mountains (including the Klamath and Cascade provinces), coast ranges, cismontane Southern California, California's deserts and the Great Central Valley. There are also sections on inland waters and the coastal marine environment. Complements the more popular treatment found in Bakker's An Island Called California.
  • Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World: California (National Geographic Society and World Wildlife Fund) Provides information on 867 land-based ecoregions worldwide, including 12 in California, that are distinguished by shared ecological features, climate and plant and animal communities. Each of these ecoregions contains a general description and a link to a more extensive conservation assessment that also appears in Terrestrial Ecoregions of North America: a Conservation Assessement (Ricketts) 1999 (print copy available in Ref QH 77 N56 T47 1999). Use the Terrestrial Ecoregion Index to navigate to the California Ecoregion of interest.
• Environmental History
  
  

  This section includes works on native peoples of California and their use of and influence on California's environment and natural resources.

  • Before the Wilderness: Environmental Management by Native Californians (Anderson) 1993 (E78 C15 B45 1993 Humboldt County Collection and regular bookstacks) Series of essays on how Native Americans managed various California habitats. Makes the case that California before the arrival of the Europeans was a carefully managed landscape.
  • Calisphere (California Digital Library) Contains over 150,000 digitized items — including photographs, documents, newspaper pages, political cartoons, works of art, diaries, transcribed oral histories, advertising, and other unique cultural artifacts — that reveal the diverse history and culture of California and its role in national and world history. Items in the collection been selected from the libraries and museums of the UC campuses and from a variety of cultural heritage organizations. Search by keyword, browse by broad topic or use themed collections designed for educators. Environmental topics cover dams, earthquakes, hydraulic mining, irrigation, land use, lumber, national parks, reservoirs, and water.
  • Earth Song : a Prologue to History (Camp) 1970 (QL 747 C2 C3 1970) With California set as the background this series of popularly written essays describes the evolution of the California landscape, animals found through geologic time in the state and the entrance of early man into the state.
  • "Environmental Background" (Baumhoff) pp. 16-24 IN Handbook of North American Indians: Vol 8. California (Heizer) 1978 (E 76.2 H36 vol. 8 Humboldt County Collection and Reference) Characterizes the food resources and environmental characteristics of each major Native American cultural area in California; and Native American effects on their environment.
  • Contested Eden: California Before the Gold Rush (Gutierrez and Orsi) 1998 (F 864 C735 1998) Contains a dozen essays on California prehistory through 1848.Two essays deal with the long-term interactions between Native Americans and the California landscape; and environmental change in Colonial California.
  • Destruction of California (Dasmann) 1965 (S 932 C3 D3 Humboldt County Collection and regular bookstacks) First major book that looked at California's declining environment and natural resources caused by human impacts. Chapters look at the original Native American inhabitants, wildlife, rangelands, forest, agricultural lands, water resources, air quality and population growth. This popularly written book was authored when Dasmann was Chair of the Division of Natural Resources at Humboldt State University. A similar but shorter work by Dasmann titled California's Changing Environment (S 932 C3 D29) was published in 1981 with an similar outline and newer information.
  • "Effects of Burning of Grasslands and Forests by Aborigines the World Over: California" (Stewart) pp. 256-312 IN Forgotten Fires: Native Americans and the Transient Wilderness (Steward) 2002 (E 98 F38 S74 2002) Documents Native American use of fire for agriculture and food from accounts of early Europeans in Califonia, evidence gathered by anthropologists, and scientific studies of the landscape.
  • Fire, Native People and the Natural Landscape (Vale) 2002 (GF 504W35 F57 2002) Includes several essays on the impacts of Native American fire use on the Sierra Nevada forest and on the chaparral landscape
  • Green Versus Gold: Sources in California's Environmental History (Merchant) 1998 (GE 155 C2 G74 1988) Uses a selection of primary texts and related essays to describe and analyze the history of the human-environment relationship in California.from pre- European communities to the present day.
  • Natural Wealth of California (Cronise) 1868 (F 861 C94 Humboldt County Collection and regular bookstacks) Portrait of California's natural environment and resources as of 1868. Chapters cover California's agriculture, flora, fauna, climate, geology, mines and industries. Includes profiles of each county.
  • Natural World of the California Indians (Heizer and Elsasser) 1980 (E 78 C15 H433) (California Natural History Guide #46) Looks at the environmental relationships of California Native Americans. Chapters cover the ecological types of Native American cultures and their use of food resources for their sustenance and non-food resources for their material culture.
  • Pacific Visions: California Scientists and the Environment, 1850-1915 (Smith) 1988 ( Q 127 U6 S62 1987) Details the role of the scientific community in the early years of the California conservation movement.
    
  • Patterns of Indian Burning in California: Ecology and Ethnobotany (Lewis and Bean) 1973 (E 78 C15 L45 Humboldt County Collection and regular bookstacks)
  • Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge and the Management of California's Natural Resources (Anderson) 2004 (E 78 C15 A676 2004) Scholarly work that examines Native American land management practices in their use of California's natural resources.
  • "Use of Fire by Native Americans in California" (Anderson) pp 417-430 IN Fire in California's Ecosystems (Sigihara) 2006 (QH 105 C2 F57 2006) Chapter summarizes reasons for Native American use of fire in California.
  • Wilderness and Political Ecology: Aboriginal Influences and the Original State of Nature (Kay and Simmons) 2002 (GF 500 W55 2002) Includes several chapters on the effect of Native Americans on California's wildlife.
• Reviews and Assessements
  • California Floristic Province (Conservation International) The California Floristic Province covers 70% of California's land area and is listed by Conservation International as a "biodiversity hotspot" in need of protection. This site includes information on thet ecosystem, its unique biodiversity, human impacts and needed conservation action.
  • Endangered Ecosystems: a Status Report on America's Vanishing Habitat and Wildlife (Noss and Peters) 1995 Report prepared by Defenders of Wildlife includes California and some of its threatened natural ecosystem as part of 5 state case studies.
  • In Our Own Hands: a Strategy for Conserving California's Biological Diversity (Jensen, Torn, and Harte) 1993 (print copy available in QH 76.5 C2 J46 1993) Originally prepared as a report for the California Policy Seminar, this book deals with biodiversity in California. Chapters include case studies on habitat and species loss; current status of ecosystem, species and genetic diversity; present and future threats to biodiversity; barriers to protecting biodiversity, and a strategy for protecting biodiversity.
  • Initial Assessement of the Health and Condition of California's Lands and Natural Resources (California Resources Agency) 2002. Initial report of the California Legacy Project that assesses the status and trends of California's terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity, working landscapes, recreation lands, and urban open space.
  • Sliding Towards Extinction: The State of California's Natural Heritage (Jones and Stokes Associates) 1987 (S 932 C3 J65) Prepared for the California Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Wildlife and the California Nature Conservancy this is one of the first formal reports to assess the condition of biological diversity in California and make recommendations on actions that can be taken to improve the protection of the state's biological diversity.
  • Status and Trends of the Nation's Biological Resources: California (US Geological Survey Biological Resources Division) 1988 (print copy available in Docs I 19.202 ST1 and cd-rom in Docs I 19:120:ST1 CD) Large-scale assessment of the health of plants, animals, and ecosystems in the United States. In the two-volume set Part 1 describes the major factors affecting biodiversity and biological resource health, e.g., land use, climate change, nonindigenous species; and Part 2 explores the condition and status of regional biological resources. The "California" chapter covers climate, topography, faunal and flora history, human history, status of ecosystems and species, ecological provinces, and gaps in information. Includes a 16 page bibliography of cited sources.
• Maps and Atlases- See California Maps - General - Statewide and California Maps - General - Regional

Agriculture

• Guides and Bibliographies
  • California Agricultural Directory (California Farm Bureau Federation) Biennial (ref S 409.5 C3 C3) Directory of commodity and trade organizations, agricultural cooperatives, government agencies, farmer's markets, educational institutions and agri-tourism.
    
  • California Agricultural Resource Directory (California Department of Food and Agriculture) Annual (print copy available in Cal Doc A 609 C34) In three parts: CDFA overview, agricultural statistical overview by county and by crop, and directory of agricultural agencies and organizations.
  • List of References for the History of Agriculture in California (Orsi) 1974 (S 451 C2 O78) Updated in 1991 by the History of California Agriculture: an Updated Bibliography (Davis, Rothstein and Stratford) (S 451 C2 O782 1991) Main work includes approximately 1500 categorized references on California agriculture, including history, geographic conditions, production, individual crops, livestock, economics, educational institutions, government and politics.
• General Introductions
• Environmental History
  • California Agriculture (Hutchinson) 1946 (S 451 C34 H88) "Story of California agriculture for the days of Spanish missions to the middle of the twentieth century" prepared in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the University of California. Chapters cover early history, livestock, crops, pest control, soils and farm economic and social structure.
• Reviews and Assessments
  • Measure of California Agriculture, 2000 (Kuminoff and Sumner) Report prepared by the University of California Agricultural Issues Center that profiles the California agricultural industry and provides interpretations of its status and trends and its relationships to the rest of the economy. The reports contains a large selection of statistical tables, charts and maps.
• Data Compilations
  • California Agricultural Statistics (National Agricultural Statistics Service, California Field Office) Annual. Sections cover field crops, floriculture, fruit and nut crops, livestock and dairy, vegetables and melons and agricultural overview.
  • California CropMAP (Purdue University Center for New Crops and Plants Products) Includes county-level summary farm and crop statistics from the 1997 Census of Agriculture.
  • California State and County Profiles (USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service): These profiles are derived from the more extensive 2002 Census of Agriculture which is conducted every five years. These profiles shows changes during the more recent five year period.
  • National Agricultural Statistics Service: California (US Department of Agriculture in cooperation with the California Department of Food and Agriculture) Includes annual county level statistics for crops, livestock and number of farms; annual California County Agricultural Commissioner's Crop Reports and agricultural commodity statistics by county. California Publications lists specific reports that are available for distribution.
• Maps and Atlases - See California Maps - Agriculture

Coast and Ocean

• Guides and Bibliographies
  • Bibliography of Marine Geology and Oceanography, California Coast (Terry) 1955 (Cal Docs C 810 S6 #44) (California Division of Mines and Geology Special Report #44) Covers literature up through 1955.
  • California Coastal Access Guide (California Coastal Commission) 2003 (Ref F 868 P33 C35 2003) Major directory to public access coastal areas along California's 1100-mile shoreline. The descriptions of the 890 campgrounds, trails,and recreation areas include addresses, phone numbers, web sites, transit information, hours of use, parking, and wheelchair-accessible facilities. Charts list facilities and habitats found at each site and maps provide directions and driving distances. Supplemental essays cover plants, animals and habitats found along the coast; conservation efforts to protect the coast, and coastal recreation.
  • California Coastal Processes Bibliography (US Army Corps of Engineers) 1985-1987. Comprises 2,355 references to scientific literature and technical reports on the California coast: coastal processes, geology and geomorphology, hydrology and hydraulics, and meteorology. Search by subject keyword or geographic keyword.
  • California Coastal Resource Guide (California Coastal Commission) 1987 (Ref F 859.3 C263 1987) Guide to the natural, historical and cultural resources found along the California coastline. It is a companion work to the California Coastal Access Guide which stresses public coastal access sites. Part One covers 1) coastal geography, which includes descriptions of coastal mountains, rivers, marine terraces, beaches, wetlands, nearshore waters, and the open ocean; 2) living resources, which includes descriptions of plants, invertebrates, fish, birds, marine and land mammals; and 3) cultural resources, which includes parks and beaches, recreational fishing, amusement parks, lighthouses, offshore oil, tourism, agriculture, and other coastal industries. Part Two is composed of individual sections on each coastal county, plus San Francisco Bay, the Farallon Islands, and the Channel Islands. County sections include maps, species of interest, a summary of each county's history, and site-by-site descriptions of parks, beaches, rivers, wetlands, coastal towns and cities, missions, museums, and other coastal resources. Individual site descriptions may include information on the site's habitats, wildlife, and history, as well as its address and phone number.
  • California Marine Protected Areas (McArdle) 1997 (Ref QH 91.75 U6 M33 1997) Directory of 104 MPA sites that have been set aside by state and federal govenment agencies for various forms for protection. For each site information is provided on site designation, date established, responsible agencies, overlapping MPA boundaries,and regulations governing fishing, kelp harvest, and aircraft use. There are also site maps of MPA boundaries generated from a GIS database created by the UC Santa Barbara Department of Geography. Existing Marine Protected Area Maps and Coordinates (Calfornia Department of Fish and Game) includes a GIS database and individual maps of each MPA.
  • California Ocean and Coastal Environmental Access Network (Cal Ocean) (CERES) Directory of web based ocean and coastal data and information from a wide variety of sources and in a range of types and formats. Information is indexed by organization, geographic area, information resource type, subject category and keyword.
  • Ecology of the Southern California Bight Bibliography (Allen) 1989. Includes 6768 references on the Bight, other relevant literature from the west coast of North America, and all literature cited in Ecology of the Southern California Bight: a Synthesis and Interpretation.
  • Marine Protected Areas of Washington, Oregon and California (Didier) 1998. Series of tables that list protected areas or sites of special designation that could affect the marine environment off the states of California, Oregon, and Washington. The listed sites include those specifically designated for some level of protection (marine sanctuaries, national, state and local parks, wildlife refuges, national estuary program, and biosphere reserves) as well as those which might be considered “de facto”protected areas (undersea cables, offshore drilling programs, buoys, and military regulated or restricted areas. “De facto” protected areas are those where fishing access could be affected by regulations implemented for other purposes, or by the presence of man-made obstacles or hazards to navigation. Prepared for the Pacific Fishery Management Council.
  • Northern California Coastal Photography, Beach Profile and Bathymetry Index (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) 1987 (Ref GB 458.8 N67 1987) Inventory of central and northern California coastal aerial photography, bathymetric surveys, beach profiles, and shoreline changes available from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District; and other federal and state agencies. Appendix A reproduces "An Index to Historical Hydrographic and Topographic Charts of the California Coast Located in the Files of the State Lands Commission. Photographs and beach profiles from the corps were compiled to document dimensions and beach characteristics, historic shoreline changes, effects of storms and structures on the beach, and significant beach and inlet changes.
  • Selected Geologic Literature on the California Continental Borderland and Adjacent Areas to January 1, 1975 (Roberts) 1975 (print copy available in Docs I 19.412: 714) (U.S. Geological Survey Circular 714) Overlaps but does not supercede the 1955 bibliography by Terry.
  • Southern California Coastal Photography and Beach Profile Index (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) 1986 (TC 224 C2 S685 1986) Inventory of southern California coastal aerial photography, ground photos and beach profile data available from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District. Also includes aerial photography from other agencies available at the district office and an index of historical hydrographic suveys conducted by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. The photographs and beach profiles were compiled to document dimensions and beach characteristics, historic shoreline changes, effects of storms and structures on the beach, and significant beach and inlet changes.
• General Introductions
  • Areas of Special Biological Significance (California State Water Resources Control Board) 2003. Contains legal descriptions, maps and photos of 34 California marine waters designated as environmentally significant by the California State Water Resources Control Board. ASBSs are designed to protect a species or biological community from an undersireable alteration in natural water quality. Most ASBSs have a reconnaissance report that includes a description of the physical and chemical characteristics of the area and its waters, habitats, land and water use, biological resources, and pollution threats. (print copy of reconnaissance reports available in Cal Doc W 730 W32)
  • Audubon Society Nature Guides: Pacific Coast (McConnaughey and McConnaughey) 1985 (Ref QH 104.5 P32 M37 1985) Field guide to the "birds, plants, seashore creatures, fishes, whales and other natural wonders" along the west coast of North America. In four parts--introductory habitat essays; color photos of habitats and species; species descriptions, habitats and range; and supporting appendices.
  • Between Pacific Tides (Ricketts, Calvin and Hedgpeth) 1985 (QL 138 R5 1985) Since 1939 this has been the standard technical field guide to US Pacific Coast marine life that provides detailed information on tidepool and seashore organisms. Each intertidal zone is discussed in depth, augmented by black-and-white photographs and diagrams, and a bibliography with 2,300 entries.
  • Coastal Wetland Series (California Department of Fish and Game) 1970-1976 (Cal Doc F650 C5) Series of 20 reports on specific coastal wetlands, estuaries and bays. Each report includes information on land use, habitats, fish and wildlife resources, and management issues
  • Community Profiles (US Fish & Wildlife Service) (Docs I 49.89:various numbers) A series of 55 profiles published in the 1980s covering specific freshwater, wetland, marine, and estuarine environments in the United States. A list of Community and Estuarine Profiles is available with links to fulltext when available. Community profiles completed for the California coastal environment include Humboldt Bay, Mugu Lagoon, giant kelp forests, San Francisco Bay tidal marshes and soft-botton benthos, Southern California coastal salt marshes and the Tijuana estuary.
  • Intertidal Invertebrates of the California (Morris, Abbot and Haderlie) 1980 (QL 164 M67) Semi-technical work on the natural history of California intertidal invertebrates, with over 900 color plates and 5500 references to scientific literature.
  • Living with the Changing California Coast (Griggs, Patsch and Savoy) 2005 (TC 224 C2 L58 1985) Introductory chapters discuss coastal processes and hazards, alternatives for combating or mitigating shoreline damage or erosion, and coastal land use planning and regulation. The majority of the book is a detailed regional characterization of the California coastline with maps delineating hazardous areas and existing erosion rates.
  • Large Marine Ecosystems of the World: California Current (US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Large Marine Ecosystems Program) Site includes introductory information on productivity, fish and fisheries, ecosystem health and pollution; socioeconomic factors and governance. Includes references to additional literature.
  • Marine Algae of California (Abbott and Hollenberg) 1976 (QK 571.5 C2 M37) Standard scholarly manual for the identification of the marine algae of California
  • Seashore Plants of California (Dawson) 1982 (QK 149 D297 1982) (California Natural History Guides # 47) Basic introduction containing keys to the common seaweeds and terrestrial plants found along the California coast. Includes some color plates.
  • Underwater California (North) 1976 (QH 105 C2 M67) (California Natural History Guides # 39) Popularly written guide to the habitat and marine life of subtidal California.
• Reviews and Assessments
  • National Assessment of Shoreline Change: Part 3 Historical Shoreline Change and Associated Land Loss Along Sandy Shorelines of the California Coast and Part 4 Historical Cliff Retreat along the California Coast (Hapke and Reid) 2006-2007 (US Geological Survey Open File Reports 2006-1219 and 2007-1133) Summarizes historical changes along California's shorelines and coastal cliffs with descriptions of coastal land loss for each region within the state. Also includes associated GIS files.
  • State of the Beach: California (Surfrider Foundation) Annual report that assesses the state of America's beaches by summarizing each coastal state's beach accessibility and health. Gives a rating and description for beach quality in 8 areas--access, water quality, erosion and erosion response, fill, shoreline structures, ecology and surfing areas.
• Data Compilations
  • California Buoy Data (Scripps Research Institute) Contains links to real time and historical offshore buoy data from the National Data Buoy Center. Includes data on wind, wave, atmospheric pressure, air temperature, and water temperature.
  • California Coastal Monitoring Network and Data Repository (Network for Environmental Observations of the Coastal Ocean) Provides real-time data from ocean observing system with a network of sites along the coast of California.
  • California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) Includes hydrographic and primary productivity data collected in the California Current region. Annual cruises have been conducted since 1949.
    • California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) Atlas (Cal Docs M 135 A8) Atlases contain both data and charts. A list of published atlases is available.
    • California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) Reports (print copy available in Cal Docs M 135.R4 )
    • Data. Print copy available as Ichthyoplankton and Station Data for California Cooperative Oceanic Investigations Survey Cruises... Annual data reports covering the years 1951 through 1984 (NOAA Technical Memorandums starting with NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFC-79) (Docs C 55.13/2)
  • Central and Northern California Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS) Serves as the Central and Northern California regional node for a national network of observing systems. OceanObs is their information management and data discovery that contains metadata on observations from CeNCOOS partners.
  • Center for Integrative Coastal Observation, Research, and Education (CICORE) (California State University) Provides near real time and archived water quality and meteorological coastal ocean data for selected sites in California.
  • Coastal Data Information Program (US Army Corps of Engineers and Scripps Institution of Oceanography) Contains wave temperature and wind data transmitted from buoys and stationary platforms. Station time series can be located using the Station Directory or Station Map.
  • Coastal Oceans Currents Monitoring Program (COCMP) (California Coastal Conservancy) Contains observations of ocean surface currents using shore-based high frequency radar systems.
  • Coastal Water Temperature Guide: Central Pacific Coast and Southern Pacific Coast (U.S. National Oceanographic Data Center) Table shows present temperatures and climatological averages (15 day or montly) for select stations on the California coast.
  • Deep Water Wave Statistics for the California Coast (California Department of Navigation and Ocean Development) 1977 (Cal Docs N 540 W38) Based on 29 years of data on deep-water wave height, period, and direction.
    
  • nowCoast (US National Ocean Service Coast Survey Development Laboratory) Web mapping portal that provides spatially-referenced links to thousands of real-time coastal observations and forecasts of interest to the marine community. The interactive map interface links to meteorological , oceanographic, hydrologic and water quality data available from federal, state, and educational observing networks. Menus also allow you to select data by location, type of observation/forecast and time.
  • Shore Stations Program (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) Includes current and historical temperature and salinity data for west coast shore stations. Northwestern California stations include Trinidad and Crescent City.
  • Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System (SCCOOS) Provides coastal observations, news and forums to provide information necessary to address issues in coastal water quality, marine life resources, and coastal hazards along the Southern California Bight.
    
• Maps and Atlases - See California - Maps - Coast and Ocean

Energy & Mineral Resources

California State Mineral Gold

Guides and Bibliographies California Geological Survey (formerly California Division of Mines and Geology) California Geology Magazine Index, 1948-1986 (Eng) 1987 (Cal Doc C 810 S59 # 92) (CGS Special Publication # 92) Subject and author index to articles appearing in the California Geology magazine and the earlier Mineral Information Service. California Geology Magazine Index to Back Issues lists the table of contents of available issues from 1991 to 2001 when the magazine ceased publication. Consolidated Index of Publications, Division of Mines and State Mining Bureau, 1880-1943 (Bradley) 1945 (Cal Docs C 810 B9 #131) (California Division of Mines Bulletin #131) Detailed index to bureau publications that includes entries by author, county, mine and mining district.

• Publications of the California Division of Mines to July 1, 1961 (Egenhoff and Rice) 1962 (Cal Docs C 810 P9 1961) Includes detailed table of contents by series, author index , and subject index.
• Publications Database (California Geological Survey) Annual (print copy available in Cal Docs C 810 P9) Lists currently available publications by series or county.
• List of U.S. Geological Survey Geologic and Water-Supply Reports and Maps for California (US Geological Survey) 1987 (Abstract Docs I 19.41/7: C12) Lists reports published by the US Geological Survey relating to the geology, mineral resources and water resources of California from 1880 to 1987. Reports are listed by series with subject and county indexes.
• Publications Warehouse (US Geological Survey) Indexes over 5300 geologic, mineral resource and hydrologic reports and maps covering California. Includes links to online fulltext if available.
• General Introductions
  • California Mineral and Mines (Dunn) 2000 (Cal Docs C 810 M565 cd-rom) Contains approximately 1000 scanned photographs of minerals and current and historic mines, along with accompanying text. Descriptions of mineral images include specimen information, the photographer, physical properties, chemical formula, classification, uses, synonyms/varieties, and crystallography. Descriptions of mine images include information on mines, claims or deposits, and the photographer. Searches can be performed on mineral name, county, mineral classification, mineral uses, and mine name. There are special features including a map search, a "slide show," mineral collecting and quizzes.
  • Gold Districts of California (Clark) 1998 reprint of 1970 edition (Cal Docs C 810 B9 # 193) (CGS Bulletin # 191) Contains descriptions of each gold-bearing district in California. Longer district descriptions contain information on location and extent, history, geology and character of the ore deposits, a list of mines and a bibliography. Production figures are given when available. Includes a list of districts by county and an alphabetical list of mines.
  • Mineral Resources of California (US Geological Survey, US Bureau of Mines and California Division of Mines and Geology) 1966 (Cal Doc C 810 B9 # 191) (CGS Bulletin # 191) Covers all mineral commodities known to exist in potentially significant amounts in California. The geology, distribution, production, history and availability of each commodity is portrayed graphically through maps, charts and diagrams. Also includes an introductory review of the geology of the 10 geomorphic provinces of California. Two earlier reports are titled Mineral Commodities of California and were published in 1950 and 1957 respectively as Bulletins # 156 and 176 (Cal Doc C 810 B9 # 156 and # 176).
  • Minerals of California (Pemberton) 1983 (QE 375 C32 P45 1983) Lists the 736 terrestrial mineral species found in Califonia by major classification group. For each mineral species lists occurrence by county along with references to each occurrence. Includes some occurrence maps and b/w photographs. Most recent in a series of compilations on California minerals that began in 1866 by the California Geological Survey. CGS Bulletin #189 (Cal Docs C 810 B9 # 189) published in 1966 lists the earlier volumes in the series.
  • Renewable State Profile -- California (US Energy Information Administration) One page profile includes electric power statistics from all sources for the period 1999-2003, renewable energy resource maps; state incentives for renewable energy; state market share capacity, generation and rankings for renewable energy sources; and links to additional sources of information.
  • State Energy Profile -- California (US Energy Information Administration) Includes section on quick facts; overview section on consumption, petroleum, natural gas, coal, electricity and renewables; data section; and links to additional resources.
• Environmental History
  • California Gold Camps (Gudde) 1975 (Ref F 865 G83) "Geographical and Historical Dictionary of Camps, Towns, and Localities Where Gold was Found and Mined; Wayside Stations and Trading Centers." Includes maps of selected places names, extensive bibliography and list of places by county.
• Reviews and Assessments
  • Mines and Mineral Resources of [County] 1913- (California Geological Survey) Series of county reports appearing in various CGS publications that review the mineral resources and the mines within the county associated with that commodity. Some counties have multiple reports over time. For a listing of reports and sources see the last section of Information on Mines and Mining in the UCR Science Library.
  • National Oil & Gas Assessment (U.S. Geological Suvey Energy Resources Program) Periodic assessment of the oil and natural gas endowment of the United States. There are 11 provinces in California that are assessed. For each province includes a overall geological assessement and individual assessments of each play.
  • Southwest Region In Wind Energy Resource Atlas of the United States (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) As part of a national assessment this section cover the wind energy resource of California. It indicates general areas where a high wind resource may exist and is valuable to wind energy developers and potential wind energy users because it allows them to choose a general area of estimated high wind resource for more detailed examination.
• Data Compilations
  • California's Non-Fuel Mineral Production (California Geological Survey) Annual. Summary of annual mineral production, mining events and mining legislation. This material is incorporated into the annual USGS report on the Mineral Industry of California.
  • California Oil and Gas Fields (California Department of Conservation. Division of Oil and Gas) 1981 (Cal Docs C 815 O5b ) Three regional volumes that include maps and data sheets containing geologic and statistical data on each oil and gas field in California.
  • California Solar Data Manual (Berdahl) 1978 (Cal Doc E 2015 S641) Includes solar data in a variety of representations for use in solar energy applications.
  • Mineral Industry of California (Mineral Yearbook. Vol II. Area Reports: Domestic) (US Geological Survey) Annual (print copies back to 1932 available in Docs I 28.37 and Docs I 19.165; and earlier volumes online at Bureau of Mines Minerals Yearbook (1932-1993) ) Text and statistical tables review metal and nonmetal mineral production in California. Includes a state map annotated with major commodity production locations. California reports began on a regular basis starting in 1952. Earlier years selectively covered gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc production in California. Mineral fuels were included as part of the state report until 1977. Reports are prepared by the California Geological Survey.
  • Mineral Production of California (California Geological Survey) 1894- Annual report with varying titles appearing in various publications of the California Geological Survey starting with CGS Bulletin #7 published in 1895. Use Publications of the California Division of Mines to July 1, 1961 to trace the series.
  • Mines and Mineral Producers Active in California (1997-1998) 1999 (Cal Docs C810 S59 # 103) (CGS Special Publication # 103) List of active mines in California by county, with indexes by commodity and county; and operator and mine. Appendix includes a series of maps for each major mineral commodity that shows location of mines. Also includes a 1:500,000 scale map that shows locations of all mines keyed to an index in the report.
• Maps and Atlases - See California Maps - Energy and Mineral Resources

Environmental Pollution

• Guides and Bibliographies
  • Surf Your Watershed (US Environmental Protection Agency) Each watershed in the United States includes links to sites that contain information on watershed health, air quality, toxic waste, water quality, stream flow, water use, land characteristics, and environmental organizations. Locate watersheds by zip code, county, placename, or watershed.
    
• Reviews and Assessments
  • American Lung Associaton State of the Air: California (American Lung Association) Annual report that presents county-level air quality information for ozone and particle pollution using the most up-to-date data available for nationwide comparisons. Includes two measures of particle pollution--short-term exposure, which are occasional spikes in particle pollution from relatively infrequent events; and the year-round or chronic exposure from particles produced routinely in the environment. In addition, the report includes ozone data for each county that has an ozone monitor. For each county statistics are given for number of people sensitive to air pollution, e.g., children under 14, people with asthma or emphysema.
• Data Compilations
  • Air Quality and Meteorological Information System (AQMIS) (California Air Resources Board) Interactive databasee containing real-time (and historical) air quality, ozone, and meteorological data that can be used to track air quality and support smoke management and air pollution forecasting. Includes data from over 160 air quality sites and over 800 meteorological sites within less than two hours of when the data are measured. The interactive map interface will display 14 air quality and eight ground level meteorological parameters.
  • California Air Quality Data (California Air Resources Board) Monthly with annual summaries (Print copy available in Cal Doc A 1165 A4) Contains ambient air quality data obtained from air monitoring stations. Access data by region, county and other parameters.
  • California Pesticide Use (Pesticide Action Network) Search California Pesticide Use Reporting (PUR) data for information on pesticide use by crop, chemical and geographic area.
  • Scorecard (Environmental Defense Fund) Uses data from federal and state sources to profile local environmental quality issues including air quality, toxic and animal waste generation, water quality, and environmental justice. Includes data, maps and lists of industrial facilities with chemical releases
  • EPA-Established TMDLs (US Environmental Protection Agency Region 9) (print copies of local watersheds available in the Humboldt County Collection) Contains links to California watersheds where Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) have been prepared for sediment load and temperature. A TMDL is a quantitative assessment of water quality problems, contributing sources, and load reductions or control actions needed to restore and protect a specific water body. A TMDL specifies the maximum amount of a pollutant that a water body can receive and still meet water quality standards and allocates pollutant loads among point and nonpoint sources. For additional information see Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Program.
• Maps and Atlases - See California - Maps - Environmental Pollution

Forests, Woodlands and Rangelands

• Guides and Bibliographies
  • Annotated Bibliography for Fire Ecology in California (California Association for Fire Ecology) Search bibliography by author, title, subject keyword, or year; or by one of six different vegetation classifications used in California.
  • Bibliographies on Chaparral and the Fire Ecology of Other Mediterranean Systems (Keeley) 1984 (California Water Resources Center Report #58) (TD 224 C3 C3 No.58)
  • Forest Fire Research in California: An Annotated Bibliography, 1923-1961 (Wilson & Nilsson) 1962 (Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station Miscellaneous Paper No. 75) (Docs A 13.62/9:75)
  • Key to the Literature Presenting Tree Volume and Taper Equations for Species in the Pacific Northwest and California (Hann) 1994 (Oregon State University. Forest Research Laboratory. Research Contribution 6) (SD 144 A13 R4 #6)
  • Selected Fire References Related to the Sierra Nevada (Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks Fire Information Cache)
    References are categorized by "General Literature/Information", "Technical & Scientific Literature" and "Historic & Background Literature". Concentration is on Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks and the southern Sierra Nevada but also includes other fire related references that may be of general interest. Papers are listed by date within each section
• General Introductions
  • California Grasslands: Ecology and Management (Stromberg, Corbin and D'Antonio) 2007 (QH 541.5 P7 C35 2007) Scholarly work on the history, ecology and conservation of California grasslands which comprise approximately 13% of California's land area. Provides an "overview and detailed synthesis of the extensive research published since the last such summary of grassland research in California" in Grassland Structure and Function: California Annual Grassland.
  • California Forests and Woodlands: a Natural History (Johnson) 1994 (QH 105 C2 J59 1994) (California Natural History Guides # 58) Popularly written account of the natural history of 11 major forest and woodland types in California.
  • California Range, Brushlands and Browse Plants (Sampson and Jespersen) 1963 (S 39 E27 #33) (California Agricultural Experiment Station Manual #33) Includes a general discussion of "biological and management considerations" in brushlands, a key to species, and species descriptions that include taxonomy, distribution and economic value.
  • California Range Land: an Historico-Ecological Study of the Range Resource of California (Burcham) 1957 (SF 85 B8) Major historical overview of the development of California's livestock industry since the arrival of the Spanish and its impact on California's range resource. Also includes a description of the California's range resource and steps that can be taken to reverse the damaged resource.
  • Conifers of California (Lanner) 1999 (ref QK 494 L36 1999) For each species gives information on identification, habitat distribution, and range map. Includes color photographs of each species along with illustration of cones. Appendix includes keys based upon cone or leaf characteristics.
  • Field Guide to Western Trees (Petrides) 1992 (Peterson Field Guide Series #44) (ref QK 133 P48 1992) Includes nearly 400 native and naturalized trees in western North America. Color illustrations.
  • Fire in California's Ecosystems (Sigihara) 2006 (QH 105 C2 F57 2006) This scholary work is the first to synthesize the existing state of  knowledge on the science, ecology, and management of fire in California which is an integral part of the natural process in the California landscape and a growing threat to urban and suburban developments that have encroached on the state's wildlands.
  • Forest Trees of the Pacific Coast; including a brief account of the outstanding characters, distribution and habitats of the trees native of Alaska, British Columbia, Washington and Oregon; most of which are also found in Idaho and northern California and eastward to the western slopes of the Rocky mountains (Eliot) 1948 (QK 482 E5 1948) Contains popularly written accounts of 93 Pacific Coast trees. Each descriptive account includes information on nomenclature; range; habitat; leaves, fruit and wood; and other distinguishing features. Includes illustrations and keys.
  • Forest Trees of the Pacific Slope (Sudworth) 1908 (print copy available in ref QK 481 S95) Classic illustrated guide to Pacific Coast trees that gives distinguishing characteristics, range, and occurence for each species. While the names and classifications are outdated the fine line drawings and detailed information on geographic distribution remain very useful.
  • Grassland Structure and Function: California Annual Grassland (Huenneke and Mooney) 1989 (QH 105 C2 G73) Chapters contain summaries of previously published research describing the distribution, abiotic factors, population, community, and ecosystem processes in California annual grasslands.
  • History of the Coniferous Forests of California and Nevada (Axelrod) 1976 (QK 1 C2 #70) (University of California Publications in Botany #70) Paleobotanical treatise on the origins of the California forests.
  • Illustrated Manual of California Shrubs (McMinn) 1939 (QK 484 C2 M24) Scholarly work on the shrubs of California with taxonomic keys and descriptive accounts for each species. Includes selective photos and illustrations.
  • Illustrated Manual of Pacific Coast Trees (McMinn, Maino, & Shepherd) 1937 (QK 482 M25 1937) Older scholarly guide to the native and introduced trees along the Pacific coast from California to British Columbia. Includes keys to genera and species with accompanying short species accounts.
  • Introduction to California Chaparral (Quinn and Keeley) 2006 (QH 105 C2 Q56 2006) (California Natural History Guides # 90) Introductory overview and field guide to the ecology of chaparral and the role of humans and fire in chaparral. Specific chapters cover climate, fire, plants, animals and living with chaparral.
  • Invasive Plants of California's Wildlands (Bossard, Randall and Hoshovsky) 2000 (print copy available in SB 612 C2 I58 2000) Contains information on the history of invasive plants in California, their managment and species accounts for 78 nonnative plant species that are listed by the California Exotic Pest Plant Council as being of greatest ecological concern in California.
    
  • Natural History of Western Trees (Peattie) 1953 (QK 481 P42) Contains longer popularized accounts of trees native to the western United States. Includes a key to species and genera. Accounts includes descriptions of the trees, fine wood engravings, their ranges and environment and their ethnobotanical uses.
  • Oaks of California (Pavlik) 1991 (QK 495 F14 O25 1991) Contains descriptions of the 18 tree and shrub oaks of California along with associated chapters on their ecology, human interactions, preservation, and exploration.
  • SelecTree for California: A Tree Selection Guide (Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo. Urban Forest Ecosystems Institute) Interactive program designed to match specific tree species to a particular site based upon compatible characteristics. The database consists of records for almost 1,500 trees that include 49 selection criteria (site characteristics, tree characteristics, maintenance, and use). Search the database by species or by one or more selection criteria. Also includes 5,000 photos linked to each record.
  • Trees and Shrubs of California (Stuart and Sawyer) 2001 (ref QK 149 S73 2001) (California Natural History Guide # 62) Scholarly field guide to the woody plants of California's wildlands. Intended for both amateurs and professionals. Includes 200 line drawings, 300 range maps, 40 color plates and easy-to-use plant keys.
• Environmental History
  • California Government and Forestry (Clar) 1959 (Cal Doc C805 H5g) History of forest use and forestry practice in California from Spanish-Mexican California to 1940.
  • California Range Land: an Historico-Ecological Study of the Range Resource of California (Burcham) 1957 (SF 85 B8) Major historical overview of the development of California's livestock industry since the arrival of the Spanish and its impact on California's range resource. Also includes a description of the California's range resource and steps that can be taken to reverse the damaged resource.
  • Century of Lumber Production in California and Nevada (May) 1953 (Docs A 13.62/8:20) (USFS California Forest and Range Experiment Station. Forest Survey Release No. 20) Brief history of lumber production in California and Nevada from 1849 to 1951. Tables and charts show annual production in general, number of mills, production by major species and production by region and top counties.
• Reviews and Assessments
  • California's Forest Products Industry: a Descriptive Analysis (Morgan and others) 2004 (USFS General Technical Report PNW-615) (Docs A 13.88:PNW-615) The latest in a series of periodic surveys of the primary forest products industry in California. Earlier surveys referenced in the report were done in 1968, 1972, 1976, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1992 and 1994. Tables and text provide a description of the structure, operations and condition of the industry and a brief overview of timber inventory and growth. Specific areas covered include plant capacity, mill residue and forest products sales, employment and worker earnings.
  • California's Forest Resources: Preliminary Assessment (California Department of Forestry) 1979 (Cal Doc F 770 F68) The first assessment of California forests and rangelands conducted under the requirements of the Forest and Rangeland Resources Assessment and Policy Act of 1977. The opening Integrative chapter provides a synopsis of California forest resources and resource issues - status, trends, problems and options. The succeeding chapters contain supporting information and data on forest resources.
  • California Forests: Trends, Problems and Opportunities (Bolsinger) 1980 (US Forest Service Resource Bulletin PNW-89) (print copy available in Docs A 13.80:PNW-89) Older US Forest Service analysis of forest area, timber volume and forest ownership in California. Also includes information on rate and replenishment of the forest resource, timber production problems, detailed statistical tables, outline history of California forestry, and a profile of the California forest industry.
  • California's Forests and Rangelands: Growing Conflict over Changing Uses (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Fire and Resource Assessment Program - FRAP) 1988 (print copy available in Cal Doc F 770 F62 U83) The second assessment of California forests and rangelands covering 85% of the state's area conducted under the requirements of the Forest and Rangeland Resources Assessment and Policy Act of 1977. Assesses the amount and extent of California's forests and rangelands, analyzes their conditions, and identifies alternative management and policy guidelines.
  • The Changing California: Forest and Range: 2003 Assessment (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Fire and Resource Assessment Program - FRAP) 2003 (print copy of assessement summary available in Cal Docs F770.A76 C52) The third assessment of California forests and rangelands conducted under the requirements of the Forest and Rangeland Resources Assessment and Policy Act of 1977. Assesses the amount and extent of California's forests and rangelands, analyzes their conditions, and identifies alternative management and policy guidelines. Includes an assessment summary and more than 30 supporting technical documents.
  • Forest Areas, Timber Volumes and Vegetation Types in California (Wieslander and Jensen) 1946 (US Forest Service California Forest and Range Experiment Station Forest Survey Release No. 4) (print copy available in Docs A 13.62/8:4) First assessment of forest area and timber volume in California conducted by the US Forest Service, California Division of Forestry and American Forestry Association.
  • Land Base of California's Forests (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Fire and Resource Assessment Program - FRAP) 1998. Assesses extent and changes in forest land in California.
  • Oak Woodlands and Other Hardwood Forests of California, 1990's (Waddel and Barrett) 2005 (print copy available in Docs A 13.80: PNW-245) (USFS Resource Bulletin PNW-245) Inventory of oak woodlands and other hardwood forests in California. Expansion of the first assessment covering the years 1981-84 and published as The Hardwoods of California's Timberlands, Woodlands and Savannas (Bolsinger) 1988 ( print copy available in Docs A 13.80: PNW-148) (USFS Resource Bulletin PNW-148).
  • Shrubs of California's Chaparral, Timberland, and Woodland: Area, Ownership, and Stand Characteristics (Bolsinger) 1988 (print copy available in Docs A 13.80: PNW-160) (USFS Resource Bulletin PNW-160) Statewide inventory of shrubs in chaparral, timberland and woodland in California, along with a discussion of the relevance of shrubs to resource management.
• Data Compilations
  • Encycloweedia (California Department of Food and Agriculture) Contains data sheets with information on the "...identification, biology, and management of plants defined as noxious weeds by California law." Browse by scientific name, common name, country of origin, or pest rating.
  • Fire and Emergency Response (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection) Includes statistics on the current fire season as well as historical statistics back to 1943.
  • Forest Statistics for California (US Forest Service. California Forest and Range Experiment Station. Forest Survey Staff) 1954 (Forest Survey Release #25) (Docs A 13. 62/8:25) Presents statistics of forest area, timber volume and ownership for California as of January 1, 1953.
  • Production of California Timber Operators (California Division of Forestry) 1960-1978 (Cal Docs F 770 F6-various numbers) Issued as a subset of the State Forest Notes series from #8 to #74. Contains annual statistics from 1959 to 1977 by county for number of timber operators and production of various forest products. Also includes a statewide summary table covering 1946-1977.
  • Timber Resource Statistics for the ... Area of California (Waddell & Bassett) 1996-1997 (US Forest Service Resource Bulletins #214, 220, 221, 222, 224) (Docs A 13.80:214, 220, 221, 222, 224) Series of five regional reports presenting estimates of land area, timber volume, growth mortality, and harvest for both public and private lands. Earlier reports are referenced in the Literature Cited of each report.
  • Timber Yield Tax (California State Board of Equalization) Includes tables for timber harvest volume and value by county from 1992 to the present; and statewide from 1978 to the present.
  • Wildfire Activity Statistics (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection) Annual (Cal Doc F 770 F51)
• Maps and Atlases - See California - Maps - Forests and Rangelands

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Geology

For information on natural hazards (earthquakes, floods, tsunamis, landslides, fires) see Natural Hazards. For information on mineral resources see Energy and Mineral Resources.

California State Rock Serpentine

Guides and Bibliographies For more detailed or site-specific studies check the 1) HSU Library Catalog for books; 2) GeoRef (HSU users only) for journal articles, government documents, conference papers, and theses; and 3) references in the following guides and bibliographies. For indexes to California geologic maps see California Maps - Geology - Indexes. Bibliography of the Geology and Mineral Resources of California to December 31, 1930 (Shedd) 1932 (Cal Doc C 810 B9 # 104) (CGS Bulletin # 104) Contains author, subject and geographic indexes. Updated by CGS Bulletin #115 for the years 1931-1936. For more recent references on California geology see GeoRef (HSU users only).

• California Geological Survey (formerly California Division of Mines and Geology)
  • California Geology Magazine Index, 1948-1986 (Eng) 1987 (Cal Doc C 810 S59 # 92) (CGS Special Publication # 92) Subject and author index to articles appearing in the California Geology magazine and the earlier Mineral Information Service. California Geology Magazine Index to Back Issues lists the table of contents of available issues from 1991 to 2001 when the magazine ceased publication.
  • Consolidated Index of Publications, Division of Mines and State Mining Bureau, 1880-1943 (Bradley) 1945 (Cal Docs C 810 B9 #131) (California Division of Mines Bulletin #131) Detailed index to bureau publications that includes entries by author, county, mine and mining district.
  • Publications of the California Division of Mines to July 1, 1961 (Egenhoff and Rice) 1962 (Cal Docs C 810 P9 1961) Includes detailed table of contents by series, author index , and subject index.
  • Publications Database (California Geological Survey) Annual (print copy available in Cal Docs C 810 P9) Lists currently available publications by series or county.
• California Geotour: an Online Index to Geological Field Trip Guides of California (California Geological Survey) Index of linked web pages of geologic field trip guides and related web sites that contain geologic information, including photographs, maps, text and directions for local natural features throughout the state. The index is organized by the 11 geomorphic provinces of California.
• Geologic Information About California (US Geological Survey) Links to USGS pages on California geology, mineral resources, and other related topics.
• Geologic Information About Southern California (US Geological Survey Western Earth Surface Processes Team) Guide to find technical resources and general information about southern California geology maintained as part of the Southern California Areal Mapping Project (SCAMP).
  
• Index to Graduate Theses on California Geology (California Division of Mines and Geology) Indexes masters theses and doctoral dissertations on California geology. Companion index to the Index to Geologic Maps of California.

  theses to 1961 CDMG Special Report 74 (Cal Docs C 810 S6)

  1962-1972 CDMG Special Report 115 (Cal Docs C 810 S6)

  1973-1974 California Geology 31(2): 33-40, Feb. 1978 (Cal Docs C 810 M5)

  1975-1976 California Geology 31(4): 90-94, Apr. 1978 (Cal Docs C 810 M5)

  1977-1978 California Geology 33(7): 158-164, Jul. 1980 (Cal Docs C 810 M5)

  1979-1982 California Geology 37(5): 99-110, May 1984 (Cal Docs C 810 M5)

  1983-1984 California Geology 42(9): 201-213, Aug. 1989 (Cal Docs C 810 M5)

  1985-1986 California Geology 42(12): 271-280, Dec. 1989 (Cal Docs C 810 M5)

  1987-1989 California Geology 43(12): 272-283, Dec. 1990 (Cal Docs C 810 M5)

  1990-1997 CDMG Special Report 174 (Cal Docs C810 S6)

• List of U.S. Geological Survey Geologic and Water-Supply Reports and Maps for California (US Geological Survey) 1987 (Abstract Docs I 19.41/7: C12) Lists reports published by the US Geological Survey relating to the geology, mineral resources and water resources of California from 1880 to 1987. Reports are listed by series with subject and county indexes.
• Publications Warehouse (US Geological Survey) Indexes over 5300 geologic, mineral resource and hydrologic reports and maps covering California. Includes links to online fulltext if available.
• General Introductions
  • California Geology (Harden) 2004 (QE 89 H37 2004) Introductory college textbook that includes chapters on the basic principles of geology using California examples; individual California geologic provinces; and important geologic processes, e.g., water and earthquakes, that have shaped California and created hazards for its inhabitants.
  • California's Changing Landscapes: a guide to the geology of the state (Oakeshott) 1978 (QE 89 O2 1978) Introductory textbook written by the former chief of the California Division of Mines and Geology. In three parts: Part I uses California examples to discuss geologic principles, landscape-making processes and the importance of rocks and minerals; Part II is a chronological account of geologic formations and fossils; and Part III presents geologic overviews and journeys through eight geomorphic provinces.
  • California Landscape: Origin and Evolution (Hill) 1984 (GB 428 C3 H54 1984) (California Natural History Guide #48) Popularly written introduction to the geomorphic forces -- volcanoes, water, glaciers, earthquakes, oceans, and wind -- that have shaped California's landscape.
  • Earth Song : a Prologue to History (Camp) 1970 (QL 747 C2 C3 1970) With California set as the background this series of popularly written essays describes the evolution of the California landscape, animals found through geologic time in the state and the entrance of early man into the state.
  • Evolution of the California Landscape (Hinds) 1952 (Cal Doc C 810 B9 # 158) (California Division of Mines and Geology Bulletin # 158) Defines 11 unique geomorphic provinces in California that are characterized by common rock type and topography. The unique features of each province are described through text and b/w illustrations, along with their evolution through geologic time. California Geomorphic Provinces (California Geological Survey) (CGS Note #36) contains brief descriptions and a map of the 11 geomorphic provinces.
  • Geology of California (Norris & Webb) 1990 (QE 89 N67 1990) Introductory textbook on California geology that is organized by geologic province. More scholarly in treatment than Oakeshott's California's Changing Landscapes.
  • Geology of Northern California (Bailey) 1966 (Cal Doc C810 B9 #190) (California Geological Survey Bulletin # 190) Contains chapters on the six geologic provinces in northern California.
  • Geology of Southern California (Jahns) 1954 (Cal Doc C810 B9 #170) (California Geological Survey Bulletin # 170) Older scholarly work containing chapters on the geology and geomorphic provinces of southern California. Chapters include maps and road logs.
  • Geotectonic Development of California (Ernst) 1981 (QE 89 G46) Major review of the geologic and tectonic relations of California. More than 1,300 references provide an invaluable source for further study.
  • Overview of the Geological Provinces of California (California State University, Long Beach Department of Geological Sciences) Brief descriptions of California's 11 geomorphic provinces.
  • San Andreas Fault System, California (Wallace) 1990 (print copy available in Docs I 19.16: 1515) (USGS Professional Paper 1515) Major review of geologic, geomorphic, geophysical, geodetic, and seismologic information about the San Andreas fault system, including earthquake history from 1769 to 1989.
• Data Compilations
• Quaternary Faults and Fold Database of the United States: California (US Geological Survey) Contains information on faults and associated folds in California that are believed to be sources of M>6 earthquakes during the Quaternary (the past 1,600,000 years). Maps of these geologic structures are linked to individual descriptions and references for each structure. Search using a map-based interface that breaks the state into 1 x 2 degree quadrangles.
• USGS Geoscience Data Catalog: California (US Geological Survey) Indexes approximately 275 earth science data files produced by the U.S. Geological Survey on California in general or on specific regions. Browse by county.
• Maps and Atlases - See California Maps--Geology.

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Land Use and Ownership

• General Introductions
• California Lands: Ownership, Use and Management (Dana and Krueger) 1958 (HD 211 C2 D3) Covers evolution of land ownership in California through the patterns and problems of land ownership reflected in the mid 1950's.
• Know California's Land: a Land-Capability Guide for Soil and Water Conservation (Wohletz and Dolder) 1952 (Cal Doc N200 L3) First report and map that classifies California lands according to its capabilities for cultivation. Also summarizes the physical conditions and soil and water conservation needs in the 8 major watershed units that subdivide the state.
• Land in California: the Story of Mission Lands, Ranchos, Squattors, Mining Claims, Railroad Grants, Land Script, Homestreads (Robinson) 1948 (HD 211 C2 R6) Story of how California's public and private lands came into the "hands of its present owners".
• Environmental History
  • California Lands: Ownership, Use and Management (Dana and Krueger) 1958 (HD 211 C2 D3) Covers evolution of land ownership in California through the patterns and problems of land ownership reflected in the mid 1950's.
  • California Rural Land Use and Management: a History of the Use and Occupancy of Rural Lands in California (Brown and Show) 1944 (not available in the HSU Library) History of California rural land use prepared by the US Forest Service from the earliest recorded Native American uses through 1944, along with predictions of the future as seen from that time period.
  • Land in California: the Story of Mission Lands, Ranchos, Squattors, Mining Claims, Railroad Grants, Land Script, Homestreads (Robinson) 1948 (HD 211 C2 R6) Story of how California's public and private lands came into the "hands of its present owners".
  • State Parks of California from 1864 to the Present (Engbeck) 1980 (SB 482 C2 E53) Illustrated interpretive history of the California State Park System and the movement the created it. It is an outgrowth of the system's 50th anniversary celebration in 1977.
• Data Compilations
• California Federal Land Records (CaGenWeb Archives) For each county contains an alphabetical list of deeds (primarily patents) issued between 1856 and 1995 by the General Land Office and its successor agency, the Bureau of Land Management. The California Land Patents Database contains the following information for each land transaction: date, location (township, range, section, meridian), name of person the land was patented to, case type, conveyance type, county, case number and the patent document identification number. In addition, General Land Office Records: the Official Federal Land Patent Records Site (Bureau of Land Mangement) allows for seaching by legal description and other parameters.
• California Automated Land Records (US Bureau of Land Management California Office) Database containing scanned images of 30,000 Master Title Plats (MTPs), Oil and Gas Plats, Leasable Resources Plat, and Historical Index (HI) pages that document acquired lands and Mineral Locations and Contests in California. The 2,587 townships with corresponding MTPs are searchable by meridian, township, and range.
• National Resources Inventory (NRI) - California (US Natural Resources Conservation Service) Scientifically based statistical survey of the nation’s natural resources that provides updated information on the status, condition, and trends of land, soil, water, and related resources on non-Federal land.
• Maps and Atlases - See California - Maps - Land Use and Ownership.

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Natural Communities & Habitats

• Guides and Bibliographies
  • Forest Service Research Natural Areas in California (Cheng) 2004 (US Forest Service General Technical Report PSW-188) (print copy available in Docs A 13.88: PSW-188) Contains summaries of the ecological descriptions of 98 established or proposed research natural areas (RNAs) in California. RNAs are selected to reflect the natural diversity of vegetation types on USFS lands in California.  They represent both widespread and unique ecosystems and are designed to maintain biological diversity; provide ecological baseline information; and provide opportunities for education and research.  The summaries are based on ecological surveys conducted from 1975 through 2000. Each RNA description includes location, target elements, distinctive features, physical characteristics, plant communities, plant diversity, and conflicting impacts. Comparisons are made between similar vegetation types at different sites. Summaries of all research natural areas' target elements, plant communities, and ecological units are found in tables and appendices.
  • Guide to Wildlife Habitat Types of California (Mayer and Laudenslayer) 1988 (print copy available in Cal Doc F770 H32). Contains descriptions of the 59 terrestrial and aquatic habitat types used in the California Wildlife Habitat Relationships System. For each habitat includes vegetation, habitat stages, biological and physical settings, range map and bibliographic references. Includes a correlation with other vegetation classification systems.
    • Habitat Types by Owner (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Forest and Range Assessment Program) lists the acreages by broad owner class (private, USFS, BLM, NPS, other public) Separate tables are found for each county along with a statewide table.
    • Wildlife Habitats by County (California Department of Fish of Game-California Wildlife Habitat Relationships System) lists the terrestrial and aquatic habitat types found in each county without acreages.
  • Inventory of California Natural Areas (Hood) 1975-1986 (ref QH 76.5 C2 C35) First major statewide inventory of important biological, geological and paleontological sites. Produced by the California Natural Areas Coordinating Council this 15 volume set lists by county more than 1,500 California natural areas ranging in size from less than one acre to over one million acres. For each natural area gives name of area, reference number, one-line description of the major features of the area, county, geographic coordinates, USGS topographic quads, PLSS coordinates, size, elevation range, ownership, maximum of two pages describing the area's natural history, past and present use and condition, and references. Includes alphabetical list of all natural areas and index of species included in natural area descriptions.
  • List of California Terrestrial Natural Communities Recognized by the California Natural Diversity Database (California Department of Fish and Game) 2003. List of California terrestrial natural communities based on the classification used in the Manual of California Vegetation and structured to be compatible with previous CNDDB lists. An asterisk (*) denotes communities that are either known or believed to be of high priority for inventory in the CNDDB.
• General Introductions
  • Ecological Subregions of California: Section and Subsection Descriptions: (US Forest Service) 1997 (print copy available in Ref QH 105 C2 E26 1997--includes accompanying map) Contains general descriptions of the environmental characteristics--geomorphology, lithology and stratigraphy, soil taxa, vegetation, fauna, elevation, precipitation, temperature, growing season, disturbance regimes, surface water characteristics, la