Resources

This section of our website contains reference materials regarding issues affecting hikers and the High Sierra.

Resource	Description
Court document (PDF format)	Final District Court Injunction in HSHA et al. v. Moore (Commercial Packstock Operations in the John Muir and Ansel Adams Wildernesses; May 8, 2008)
Court document (PDF format)	District Court decision in High Sierra Hikers Ass'n et al. v. Weingardt et al. (Commercial Packstock Operations in the John Muir and Ansel Adams Wildernesses; October 30, 2007)
Court document (PDF format)	Court decision in High Sierra Hikers Ass'n. et al., v. U.S. Forest Service (Emigrant dams; June 2006)
Court document (PDF format)	Appeals Court decision in High Sierra Hikers Ass'n v. Blackwell (December 2004)
HSHA comments on SEKI draft GMP (PDF format)	HSHA’s formal comments to National Park Service on the Draft General Management Plan for Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks (October 2004) (large file, 781 KB)
Court document (PDF format)	Court decision in High Sierra Hikers Ass'n v. Powell (January 2002)
Court document (PDF format)	Court decision in High Sierra Hikers Ass'n v. Powell (June 2001)
Water Quality Study (PDF format)	Derlet and Carlson. 2006. Coliform Bacteria in Sierra Nevada Wilderness Lakes and Streams: What Is the Impact of Backpackers, Pack Animals, and Cattle?
Policy Report (PDF format)	Ensuring the Stewardship of the National Wilderness System by Perry L. Brown, Chair, Wilderness Stewardship Panel, 2001
Grazing	A summary of research on the effects of livestock grazing on streams in the western United States
Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep listed as endangered	Link to a site that describes the status and plight of the Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep
Frogs of the High Sierra on the brink of extinction?	Link to a site that describes the status and plight of the mountain yellow-legged frog
Fish stocking	A summary of the research on benefits vs. impacts of non-native fish stocking

PDF Documents

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