Ten teachers and ten students will be divided into five teams of two teachers and two students each that will work together. Dr. Charlet will be assisted by a graduate student and two camp managers. The camp managers will help counsel the students, oversee food and housing arrangements, and coordinate student activities during off-hours.
Vegetation is the sum total of all plants on a landscape.
Mapping and characterization of vegetation is a critical first step to the determination of habitat for animals. This project will map the vegetation of the Jarbidge Mountains, a large and isolated mountain range in extreme northeastern Nevada. The study area includes the Jarbidge Wilderness, Nevada s first designated Wilderness. These mountains form a drainage divide between the Columbia River that flows to the Pacific Ocean and the Humboldt River whose waters terminate in the Great Basin. The Jarbidge Mountains rise from a base elevation of approximately 6,000 ft. to peaks nearly 11,000 ft tall.