The project is directed by Dr. David Charlet, Instructor of Biology and Environmental Science at the Community College of Southern Nevada. He will be assisted by a graduate student and two camp managers. Ten teachers and 10 students will be divided into five teams of two teachers and two students each that will work together. The camp managers will act as counselors to 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 6000 ft. to peaks nearly 11,000 ft tall.