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Geology & Soils Bateman, P.C. 1968. Geologic Structure and History of the Sierra Nevada. UMR Journal – V.H. McNutt Colloquium Series 1(8):121–131. Accessed June 2020. Available online: https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=umr-journal. CDC (California Department of Conservation). 2010a. Geologic Map of California – 2010. California Geological Survey Geologic Data Map No. 2. Accessed June 2020. Available online: https://maps.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/gmc/. CDC (California Department of Conservation). 2010b. Fault Activity of California – 2010. California Geological Survey Geologic Data Map No. 6. Accessed June 2020. Available online: https://maps.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/fam/. California Geological Survey. 2002. California Geomorphic Provinces: Note 36. California Department of Conservation. Accessed May 2020. Available online: https://www.contracosta.ca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/34134/CGS-2002-California- Geomorphic-ProvincesNote-36-PDF. Chapman, A.D., Saleeby, J.B., Wood, D.J., Piasecki, A., Kidder, S., Ducea, M.N., and K.A. Farley. Late Cretaceous gravitational collapse of the southern Sierra Nevada batholith, California. Geosphere 8(2):314–341. Accessed June 2020. Available online: https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geosphere/article/8/2/314/132528/Late-Cretaceous- gravitational-collapse-of-the. Dean, W.W. and Scott, K.M. 1971. Floods of December 1966 in the Kern-Kaweah area, Kern and Tulare Counties, California; with section on Geomorphic Effects in the Kern River Basin. United States Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 1870-C. Accessed: June 2020. Available online: https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/wsp1870C. DeGraff, J., D. Wagner, A. Gallegos, M. DeRose, C. Shannon, and T. Ellsworth. 2011. The remarkable occurrence of large rainfall-induced debris flows at two different locations on July 12,2008, Southern Sierra Nevada, CA, USA. Landslides 8:343–353. ENTRIX, Inc. 1997. Fairview Dam Sandbox Flushing Procedure Study Plan. Prepared for Southern California Edison. February 7, 1997. ENTRIX, Inc. 2002. Fairview Dam Sandbox Flushing Study Assessment Final Report. Prepared for Southern California Edison. August 29, 2002. FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) and USFS (United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service). 1996. Environmental Assessment for Hydropower License, Kern River No. 3 Hydroelectric Project, FERC Project No. 2290. March 1996. Kelson, K.I., Simpson, D.T., Rose, R.S., and D.C. Serafini. 2010. Seismic Hazard Characterization of the Kern Canyon Fault for Isabella Dam, California. January 2010. Accessed June 2020. Available online: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228832857_Seismic_hazard_characterization_of_th e_Kern_Canyon_fault_for_Isabella_Dam_California. Krugh W.C., and B.C. Foreshee. 2017. Geomorphic constraints on the incision history of the lower Kern River, southern Sierra Nevada, California. Geosphere 14(3):1101–1118.

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Geology & Soils Moore, J.G. and G.S. Mack. 2008. Map Showing Limits of Tahoe Glaciation in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, California. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 2945. Accessed June 2020. Available online: https://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/2945/sim2945.pdf. Moore, J.G. and B.C. Moring. 2013. Rangewide glaciation in the Sierra Nevada, California. Geosphere 9(6):1804–1818. Accessed June 2020. Available online: https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geosphere/article/9/6/1804/132909/Rangewide- glaciation-in-the-Sierra-Nevada. Nadin, E.S. and J.B. Saleeby. 2010. Quaternary reactivation of the Kern Canyon fault system, southern Sierra Nevada, California. GSA Bulleton 122(9/10):1671–1685. Accessed June 2020. Available online: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/253561916_Recent_Motion_on_the_Kern_Canyon_ Fault_Southern_Sierra_Nevada_California. NRCS (United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service). 1999. Soil Taxonomy, A Basic System of Soil Classification for Making and Interpreting Soil Surveys, Second Edition. Accessed June 2020. Available online: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs142p2_051232.pdf. NRCS (United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service). 2007. Soil Survey of Tulare County, Southeastern Part and Northeastern Part of Kern County. Accessed June 2020. Available online: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/california/CA668/0/Kern_CA.pdf.

NRCS (United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service). 2020. Soil Survey of Sequoia National Forest, Parts of Fresno, Kern, and Tulare Counties. Accessed June 2020. Available online: https://websoilsurvey.sc.egov.usda.gov/App/WebSoilSurvey.aspx. SCE (Southern California Edison). 1995. Kern River Fisheries Enhancement Trust Fund. Technical Support Document. Southern California Edison. Rosemead, CA. SCE (Southern California Edison). 1997. Plan for Control of Erosion, Stream Sedimentation, Soil Mass Movement, and Dust, Kern River No. 3 Hydroelectric Project, FERC Project No. 2290. December 1997. Stephens, S.J., D.P. Christenson, M. Lechner, and H. Werner. 1995. Upper Kern Basin Fishery Management Plan. A cooperative Program of California Department of Fish and Game, Sequoia National Forest, and Sequoia Nation Park. Stock, G.M., R.S. Anderson, and R.C. Finkel. 2004. Pace of landscape evolution in the Sierra Nevada, California, revealed by cosmogenic dating of cave sediments. Geology, 32:193–196.

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Tormey, D.R., D. Blankenhorn, and J. Campbell. 2020. A Tale of Two Sediment Releases: Ecosystem Recovery from Extreme Anthropogenic and Naturogenic Events. Available online: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340006037_A_Tale_of_Two_Sediment_Releases_E cosystem_Recovery_from_Extreme_Anthropogenic_and_Naturogenic_Events/citations.

University of California Museum of Paleontology. 2011. Geologic timescale. Available online: https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/timeform.php URS (URS Corporation). 2010. Updated Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis, Lake Isabella, Kern County, California. Final Technical Report to Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District. June 2010. USACE (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). 2012. Isabella Lake Dam Safety Modification Project Environmental Impact Statement, Draft. March 2012. Accessed June 2020. Available online: https://www.spk.usace.army.mil/Portals/12/documents/usace_project_public_notices/ISABELL A_DSM_DEIS_Volume_I_13MAR12.pdf. USFS (United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service). 2003. Forest Service Final Section 4(e) Conditions, Kern River No. 3 Hydroelectric Project, FERC No. 2290. Pacific Southwest Region, Vallejo, CA. USGS (United States Geological Survey). 2020. Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS). Accessed June 2020. Available online: https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/. Wakabayashi, J. and T.L. Sawyer. 2001. Stream incision, tectonics, uplift, and evolution of topography of the Sierra Nevada, California. Journal of Geology 109:539–562. Available online: http://neotectonics.seismo.unr.edu/0_COURSES/Geo730-2020/Wakabayashi2001.pdf. Accessed June 2020. Webb, W.R. 1946. Geomorphology of the Middle Kern River Basin, Southern Sierra Nevada, California. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 57:355–382.

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Rare, Threatened & Endangered (RTE) Species Beedy, E.C. 2008. Tricolored Blackbird (Agelaius tricolor ). In: Shuford, W.D., and Gardali, T. (Eds) California Bird Species of Special Concern: A ranked assessment of species, subspecies, and distinct populations of birds of immediate conservation concern in California. Studies of Western Birds 1. Western Field Ornithologists, Camarillo, California, and California Department of Fish and Game, Sacramento. Brown, C.B., M.P. Hayes, G.A. Green, and D.C. Macfarlane. 2014. Mountain Yellow-Legged Frog Conservation Assessment for the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, USA. A Collaborative Inter-Agency Project by USDA Forest Service, CDFW, National Park Service, and USFWS. Cardno, Inc. 2017. Fish Population Monitoring Report 2016, Kern River No. 3 Hydroelectric Project. FERC Project No. 2290-006. Prepared for Southern California Edison. CDFG (California Department of Fish and Game). 1987. Kern Canyon Slender Salamander Five Year Status Report.

CDFG (California Department of Fish and Game). 2005. The Status of Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Plants and Animals of California 2000-2004. 2005 Annual Summary Report.

CDFG (California Department of Fish and Game). 2011. Status Review of the Mountain Yellow- Legged Frog (Rana sierrae and Rana muscosa ). Reported to the California Fish and Game Commission.

CDFW (California Department of Fish and Wildlife). 2016. Status Review of Swainson’s Hawk in California. Reported to the California Fish and Game Commission.

CDFW. 2019. Status Review of the Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog in California. Reported to the California Fish and Game Commission. CDFW. 2020. California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB). RareFind Version 5. Electronic database. Natural Heritage Division, CDFW, Sacramento, California. Accessed: May 2020. Available online: https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/data/cnddb/maps-and-data. CNPS (California Native Plant Society). 2020. Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants of California (online edition, v8–03 0.39). California Native Plant Society, Sacramento, California. Accessed: May 2020. Available online: http://www.rareplants.cnps.org/. ENTRIX, Inc. 1997. Final Report of Findings, Kern River No. 3 Project – Transmission Line Rights-of-Way Botanical Surveys. Prepared for Southern California Edison. FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) and USFS (U.S. Forest Service). 1995. Draft Environmental Assessment for Hydropower License, Kern River No. 3 Hydroelectric Project, FERC Project No. 2290.

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Rare, Threatened & Endangered (RTE) Species FERC. 1996. Environmental Assessment for Hydropower License, Kern River No. 3 Hydroelectric Project, FERC Project No. 2290.

Hayes, M.P., C.A. Wheeler, A.J. Lind, G.A. Green, D.C. Macfarlane. 2016. Foothill Yellow- Legged Frog Conservation Assessment in California. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-248. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. iNaturalist. 2020. RareFind 5 [Internet]. Accessed: June 2020. Available online: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/export. Moyle, P.B., R.M. Quiñones, J. V. Katz, and J. Weaver. 2015. Fish Species of Special Concern in California. Sacramento: California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Psomas. 2000. Kern River #3 Dam Resurfacing Project Environmental Assessment. Prepared for Southern California Edison. Psomas. 2004. Biological Resource Evaluation of the Kern River 3 Hydroelectric Facility Power Pole and Communication Installation Southern California Edison Company, Tulare County. Prepared for Southern California Edison. Psomas. 2006. Biological Determinations of No Effect of Listed Species for the Kern River 3 Calibrated Flume Installation Southern California Edison Company’s Kern River 3 Hydroelectric Project, Tulare County. Prepared for Southern California Edison. Psomas. 2008. Biological Determinations of No Effect of Listed Species for the Kern River 3 Calibrated Flume Installation Southern California Edison Company’s Kern River 3 Hydroelectric Project, Tulare County. Prepared for Southern California Edison. Psomas. 2011. Biological Determinations of No Effect of Listed Species for the Kern River 3 Calibrated Flume Installation Southern California Edison Company’s Kern River 3 Hydroelectric Project, Tulare County. Prepared for Southern California Edison. Psomas. 2013a. Biological Resources Technical and Jurisdictional Delineation Report for the Fairview Dam and Calibrated Flume Protection Project at Kern River 3 Hydroelectric Facility. Prepared for Southern California Edison. Psomas. 2013b. Biological Resources Technical Report for Kern River 3 Hydroelectric Facility Tunnel Repair Project. Prepared for Southern California Edison. Psomas. 2013c. Biological Resources Technical Report for the Kern River 3 Sandbox Repair Project at Kern River 3 Hydroelectric Facility. Prepared for Southern California Edison. Stephens, S.J., D.P. Christenson, M. Lechner, and H. Werner. 1995. Upper Kern Basin Fishery Management Plan. A cooperative Program of California Department of Fish and Game, Sequoia National Forest, and Sequoia Nation Park. Tricolored Blackbird Working Group. 2007. Conservation Plan for the Tricolored Blackbird (Agelaius tricolor ). Susan Kester (ed.). Sustainable Conservation. San Francisco, CA. USFS (U.S. Forest Service). 1994. Comments on Exhibit E of the draft application for FERC license on the Kern River No. 1 waterpower project. FERC Project No. 1930.

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Rare, Threatened & Endangered (RTE) Species USFS (U.S. Forest Service). 2003. Revised final section 4(e) terms and conditions for the Kern River No. 3 Hydroelectric Project, FERC No. 2290. USFS (U.S. Forest Service). 2013a. Pacific Southwest Region Sensitive Animal Species List. http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5435266.xlsx USFS (U.S. Forest Service). 2013b. Pacific Southwest Region Sensitive Plan Species List. https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5434326.xlsx. USFWS (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service). 1986. Recovery Plan for the Pacific Bald Eagle. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland, Oregon. 160 pp.

USFWS (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service). 1996. California Condor Recovery Plan, Third Revision. Portland, Oregon. 62 pp.

USFWS (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service). 1998. Draft recovery plan for the least Bell’s vireo. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland, Oregon. 139 pp.

USFWS (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service). 2002. Southwestern Willow Flycatcher Recovery Plan. Albuquerque, New Mexico. 210 pp.

USFWS (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service). 2006. Least Bell’s Vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus ) 5-Year Review: Summary and Evaluation.

USFWS (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service). 2013. California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus )5- Year Review: Summary and Evaluation. USFWS (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service). 2014. Southwestern Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus ) 5-Year Review: Summary and Evaluation. USFWS (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service). 2016. Final Species Report, Fisher (Pekania pennanti ), West Coast Population. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 332 pp. USFWS (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service). 2018. Special Status Assessment Report for the Sierra Nevada Distinct Population Segment of the Sierra Nevada Red Fox. February 2018. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 8. Sacramento, California. USFWS (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service). 2020. Information for Planning and Consultation (IPaC): online project planning tool. Accessed: May 2020. Available online: https://ecos.fws.gov/ipac/. Wu, J.X., H.L. Loffland, R.B. Siegel, and C. Stermer. 2016. A Conservation Strategy for Great Gray Owls (Strix nebulosa ) in California. Interim version 1.0. The Institute for Bird Populations and California Partners in Flight. Point Reyes Station, California.

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Rare, Threatened & Endangered (RTE) Species Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, Defenders of Wildlife, Center for Food Safety. 2018. A petition to the State of California fish and game commission to list the Crotch bumble bee (Bombus crotchii ), Franklin’s bumble bee (Bombus franklini ), Suckley cuckoo bumble bee (Bombus suckleyi ), and western bumble bee (Bombus occidentalis occidentalis )as Endangered under the California Endangered Species Act.

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Water Resources Bateman, P.C. 1968. Geologic Structure and History of the Sierra Nevada. UMR Journal – V.H. McNutt Colloquium Series 1(8):121–131. Accessed June 2020. Available online: https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=umr-journal. CDC (California Department of Conservation). 2010a. Geologic Map of California – 2010. California Geological Survey Geologic Data Map No. 2. Accessed June 2020. Available online: https://maps.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/gmc/. CDC. 2010b. Fault Activity of California – 2010. California Geological Survey Geologic Data Map No. 6. Accessed June 2020. Available online: https://maps.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/fam/. California Geological Survey. 2002. California Geomorphic Provinces: Note 36. California Department of Conservation. Accessed May 2020. Available online: https://www.contracosta.ca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/34134/CGS-2002-California- Geomorphic-ProvincesNote-36-PDF. Chapman, A.D., Saleeby, J.B., Wood, D.J., Piasecki, A., Kidder, S., Ducea, M.N., and K.A. Farley. Late Cretaceous gravitational collapse of the southern Sierra Nevada batholith, California. Geosphere 8(2):314–341. Accessed June 2020. Available online: https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geosphere/article/8/2/314/132528/Late-Cretaceous- gravitational-collapse-of-the. Dean, W.W. and Scott, K.M. 1971. Floods of December 1966 in the Kern-Kaweah area, Kern and Tulare Counties, California; with section on Geomorphic Effects in the Kern River Basin. United States Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 1870-C. Accessed: June 2020. Available online: https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/wsp1870C. DeGraff, J., D. Wagner, A. Gallegos, M. DeRose, C. Shannon, and T. Ellsworth. 2011. The remarkable occurrence of large rainfall-induced debris flows at two different locations on July 12,2008, Southern Sierra Nevada, CA, USA. Landslides 8:343–353. ENTRIX, Inc. 1997. Fairview Dam Sandbox Flushing Procedure Study Plan. Prepared for Southern California Edison. February 7, 1997. ENTRIX, Inc. 2002. Fairview Dam Sandbox Flushing Study Assessment Final Report. Prepared for Southern California Edison. August 29, 2002. FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) and USFS (United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service). 1996. Environmental Assessment for Hydropower License, Kern River No. 3 Hydroelectric Project, FERC Project No. 2290. March 1996. Kelson, K.I., Simpson, D.T., Rose, R.S., and D.C. Serafini. 2010. Seismic Hazard Characterization of the Kern Canyon Fault for Isabella Dam, California. January 2010. Accessed June 2020. Available online: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228832857_Seismic_hazard_characterization_of_th e_Kern_Canyon_fault_for_Isabella_Dam_California.

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Water Resources Krugh W.C., and B.C. Foreshee. 2017. Geomorphic constraints on the incision history of the lower Kern River, southern Sierra Nevada, California. Geosphere 14(3):1101–1118. Moore, J.G. and G.S. Mack. 2008. Map Showing Limits of Tahoe Glaciation in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, California. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 2945. Accessed June 2020. Available online: https://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/2945/sim2945.pdf. Moore, J.G. and B.C. Moring. 2013. Rangewide glaciation in the Sierra Nevada, California. Geosphere 9(6):1804–1818. Accessed June 2020. Available online: https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geosphere/article/9/6/1804/132909/Rangewide- glaciation-in-the-Sierra-Nevada. Nadin, E.S. and J.B. Saleeby. 2010. Quaternary reactivation of the Kern Canyon fault system, southern Sierra Nevada, California. GSA Bulleton 122(9/10):1671–1685. Accessed June 2020. Available online: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/253561916_Recent_Motion_on_the_Kern_Canyon_ Fault_Southern_Sierra_Nevada_California. NRCS (United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service). 1999. Soil Taxonomy, A Basic System of Soil Classification for Making and Interpreting Soil Surveys, Second Edition. Accessed June 2020. Available online: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs142p2_051232.pdf. NRCS. 2007. Soil Survey of Tulare County, Southeastern Part and Northeastern Part of Kern County. Accessed June 2020. Available online: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/california/CA668/0/Kern_CA.pdf.

NRCS. 2020. Soil Survey of Sequoia National Forest, Parts of Fresno, Kern, and Tulare Counties. Accessed June 2020. Available online: https://websoilsurvey.sc.egov.usda.gov/App/WebSoilSurvey.aspx.

SCE. 1995. Kern River Fisheries Enhancement Trust Fund. Technical Support Document. Southern California Edison. Rosemead, CA.

SCE. 1997. Plan for Control of Erosion, Stream Sedimentation, Soil Mass Movement, and Dust, Kern River No. 3 Hydroelectric Project, FERC Project No. 2290. December 1997. Stephens, S.J., D.P. Christenson, M. Lechner, and H. Werner. 1995. Upper Kern Basin Fishery Management Plan. A cooperative Program of California Department of Fish and Game, Sequoia National Forest, and Sequoia Nation Park. Stock, G.M., R.S. Anderson, and R.C. Finkel. 2004. Pace of landscape evolution in the Sierra Nevada, California, revealed by cosmogenic dating of cave sediments. Geology, 32:193–196.

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Water Resources

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Recreaction & Land Use American Whitewater. 2020. California, US River List. Accessed June. Retrieved from https://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/River/state-summary/?state=CA; California State Parks. 2015. 2015 Statewide California Outdoor Recreation Plan. Contos, R. 1996. South Fork Kern River. Kennedy Meadows to Long Valley (5/4 - 5/5/96) Accessed May 5, 2020. Retrieved from: http://www.ptone.com/Kayak/Rocky/SFKern/. Holbek, L and C. Stanley. 1988. A guide to the best whitewater in the state of California, 2nd edition. Friends of the River Books. Kern River Festival. 2020. Kern River Festival 2020 Canceled. Accessed May 18, 2020. Retrieved from: http://kernfestival.com/

SCE (Southern California Edison). 2015. Recreation Use Report. (March 27, 2015) SNF (Sequoia National Forest). No Date. Upper Kern Wild and Scenic River Camping and Day Use Areas. Accessed July 2020. Retrieved from: https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprd3837771.pdf SNF. 2020. River Use Permit. Accessed May 18, 2020. https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/sequoia/passes-permits/recreation/?cid=fsbdev3_059515 USDA (U.S. Department of Agriculture). 2020. Recreation Areas, Sequoia National Forest Upper Kern Canyon. Accessed July 2020. Retrieved from: https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd694661.pdf USFS (U.S. Forest Service). No Date. Comprehensive Management Plan—North and South Forks of the Kern Wild and Scenic River (USFS, n.d.) USFS. 1988. Sequoia National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan, Forest Plan.

USFS. 2019. Revised Draft Land Management Plan for the Sequoia National Forest USFS. 1982. ROS Primer and Field Guide. Accessed June 2020. Retrieved from: https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5335339.pdf

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Fish & Aquatic Resources Audubon Society. 2020. Important Bird Areas – Buena Vista Lake Bed, California. Accessed: July 14, 2020. Available online: https://www.audubon.org/important-bird-areas/buena-vista- lake-bed. CalFish (California Fish). 2020. California Fish Species – Hardhead. Accessed: June 23, 2020. Available online: http://calfish.ucdavis.edu/species/?uid=37&ds=241. California Fish and Game Commission. 2020. Notice of Findings for Foothill Yellow-legged Frog. March 10, 2020. CDFG (California Department of Fish and Gam). 1995. Upper Kern Basin Fishery Management Plan. A Cooperative Program of CDFG, Sequoia National Forest, and Sequoia National Park. April.

CDFW (California Department of Fish and Wildlife). 2020. California Natural Diversity Database. RareFind 5 [Internet], Version 5.1.1. Accessed: June 2020.

ENTRIX, Inc. 1997a. Closure Plan for the Fish Ladders at the Fairview Diversion Dam. Prepared for Southern California Edison Company. March 21, 1997.

ENTRIX, Inc. 1997b. Fairview Dam Sandbox Flushing Procedure Study Plan. Prepared for Southern California Edison Company. February 7, 1997.

ENTRIX, Inc. 2002. Fairview Dam Sandbox Flushing Study Assessment Final Report. Prepared for Southern California Edison Company. August 29, 2002. FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission). 1997. Order Approving Plan to Close Fish Ladders at Fairview Dam. FERC Project Number 2290-014. 79 FERC 62113. FERC. 2019. Order Amending License Article 422 and to include U.S. Forest Service Section 4(e) Condition 6(f). 166 FERC ¶ 62,049. January 30, 2019. FERC and USFS (United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service). 1996. Environmental Assessment for Hydropower License. Kern River No. 3 Hydroelectric Project. FERC Project No. 2290. March 1996. Grant, G.C. and P.E. Maslin. 1997. Movements and reproduction of hardhead and Sacramento squawfish in a small California stream. Southwest Naturalist 44: 296-310. Hayes, M.P., C.A. Wheeler, A.J. Lind, G.A. Green, and D.C. Macfarlane. 2016. Foothill Yellow- Legged Frog Conservation Assessment in California. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-248. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station.

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Fish & Aquatic Resources Howard, J. 2010. Sensitive Freshwater Mussel Surveys in the Pacific Southwest Region: Assessment of Conservation Status. Prepared for the United States Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region. iNaturalist. 2020. RareFind 5 [Internet]. Accessed: June 2020. Available online: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/export. Jennings, M.R. 1996. Status of Amphibians. In Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project: Final Report to Congress, Volume II, Assessments and scientific basis for management options: 921–944. University of California, Davis, Centers for Water and Wildland Resources, Davis California. Moyle, P.B. 2002. Inland fishes of California. Revised edition. University of California Press, Berkeley. Moyle, P.B. and R.A. Daniels. 1982. Fishes of the Pit River system, and Surprise Valley region. University of California Publications in Zoology 115: 1-82. Nafis, Gary. 2020. A Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of California. Accessed June 2020. Available online: http://www.californiaherps.com/. NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service). 2014. Recovery Plan for the Evolutionarily Significant Units of Sacramento Winter-Run Chinook Salmon and Central Valley Spring-run Chinook Salmon and the Distinct Population Segment of California Central Valley Steelhead. NMFS West Coast Region, Sacramento, California. July 2014. Psomas. 2004. Biological Resource Evaluation of the Kern River 3 Hydroelectric Facility Power Pole and Communication Installation Southern California Edison Company, Tulare County. Prepared for Southern California Edison. Psomas. 2013a. Biological Resources Technical and Jurisdictional Delineation Report for the Fairview Dam and Calibrated Flume Protection Project at Kern River 3 Hydroelectric Facility. Prepared for Southern California Edison Company. Psomas. 2013b. Biological Resources Technical Report for Kern River 3 Hydroelectric Facility Tunnel Repair Project. Prepared for Southern California Edison Company. Psomas. 2013c. Biological Resources Technical Report for the Kern River 3 Sandbox Repair Project at Kern River 3 Hydroelectric Facility. Prepared for Southern California Edison Company.

Psomas. 2013d. Southwestern Pond Turtle Observations during Pre-construction Surveys in Support of the KR3 Flowline Roads Improvement Project, Kern and Tulare Counties, California. Prepared for Southern California Edison Company.

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Puzo, D.P. 1992. Bootleg Clams: Felony Charges Filed. Los Angeles Times. Accessed: July 1, 2020. Available online: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-05-28-fo-0-story.html.

SCE. 1995. Kern River Fisheries Enhancement Trust Fund. Technical Support Document. Southern California Edison. Rosemead, CA. SCE. 2012a. Kern River No. 3 Hydroelectric Project. FERC Project No. 2290-006, Fish Population Monitoring Report 2012. Submitted to Southern California Edison Company. SCE. 2012b. Kern River Hydroelectric Projects Environmental Compliance Handbook. February 2012. SCE. 2017. Kern River No. 3 Hydroelectric Project. FERC Project No. 2290-006, Fish Population Monitoring Report 2016. Submitted to Southern California Edison Company. SCE (Southern California Edison), CDFW (California Department of Fish and Game), USFS (U.S. Forest Service), and USFWS (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service). 1995. Upper Kern Basin Fishery Resource Enhancement Settlement Agreement. Stebbins, R.C. 2003. A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians (3rd ed.). Boston, MA: Houghton-Mifflin Company.

Stephens, S.J., D.P. Christenson, M. Lechner, and H. Werner. 1995. Upper Kern Basin Fishery Management Plan. A cooperative Program of California Department of Fish and Game, Sequoia National Forest, and Sequoia Nation Park.

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