Sierra Crossing - First Roads to California Laman includes comprehensive coverage of the

includes comprehensive coverage of the Crystal Basin & Silver Fork Trails areas of Eldorado National Forest in California's Central Sierra Nevada

Bass articulates the land's need for wolves to maintain balance

Kaibab National Forest

produced in cooperation with the Eldorado National Forest Interpretive Association

Sierra Crossing - First Roads to California Laman includes comprehensive coverage of theA critical era in California's history and developmentthe building of the first roads over the Sierra Nevadais thoroughly and colorfully documented in Thomas Howard's fascinating book. During California's first two decades of statehood (1850 1870), the state was separated from the east coast by a sea journey of at least six weeks. Although Californians expected to be connected with the other states by railroad soon after the 1849 Gold Rush, almost