Date Event
20 May 2005 Tom leaves; Hersh gone for family event
23 May Derry (PIC staffer) leaves; Hersh to SNARL for battery reception
25 May 21 deploy; Hersh permitting three BLM sites; vaults to Oakhurst
26 May complete 21 deploy; Hersh meets USFS in Bishop
27 May 51 deploy; vaults to SNARL
28 May drive to east side; Craig leaves to Reno for flight early 5/29 to Boulder
30 May Heidi at motel in Sacramento area with Joya who will get intern in Reno on 31st
31 May Heidi returns to Boulder from Sacramento; Scott Burdick (U of A IRIS intern) flies into Reno, driven to Mammoth by Joya. Hersh and Jordi drop materials for sites when Jordi + interns?
2 June Amanda Thomas (CU IRIS intern) Katrina Byerly (USC ugrad) arrive Reno; Craig returns from Boulder and drives all to Mammoth
4 June Hersh leaves for awhile (dropped near airport night before)
5 June Craig leaves pm for west side
6 June Craig meets with Sierra NF archeologist Scott Marsh 8 am in North Fork. Ship more equipment to Oakhurst next few days?
7 June Joya leaves and drops off CU truck in Sacramento; Hersh returns to Mammoth
8 June Permitting on east
9 June Craig leaves; permitting.
10 June Service run on east; Hersh examining sites and popping tires
11 June Install 67
12 June Shift to west. Condo cleared out to SNARL.
14 June Begin Sierra NF installs (52, 12, 22, 23, 53??, 43 and 44 when snow melts)
16 June Last shipment from PASSCAL to Oakhurst
17 June Huddle test with new equipment
21 June West side servicing
24 June Move 21 is too noisy, or shift to east side
27 June Amanda leaves from Sacramento (can change time); Jordi and other interns leave from Reno
~30 June-~15 July Hersh gone
17 July George (to Fresno) , Hersh (by truck), Heidi, Gaspar Monsalve, and Tom de la Torre arrive (by truck from Reno)
19 July Scott arrives Fresno
22-24 July Hersh gone
25 July Heidi and Gaspar leave; Katrina, Christina Viviano and Joya arrive in Reno (Rachelle Richmond and Jill Haynie might be available if needed)
31 July George and Christina leave from Fresno (Scott leaves?) , Tom arrives
6 August Tom, Katrina, Joya and Tom dlT to Mammoth
7 August Hersh and Scott complete west side service; head to Mammoth
10 August 66 and 76 installed, Tom and Katrina leave from Reno
11 August 15 installed??
12 August Craig and family horsepack in to Huckleberry Lake (next to SNEP75); scout the site for archeological concerns.
13 August Hersh and Scott leave
15 August Horsepack group (Craig) done; out to Oakhurst, end lease at Critter Creek Lane.
16 August Critter Creek Lane cleared out to storage
31 August Joya to Los Angeles and then Bishop storage
1 September Archeology training in Yosemite
2-5 September Craig and Joya install SNEP75 from Kennedy Meadows pack station
16-18 September Craig and Heidi and Joya? install 54 and possibly 64 and 55
21 September Tom and Ian Bastow (new postdoc) arrive eastside for fall service run
23 September Craig and Gaspar and Monica Guerra (CSM student, IRIS intern USGS past summer) install SNEP34
Charlie Groves arrives to assist service group
24-26 September Craig and Gaspar and Monica install SNEP 14; Heidi, Ian install SNEP65
26 September Tom leaves field for Reno; early departure 9/27
27 September Eastside service done. Craig, Heidi, Monica, Gaspar all leave field
3 October Jordi can return to the field to help with installations if needed.
9 October Fall service trip ends; Ian and Charlie leave field
Oct 16-19 GSA
Oct 20-22 SNEP/Sierra Drip CD meeting, Park City, UT
Dec 5-9 AGU (Several presentations by SNEP interns--see abstracts, below)
January 2006 Winter service run (U of A)
March 4-12 Permitting trip, Katrina and Heidi
May 5-26? Spring service run (USC-Tom and Katrina)
May 10- June 4 Hersh permitting
May 18-June 4 Heidi and UA students and Hersh installing vaults and continuing permitting
June 8-10 IRIS Workshop (SNEP meet morning 9 June)
June 17- June 23 Service trip, Craig and Will Levandowski
July 6 Ian, Nickles, and Will (USC) and Andy(UA) arrive in Reno (4 in field)
~July 12 Heidi and Philip Crotwell (USC) arrive for backcountry work (6 in field)
July 20 Andy (UA) gone to wedding via Reno.(5 in field)
~July 24 Heidi and Philip return (3 in field)
July 26 (am) Andy (UA) returns and Hersh and Owen comes to Reno (6 in field)
August 4 Heidi, Chris Harig fly to Reno (8 in field)
August 5 Hersh leaves field (7 in field)
August 5 late Craig driving from Santa Barbara (8 in field)
August 7 Will L., Kristen Marano (CU) flies into field (10 in field)
August 13 Nickles and Will (USC) return from Reno; Andy and Owen drive out (6 in field)
August 14 Craig flies out of Reno (5 in field)
August 18 Hersh returns; Heidi leaves
August 19 Kristen, Chris fly out from Reno. (Ian, Will L. and Hersh remain)
August 28 Will L. out of field (from Reno)
September Complete hardening southern sites, service all sites, try and install D7, C6 + others if time permits.
September 10 Ian, Hersh out of field
October 8-10 SNEP/Sierra Drips CD workshop, Sorensen's Resort, Hope Valley, CA
December 2006 AGU, San Francisco
January 3 2007 Winter service run; Hersh and Craig in Reno
January 4 Heidi arrives evening; Hersh and Craig try to upgrade F9 and G9 and service E9
January 5 Install D9, maybe service/upgrade D8
January 6 Install 98, service as conditions permit - last night in Reno
Jan 7 - 14 Focus on west side, knock off C3 upgrade and single card stations; get high stations if possible. Empty storage in Oakhurst and visit 12 if possible.
Jan 12 Hersh leaves
Jan 14-17 Complete service, recheck D9, 98
January 17 Heidi and Craig leave early
May 15 2007 Spring service run begins
6 September Heidi flies to Reno, visits storage, heads to Kennedy Meadows. Craig to Kennedy Meadows.
7-9 Sept 2007 Removal of SNEP 75 by Heidi and Craig.
10 September Andy drives to Bridgeport. Craig in Bridgeport. Heidi drives to Fresno, gets Will L., heads towards Florence Lake.
11-13 September Removal of SNEP 75 by Craig and Andy. Removal of SNEP14 by Heidi and Will
13 September Tom, Andy, and Gaspar arrive in Reno. Heidi and Will clean out storage in Oakhurst
14 September field crew cleans up storage; Nickles, Heidi and Will arrive. Craig to San Diego.
15 September servicing/demobilization begins. Pull B9+98, A8+A7. Stay Minden/Gardnerville. Deer hunting season opens. Hersh arrives late.
16 September Pulls: 87+96, 86+93, 97+A5. Stay in Placerville
17 September Pulls: B6+B5, A3+A4, C3+B3. Stay in Placerville; meet up with Mendocino group.
18 September Pulls: D4+C4, C5+C6. Service G7+G5+F6, B7+C8+D8. Stay in Nevada City, Quincy, Sierraville
19 September Pull D7+D9, D5+C7; service E4+E5+E6+F8+E7, service+change sensors G9+F9+E9, stay in Truckee + Quincy
20 September Mendocino group leaves. Warehouse day in Reno
21 September Shift to Tioga line to beat storm. Pullouts: 55, Yos11, Yos10, Yos09, Yos08, Yos07, Yos06, 64
22 September Will and Gaspar leave from Reno. Pullouts: Yos05, Yos04, Yos03, Yos02
23 September Pullouts: Yos01, SNP63. SNEP fieldwork over. Return to Reno
24-5 September Prepare final shipment from Reno. Field team departs 25, 26 Sept.
   

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