Sagehen Creek Field Station | |
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Location | Nevada County, California |
Coordinates | 39°25′57″N 120°14′13″W / 39.43250°N 120.23694°WCoordinates: 39°25′57″N 120°14′13″W / 39.43250°N 120.23694°W |
Governing body | University of California, Berkeley |
Website | http://sagehen.ucnrs.org/index.html |
Sagehen Creek Field Station is a research and teaching facility of the University of California at Berkeley's Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, the Berkeley Natural History Museums & the University of California Natural Reserve System. Sagehen is also a member of the Organization of Biological Field Stations.
The Station was established in 1951 with the signing of a long-term special use permit with the USDA Forest Service; today, this relationship includes the Tahoe National Forest which manages the land, & the Pacific Southwest Research Station, which created the Sagehen Experimental Forest on Nov. 28, 2005.
Sagehen serves as the hub of a much broader network of research areas known as the Central Sierra Field Research Stations. CSFRS consists of:
The Station is not generally open to the public. However, Sagehen hosts periodic public events.
Sagehen also maintains a public news blog and video log.