What weve got

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Who we are
Where we are
What we are part of
What weve got
How we are funded
What we do
Where wed like to go
How were going to get there
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Excellence in Research and Education Since 1951
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Who we are
Jim Kirchner Faculty Director
Joyce Leighton Finance Accounting
Faerthen Felix Assistant Manager
Jeff Brown Station Manager
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Newest member in the University of California
Natural Reserve System
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Sagehen Program Planning Advisory Group
Membership as of February 2003
University of California, Berkeley Beth Burnside
(ex officio) Jim Kirchner Jeff Brown Mary
Power John Battles Laurie Goldman University
of California, Davis Susan Harrison University
of Nevada, Reno Scott Tyler Dale
Johnson Doug Boyle US Forest Service Steve
Eubanks Joanne Roubique Peter Stine Mountain
Climate Institute Greg Greenwood
Truckee Town Council Barbara Green Lahontan
Regional Water Quality Control Bd. Cadie
Olsen Past member of the Truckee Town
Council Don McCormack Truckee School
District Dennis Anderson Tahoe/Truckee
Community Foundation Lisa Dobey Truckee River
Watershed Council Lisa Wallace Jim
Plehn Sarah Trebilcock Integrated
Environmental Restoration, Inc. Michael
Hogan Jones Stokes Ted Beedy Eastern Sierra
Institute For Collaborative Education Susan
Szewczack
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Sagehen Creek Field Station --and-- Central
Sierra FieldResearch Stations
Where we are
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Central Sierra Field Research Stations
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Central Sierra Snow Laboratory
Research facilities for snow hydrology and
snowmelt chemistry
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Central Sierra Snow Laboratory, Donner Pass,
CA Annual avg. precip. 1.3m, snowfall 10.4m
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Onion Creek Experimental Forest
gt3,000 acres of old-growth fir incense cedar
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Onion Creek Experimental Forest
Network of stream gauging stations and sediment
traps
Infrastructure for research in watershed
hydrology, erosion and sedimentation
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North Fork Reserve
4,800-8,800 ft.
6,300 acres of old-growth high sierra forest and
montane meadows
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Chickering American River Reserve
6,000-8,100 ft.
1,700 acres of protected old-growth and montane
and alpine meadows
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Sagehen Creek Field Station
Facilities for 50 researchers and students
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The Sagehen Facility is located on the Eastern
slope of the central Sierras about 8 miles North
of Truckee, California
Lower Camp
Upper Camp
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The Stations facilities are comprised of 22
separate buildings and are split into 2 main
sections
Lower Camp
Upper Camp
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1951
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2004
2003
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Upper Camp/other areas
Johnson Cabin
Tent Platform Tree-house Cabin
Leopold Cabin
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Sagehen Creek Field Station
Underwater stream observation facility Web Cam!
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KEY
Fish House / Fish Cam
National Atmospheric Deposition Program
NADP
Weather Station
Stream flow gauging
Stream Temp-Tid-bit
NADP
Ground water well transect
Tree Sap sensors
Seismic sensor station
Wireless Network
Wireless/radio relay
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Station Resources
Interactive web site (http/sagehen.berkeley.edu)
Online Reservation System
Station LAN (wire wireless) w/ Satellite
Internet Service
Audio Visual Equipment LCD Projector, Sound
system, slide projector, overhead projector,
television, VCR, White boards, flip charts,
viewing screen)
Library with good assortment of information and
publications
3 Snowmobiles, Snowcat, SUV, 4 wheeler, Tractor,
large truck with liftgate, power tools, hand
tools, etc.
Full GIS lab, 4 printers, 2 faxes, 4-telephone
lines
2-Gps units, 3-digital cameras
Excellent Campus, local community and Agency
support!
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Bat Collection
The Station has several good working collections
in addition to a Weather data set that goes back
to the 1950s.
Live Stream viewing room
Bird Collection
Pelt Collection
Weather Data
Insect Collection
Lots of data in shoeboxes and old computer discs
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Fire ecology and fire risk management
Are SPLATs (Strategically Placed Land Area
Treatments) a good management tool?
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Hydrology, geochemistry, and ecology of
snowmelt-dominated watersheds
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Ecosystemrestoration
Can Lahonton Cutthroat Trout be re-established?
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Effects of expanding recreational use and exurban
development
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Educational outreach programs
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Ongoing Data Collection

• Weather Data
• Stream water quality data (USGS)
• Stream Gauging/Flow (USGS)
• National Atmospheric Deposition Program

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Summer Uses

• College Classes
• Field Research
• Monitoring projects
• Agency Field Training
• Meetings
• Elementary School Outreach
• High School Programs
• UC Extension Field Classes
• Non Profit Organizations

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Winter use
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• College Classes
• Snow water content measurement
• Cloud Seeding effectiveness
• Calibrating Doppler Radar precipitation estimates
• Elementary School Outreach
• Stream Sampling
• NADP Collecting
• Data collection for ground
• validating and improving
• hydrology models

Winter Uses
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Challenges
Weather
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Age of Facility
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Expanding Use
1990's 950User days per year 2001 1,500
2002 3,400
2003 5,890
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The Collaborative Approach
Active involvement with visitors
Active involvement with Agencies
Active involvement with other Campuses
Active involvement with local schools
Active involvement with Community organizations
Active involvement with Sagehen Alumni
Picking the brains of the best!
Incorporating Yes whenever possible
Seems to be working for Sagehen!
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Keeping the end goal in mind!
Friends of Sagehen
50th Anniversary re-union
Newsletter Whats new on website
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Looking forward to the future!