Sagehen Creek Field Station is a

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and teaching facility of the

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's Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, the Berkeley Natural History Museums & the

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. Sagehen is also a member of the

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. The Station was established in 1951 with the signing of a long-term

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with the

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; today, this relationship includes the

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which manages the land, & the

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, which created the

Sagehen Experimental Forest Sage-grouse are grouse belonging to the bird genus ''Centrocercus.'' The genus includes two species: the Gunnison grouse (''Centrocercus minimus'') and the greater sage-grouse (''Centrocercus urophasianus''). These birds are distributed throug ...

on 28 Nov. 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: * Sagehen Creek Field Station * Central Sierra Snow Laboratory *

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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.

References

External links

Official Sagehen Creek Field Station websiteBerkeley Natural History Museums websiteCalifornia Biodiversity Center websiteUniversity of California Natural Reserve System websiteOrganization of Biological Field Stations websiteSagehen Experimental Forest
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