Sagehen works cooperatively and collaboratively with a broad group of partners.
Major partners include (with projects):
Adventure – Risk – Challenge: now held at Sagehen and in Yosemite National Park–and previously at other UCNRS reserves in California–ARC began in 2004 as a partnership between Sagehen Creek Field Station and founder, Katie Zanto.
Prof. James Kirchner:
Senior Scientist and former Director, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL:
Sagehen hydrology, Keck Hydrowatch, Ameriflux
Pacific Southwest Research Station:
Sagehen Experimental Forest, Sagehen Forest Project, Calhoun Lines resampling, Lake Tahoe West, Tahoe-Central Sierra Initiative
Sierra Watershed Education Partnerships:
Sagehen Outdoor Education Program, Annual Sagehen BioBlitz and Family Activities Day, Sagehen Winter Trek Series
Truckee River Watershed Council:
Lake Tahoe West, Truckee River Aquatic Monitors, Sagehen Fen Restoration, Sagehen Forest Project
University of California Natural Reserve System: Sagehen became the 35th UCNRS reserve in 2004.
Tahoe-Central Sierra Initiative
University of Nevada – Reno Hydrology Group:
Sagehen hydrology, Ameriflux, Western Region Climate Center
University of Nevada – Reno Seismo Lab:
Sagehen ISP, Fire Cam, Seismic sensing
US Geological Survey:
Hydrologic Benchmark Network (HBN), soil monitoring, stream chemistry monitoring, National Atmospheric Deposition Program – National Trends Network
Sagehen participates in many collaborative programs, including:
Consortium of California Herbaria
Global Network of Mountain Observatories (now part of MRI’s GEO-GNOME initiative)
Institute for Bird Populations
National Atmospheric Deposition Program – National Trends Network
National Forest Foundation – Treasured Landscapes
Natural Resources Conservation Service – National Water and Climate Center, SNOTEL
North American Network of Small Herbaria
Sierra Watershed Education Partnership
Tahoe-Central Sierra Initiative
Truckee River Aquatic Monitors
USDA Forest Service – Experimental Forests and Ranges