Forest Service designates experimental forest in Sierra

[Thom Little]

For the first time in more than 40 years, the Forest Service has established a new experimental forest in California to study management techniques and reduce wildfire threats in the Sierra Nevada.

The agency is teaming with the University of California, Berkeley to designate the Sagehen Experimental Forest about 10 miles north of Truckee and 30 miles west of Reno, Nev.

The 8,100-acre area will be managed by the university, the Tahoe National Forest and the Forest Service's Pacific Southwest Research Station.

"This designation will increase the opportunities of scientists throughout the west to share the results of research conducted over decades in the Sierra Nevada," said Jim Sedell, director of the research station.


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