Research at the Sequoia and Yosemite Field Stations
Working within the National Parks provides opportunities to work on important research questions in environmental science, climate change, anthropology, archaeology, social science, and history. Yosemite National Park has developed a list of research priorities for the park; scientists interested in these questions may find opportunities for collaboration with park scientists and other researchers.
Some examples of recent work at the stations:
- UC Berkeley researchers investigate giant sequoias resilience during drought -
A recent article in The Atlantic describes the work of Wendy Baxter and Anthony Ambrose, working out of the Sequoia Field Station and in collaboration with the National Park Service and the US Geological Survey.
COVID-19 and the SNRS
Updated 3/19/2020
The following represents current guidance for the UC Merced Natural Reserve System. We reserve the right to cancel any reservation to protect the health and safety of visitors and staff, and to revise policies in the event of specific campus, state, NRS, NPS, or CDC guidance.
Yosemite Field Station:
- All visits are cancelled through the end of March, 2020.
- In April, and pending resolution of the statewide "shelter-in-place" order issued by Governor Newsom, we anticipate allowing only visits that support essential research (i.e., place-based scholarly activities and programs that cannot reasonably be conducted elsewhere or rescheduled for a later date). Any essential research visitor groups must be 10 or fewer people. Approval is subject to the availability of housing that can allow for appropriate social distancing while staying at the field station.
- Processing of all *new* reservations for May through August 2020 is on hold, as we develop our plans for allowing future use of the field station. We will issue updated guidance for May and beyond as the situation evolves.
Sequoia Field Station: The field station remains closed for the winter, but re-opening may be impacted by COVID-19.
Any queries about SNRS reservations can be directed to NRS Associate Director Molly Stephens, mstephens3@ucmerced.edu, 209-500-6325.
