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Sierra Foothill Research & Extension Center 

Research

The center comprises of 5,721 acres of northern Sierra foothill oak woodland-annual grass rangeland. Several watersheds fall within its boundaries, with Yuba River frontage along the southern edge, offering opportunities for wildlife, water-quality and riparian-habitat studies.  There are 160 acres of irrigated pasture, with a herd of 219 beef cows/pairs, 40 yearling heifers and 8 bulls.

 

Other resources include a weather station, GIS database, and other long-term databases related to hardwoods and annual rangeland pasture use by cattle; beef cattle fertility, disease and production levels; stream hydrology in managed watersheds; climate and range forage yields.  Facilities include a laboratory for chemical and biological analyses, meeting rooms, a 13-bed dormitory and six cattle-working areas. Labor is provided for approved projects.  Proposal forms can be obtained from this site or through the simple grant system via the UC/ANR Portal.

 

2009/2010 PROGRAM YEAR RESEARCH RATE:

The Full Cost rate per hour for research is $88.32 per hour.

ANR and SFREC used funds from different sources to subsidize this research rate by $83.20 per hour for all University of California Researchers. Therefore, the subsidized research rate for UC-Researchers is:

$5.12/ per hour

For information on electronic submission of forms contact Chris Feddersen at  (530) 639-8800 or cafeddersen@ucdavis.edu . 

 

For more information regarding research opportunities, contact Art Craigmill, Center Director (530) 639-8800 or alcraigmill@ucdavis.edu .


Research Advisory Committee Members 2009-2010

New Project Proposal Forms

3 Year Project Review Forms

Continuing Project Forms

Project Completion Report