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A FUTURE GARDEN FOR THE SAGEHEN WATERSHED IN THE HIGH SIERRA
Situated in the 9,000-acre UC Berkeley Sagehen Creek Field Station, the Future Garden for the Sagehen Watershed explores how plants adapt to changing conditions. We’ve tested a range of species across five elevations to see which can endure and together form a “resilience ensemble.”
This smaller ensemble would be the source to reestablish both the ecological regeneration and water-holding properties of the earth more rapidly than unassisted natural processes. The question we posed for the 8,000 acre Sagehen drain basin was, is there enough biodiversity in the species currently existing in Sagehen to survive when the high grounds of the Sierra experience rapid warming in the next 50 to 100 years?
Sagehen: Independence Lake Watershed
The six minute animation exploration is part of "The Force Majeure: Sagehen Project".
We suggest playing at full screen.
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