Sagehen Science & Education

Sagehen's Adventure - Risk - Challenge summer literacy program

Faerthen Felix — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 07:05:24 GMT

Carolyn Crane turns a spotlight on Sagehen Creek Field Station's innovative English language learner outreach program for NPR. See our web-site for more information about the program, or to contact Program Director Katie Fesus.

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Youth Voices Radio Project

Faerthen Felix — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:18:29 GMT

Sagehen ARC graduate Tanya Cabrera participated in the KVMR Youth Voices radio program, producing this segment on Sagehen's ARC program. More info about the program at http://kvmr.org/about/youth_voices_radio.html

Adventure - Risk - Challenge: What's it all about?

Faerthen Felix — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 17:30:58 GMT

October, 2004: Program Director Katie Fesus & graduates explain to Carolyn Crane what A.R.C. is about & how it began. Author Bonnie Bernard weighs in with a discussion of success factors for youth development

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Graduates and Program Director discuss the A.R.C. experience

Faerthen Felix — Mon, 08 May 2006 05:57:45 GMT

November 11, 2004: Carolyn Crane interviews Katie & some of the 2004 program graduates--Carlos, Angie, Aldo & Heriberto--for KVMR's "Public Planet". This program includes reading of the student's original poetry & a call-in session.

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Discussion and call-in session with A.R.C. Program Director, Katie Fesus

Faerthen Felix — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 02:08:23 GMT

As a follow up to her longer program for NPR (see below), journalist Carolyn Crane conducts an interview session with Katie Fesus about Sagehen's Adventure - Risk - Challenge outreach program for "Left Coast Radio". Katie gets a chance to fill in the gaps.

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California Avalanche Forecasting

Faerthen Felix — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 07:14:45 GMT

February, 2006: Carolyn Crane turns the microphone on staff from the Sierra Avalanche Center in Truckee & the Eastern Sierra Avalanche Center in Mammoth, then takes a field trip into the wintery Sagehen Basin to learn about snow crystals, snowpits, beacons & probes. Photo: Avalanche Forecaster Brandon Schwartz kicks off avalanches on a small test slope at the top of Sagehen basin. 5:36

Watersheds and climate change

Faerthen Felix — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 17:23:10 GMT

August, 2005: Sagehen researchers--including our Faculty Director, Prof. James Kirchner--discuss watershed hydrology & climate change. Journalist Carolyn Crane discovers why California may be especially vulnerable to global warming.

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Forest fire dynamics explored in SPLAT study

Faerthen Felix — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 23:45:04 GMT

August, 2005: Carolyn Crane interviews Sagehen researchers about "Strategically Placed Land Area Treatments" being studied as a strategy to alter forest fire behavior.

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Lahontan Cutthroat Trout Study in Sagehen Creek

Faerthen Felix — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 22:55:17 GMT

August, 2005: Carolyn Crane talks to Sagehen Creek Field Station researchers & staff about a study of native & endangered Lahontan Cutthroat Trout.

Check out Sagehen's Fish Cam in the in-stream fish observation room.

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An Interview with Jeff Brown, Station Manager at Sagehen Creek Field Station

Faerthen Felix — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 01:12:25 GMT

August, 2005: Jeff Brown, Station Manager, talks to Carolyn Crane about how to fund & run a remote field research station.

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