Sierra Foothill REC seeks proposals

The Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center is soliciting proposals for new and continuing research for the upcoming program year, July 1, 2012 -  June 30, 2013.

Proposals are due at SFREC by April 6, 2012.  The center expects to award approximately 2,300 hours of labor to assist continuing and new research projects. 

The center comprises 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 300 beef cows and 100 yearling calves.

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 14-bed dormitory and five cattle-working areas.

Proposals can be submitted via ANR’s Universal Grant System accessed through your ANR Portal. Required forms can also be found at http://ucanr.org/sites/sfrec. 

For further information regarding research opportunities, contact Dustin Flavell, interim center director, at (530) 639-8812 or dkflavell@ucdavis.edu.

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