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Research Plan Sagehen Experimental Forest Introduction The ability to conduct scientific research, to apply research findings on the National Forest System lands, and to transfer them to others for use on all of the nation’s forest land sets the Forest Service apart as a natural resource agency. A unique and exceedingly valuable part of the infrastructure in place to conduct this research is the national network of experimental forests and ranges, a land base authorized by Congress and designated by the Chiefs of the Forest Service over the last 100 years. These experimental forests and ranges are not historical relics, but the sites for most of the long-term research conducted by Forest Service Research and Development and our partners. The experimental forests and ranges are living laboratories where Forest Service scientists not only make discoveries but also demonstrate research results for cooperators and stakeholders. They provide the opportunity to conduct the bold, imaginative research that will be required for the future. Experimental forests and ranges (and other experimental areas within this network) remain as some of the few places where ecological research can be maintained over the long term. This kind of protection allows for experiments that can last longer than an individual scientist’s career. Because experimental forests and ranges often encompass whole watersheds and large areas, it is possible to do landscape-scale experiments. Finally, operating as a network of ecological research sites representing a wide range of forest and range types allows scientists to conduct cross-site comparisons, to help leverage funding, and to evaluate landscape patterns and processes at landscape to regional scales. Purpose/Mission of Sagehen Experimental Forest The objectives for establishing Sagehen Experimental Forest are: (1) to provide lands for conducting research that benefits management of national forests, (2) to provide education opportunities for stude