Sedgwick Reserve

  • North America
  • 3566 Brinkerhoff Ave
  • United States
  • Santa Ynez
  • California
  • 93460
  • 34
  • 120
  • hconstable@ucsb.edu
  • https://sedgwick.nrs.ucsb.edu/
  • 1997
  • 2026
  • Heather Constable
  • hconstable@ucsb.edu
  • Director
  • 3566 Brinkerhoff Ave
  • 8059510022
  • Nicole Evans
  • nevans@ucsb.edu
  • Heather Constable
  • hconstable@ucsb.edu
  • Heather Constable
  • hconstable@ucsb.edu
  • 1001-2500
  • Other
  • Yes
  • 1-2
  • 3-5
  • 21-50
  • 51-100
  • On Grid
  • 21-40 minutes
  • Undergraduate
  • Terrestrial
  • Temperate Woodland and Shrubland
  • 0-100 meters
  • 751-1500 meters
  • C (temperate)
  • Rural
  • Yes
  • 30
  • 20
  • 50
Year Founded
1997
Year Joined OBFS
2026
Size of Field Station (hectares)
1001-2500
FSML Web Address
https://sedgwick.nrs.ucsb.edu/

Private nonprofit organization?
No
Universities affiliated / Parent Organization
Federal, state, or local governmental partners?
Other:
Member of the Virtual Field
No

Additional Information

Private nonprofit organization?
Names of Universities affilated
0
Federal, state, or local governmental partners?
Other
Name of partner
Tribal partners/users
Yes
MSI/HBCU users
Yes
Community College users
Member of the Virtual Field
No

Visiting a FS/ML

Open to the Public
No
Year round staff
1-2
Seasonal staff
3-5
Overnight housing facilities/# of beds
21-50
Distance to emergency services
21-40 minutes
Library
Yes
Hiking trails
Internship employment
No

Environmental Information

Biomes
Temperate Woodland and Shrubland
Minimum Elevation
0-100 meters
Maximum Elevation
751-1500 meters
Köppen climate classification
C (temperate)
Freshwater habitats
Yes
Urban or rural
Agricultural fields
Yes

Research

REU host station
No
Dry lab space
Yes
Wet Lab space
Research vessels available
No
GIS capacity on site
Long term data sets
Yes
On site herbarium or voucher species
Formal Data Management Plan
Mesocosms, plots, stream diversions, or other sets ups for outdoor manipulative experiments
Yes
Date Joined OBFS
January 23, 2026