UC Merced Yosemite Field Station

The Yosemite Field Station is located at 4,000 feet above sea level near the southern boundary of Yosemite National Park in the historic community of Wawona. It is part of the University of California Natural Reserve System and is operated by University of California, Merced in partnership with the National Park Service. A gateway to one of America’s most beloved national parks, the field station offers year-round access to the western slope of the central Sierra Nevada, including Yosemite as well as the Sierra National Forest, for research, education, and public service. The field station is conveniently located within mid-elevation mixed conifer forest along the South Fork of the Merced River within only a few hiking miles of the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias and subalpine and alpine ecosystems. The field station is comprised of an historic office building with four workspaces, a small lab, a conference room that can accommodate 25, and housing for 54 people across 6 cabins including an ADA-accessible cabin. In addition, the historic carriage house was renovated into a state-of-the-art Data Visualization Center with full audio-visual capacity and seating for 45. Our goal at Yosemite Field Station is to sustain a hub of scholarship and collaboration in service of the ecology, biodiversity, and cultural values of the Sierra Nevada.