San Dimas Experimental Forest (SDEF)

USA / California / La Verne /
 forest, UNESCO biosphere reserve, draw only border
Designated by the Man and the Biosphere Program of the United Nations as a Biosphere Reserve and by the National Science Foundation and the Institute of Ecology as an Experimental Ecological Reserve. Research began in January 1933 by J. Donald Sinclair, scientist-in-charge. Forest formally established March 28, 1934. Mission to measured the water cycle and determine if any extra water could used for agriculture and towns below. Area = 6786 hectares = 26 mi2 = 16769 acres.
www.fs.fed.us/psw/publications/documents/psw_gtr119/psw...
www.fs.fed.us/psw/publications/4403/TheSanDimas.pdf
www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/gtr/gtr_srs211.pdf pages 227-232
Short URL: goo.gl/PJKyIJ
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Dimas_(reserve)
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Coordinates:   34°10'51"N   117°45'46"W
This article was last modified 8 years ago