Chickering American River Reserve

Located in the headwaters basin of the North Fork of the American River, the Chickering American River Reserve is the only NRS site set on the windward western slopes of the Sierra Nevada. Research at Chickering includes: a botanical checklist, pollination ecology studies, and wolverine surveys. Wasp-mite symbiosis is currently being studied. A broad plant survey was conducted over several decades by landowner Sherman Chickering, along with an investigation of multiple phenotypes in the lily Fritillaria atropurpurea.