Beating the Heat at UCLA’s Sage Hill
Wildlife visit a bird bath at Sage Hill on the UCLA Campus during a fall heat wave in October 2026.
News & Events
Polishing One of Westwood’s Hidden Gems
UCLA Extension Landscape Architecture students took part in a hands-on charette to enhance Sage Hill, UCLA’s outdoor learning space. Their proposals aimed to improve accessibility while conserving native plants and wildlife, providing students with valuable real-world design experience.
A wild place to learn: Sage Hill at UCLA
UCLA's official nature classroom had a busy first year
Pockets of Paradise on Campus
Take a closer look at the oases of nature at UCLA where wild flora and fauna flourish.
News
Sage Hill Spotlight: Thomas Wake
Professor Thomas Wake is in the Department of Anthropology and is significantly involved with Sage Hill. He sounded the alarm to protect Sage Hill nearly 15 years ago and promotes…
Sage Hill Spotlight: Tom Gillespie
Professor Gillespie is a part of the UCLA Department of Geography, is the advisor for the Environmental Student Network, and was the stakeholder for the SAR 2017 Biodiversity Restoration: Giving…
Daily Bruin: Task force should expand student access to Sage Hill
Originally published by Emily Merz in the Daily Bruin Sage Hill is located off Bellagio Drive by the Krieger Center. The four-acre space is covered with rolling hills of small…
Daily Bruin: Sage Hill offers views of blooming California native plants, ecosystem
Originally published by Nate Nickolai in the Daily Bruin Students don’t need to drive for hours to find a California superbloom – UCLA has one in its own backyard. Located…
Daily Bruin Editorial: Sage Hill preservation would be small expense to UCLA
Originally published by Editorial Board in the Daily Bruin Throughout UCLA’s campus, building is the trend. The Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference and Guest Center will soon rise from the rubble…
Daily Bruin Submission: UCLA must make preservation of Sage Hill a priority
Originally published by Thomas W. Gillespie in the Daily Bruin Sage Hill is a small patch of wildlife in the northwest corner of UCLA’s campus that still contains native flora…
Daily Bruin: Preserving Sage Hill
Originally published by Itak Moradi in the Daily Bruin An archery range and a clubhouse on the Hill? Sounds cool enough. Until you realize that UCLA Capital Programs is considering this…
Daily Bruin: Sage Hill site facing pressure
Originally published by Daily Bruin Staff in the Daily Bruin Just behind Parking Structure 11 and the Hitch residential complex on the northwest tip of campus is a four-acre patch…
Daily Bruin: Hands-on project immerses students in wildlife training
Originally published by Karen Duryea in the Daily Bruin Almost 200 years ago, the land that UCLA students now trek over to get to class was a vast grassland, covered…