University of California Natural Reserve System
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The University of California Natural Reserve System (UCNRS) is a network of protected areas throughout California. The UCNRS is part of the University of California Office of the President, Office of Research and Graduate Studies. [1]
The UCNRS consists of 39 wildland sites that include over 756,000 acres, making it the largest university-administered reserve system in the world. Most major California ecosystems are represented, from coastal tide pools to Sierra Nevada forests, from deserts to chaparral and oak woodlands. [2]
The reserves also serve as a gateway to more than a million acres of public lands. Founded in 1965 to provide undisturbed environments for research, education, and public service, the Natural Reserve System contributes to the understanding and wise stewardship of the earth.[1]
List of reserves
Reserve | Campus | Area (ha) | Area (Acre) | Coordinates | Web | Notes | |
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Angelo Coast Range Reserve | Berkeley | 3,166 | 7,915 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [3] | On the South Fork of the Eel River. Protected by The Nature Conservancy (TNC). |
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Año Nuevo Island Reserve | Santa Cruz | 10 | 25 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [4] | On Año Nuevo Island. UC manages site within the larger Año Nuevo State Reserve, owned and operated by California State Parks. |
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Blue Oak Ranch Reserve |Santa Clara County | Berkeley | 1,319 | 3,260 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [5] | In the Diablo Range, northwest of Mount Hamilton. | |
Bodega Marine Reserve | Davis | 176 | 436 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [6] | On Bodega Bay. | |
Box Springs Reserve | Riverside | 65 | 160 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [7] | Adjacent to the Riverside campus. | |
Philip L. Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center | Riverside | 6,749 | 16,873 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [8] | In the Santa Rosa Mountains, near Palm Desert. | |
Burns Piñon Ridge Reserve | Irvine | 124 | 306 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [9] | In the Mojave Desert, near Joshua Tree National Park. | |
Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve | Santa Barbara | 93 | 230 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [10] | In Carpinteria. | |
Chickering American River Reserve | Berkeley | 695 | 1,720 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [11] | In the headwaters basin of the North Fork of the American River, Sierra Nevada. | |
Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve | Santa Barbara | 68 | 170 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [12] | Adjacent to the Santa Barbara campus. | |
Dawson Los Monos Canyon Reserve | San Diego | 93 | 230 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [13] | In the northwestern Laguna Mountains. | |
Elliott Chaparral Reserve | San Diego | 43 | 107 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [14] | At former Camp Kearny, on the Kearny Mesa. | |
Emerson Oaks Reserve | Riverside | 102 | 255 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [15] | In the Temecula Valley, southern Riverside County. Protected by TNC. |
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Fort Ord Natural Reserve | Santa Cruz | 242 | 606 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [16] | At the former Fort Ord, near Monterey Bay. | |
Hastings Natural History Reservation | Berkeley | 932 | 2,392 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [17] | In the Santa Lucia Mountains, upper Carmel Valley. | |
James San Jacinto Mountains Reserve | Riverside | 12 | 29 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [18] | In the San Jacinto Mountains. Satellite site Oasis de los Osos (west end of the Coachella Valley) protected by TNC. |
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Jenny Pygmy Forest Reserve | Berkeley | 28 | 70 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [19] | Above the coast in Mendocino County. Protected by TNC. |
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Jepson Prairie Reserve | Davis | 634 | 1,566 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [20] | In the Central Valley. Protected by TNC and the Solano Land Trust. |
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Kendall-Frost Mission Bay Marsh Reserve | San Diego | 7 | 16 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [21] | On Mission Bay. | |
Kenneth S. Norris Rancho Marino Reserve | Santa Barbara | 200 | 500 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [22] | In the Santa Lucia Mountains, near Cambria. | |
Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve | Santa Cruz | 1,584 | 3,911 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [23] | In the Santa Lucia Mountains, along the Big Sur coast. TNC involved in the protection of this site. |
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McLaughlin Natural Reserve | Davis | 2,800 | 7,050 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [24] | Within the Blue Ridge Berryessa Natural Area. | |
Motte Rimrock Reserve | Riverside | 289 | 715 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [25] | In western Perris Valley, Peninsular Ranges. | |
Quail Ridge Reserve | Davis | 784 | 1,937 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [26] | Near the Blue Ridge Berryessa Natural Area. QuRiNet deployed here. | |
Sagehen Creek Field Station | Berkeley | 183 | 452 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [27] | In the Northern Sierra Nevada, north of Lake Tahoe. Operated by the University of California under a long-term special-use permit from the U.S. Forest Service. |
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San Joaquin Freshwater Marsh Reserve | Irvine | 82 | 202 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [28] | Upper Newport Bay. | |
Santa Cruz Island Reserve | Santa Barbara | 18,624 | 46,020 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [29] | Santa Cruz Island. Protected, owned, and managed by TNC. |
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Scripps Coastal Reserve | San Diego | 342 | 844 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [30] | Adjacent to the UC San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography. | |
Sedgwick Reserve | Santa Barbara | 2,358 | 5,896 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [31] | In the Santa Ynez Valley and the foothills of the San Rafael Mountains. | |
Sierra Nevada Research Station—Yosemite Field Station | Merced | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [32] | Yosemite National Park, Sierra Nevada. | |||
Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve | Davis | 233 | 583 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [33] | Within the Blue Ridge Berryessa Natural Area. | |
Steele Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center | Irvine | 248,882 | 615,000 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [34] | An agreement with Anza-Borrego Desert State Park and the Anza-Borrego Foundation makes the park, which is managed by California State Parks, available to field station users. | |
Stunt Ranch Santa Monica Mountains Reserve | Los Angeles | 126 | 310 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [35] | In Los Angeles County, within the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. | |
Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research Center | Riverside | 3,600 | 9,000 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [36] | In the Granite Mountains, within the Mojave National Preserve. | |
Valentine Eastern Sierra Reserve | Santa Barbara | 87 | 205 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [37] | In the high Sierra Nevada and the upper Owens Valley. Includes Valentine Camp and the Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory (SNARL). |
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White Mountain Research Center | Los Angeles | 18 | 45 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [38] | Five research facilities ranging from the Owens Valley to the highest point of the White-Inyo Mountains east of the town of Bishop. | |
Younger Lagoon Reserve | Santa Cruz | 10 | 26 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | [39] | Just north of Monterey Bay. |
References
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- Harrison, S., Waddell, S. M. and Boucher, V. L. 2004. UC Davis Natural Reserve System-Four-Year Report (1999-2003) . UC Davis Natural Reserve System.
- Herring, Margaret. 2000. Studying Nature in Nature: The History of the University of California Natural Reserve System . Reprinted from Chronicle of the University of California, No. 3 (Spring 2000).
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External links
- Official UC Natural Reserve System—UCNRS website
- UC Natural Reserve System Information Management
- The UCNRS is part of the UC Office of Research and Graduate Studies
- UC Natural Reserves Photos
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Locator map of University of California Natural Reserve System—UCNRS reserves
- ↑ Angelo Coast Range Reserve
- ↑ Año Nuevo Island Reserve
- ↑ Blue Oak Ranch Reserve
- ↑ Bodega Marine Reserve
- ↑ Box Springs Reserve
- ↑ Philip L. Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center
- ↑ Burns Piñon Ridge Reserve
- ↑ Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve
- ↑ Chickering American River Reserve
- ↑ Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve
- ↑ Dawson Los Monos Canyon Reserve
- ↑ Elliott Chaparral Reserve
- ↑ Emerson Oaks Reserve
- ↑ Fort Ord Natural Reserve
- ↑ Hastings Natural History Reservation
- ↑ James San Jacinto Mountains Reserve
- ↑ Jenny Pygmy Forest Reserve
- ↑ Jepson Prairie Reserve
- ↑ Kendall-Frost Mission Bay Marsh Reserve
- ↑ Kenneth S. Norris Rancho Marino Reserve
- ↑ Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve
- ↑ McLaughlin Natural Reserve
- ↑ Motte Rimrock Reserve
- ↑ Quail Ridge Reserve
- ↑ Sagehen Creek Field Station
- ↑ San Joaquin Freshwater Marsh Reserve
- ↑ Santa Cruz Island Reserve
- ↑ Scripps Coastal Reserve
- ↑ Sedgwick Reserve
- ↑ Yosemite Field Station
- ↑ Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve
- ↑ Steele Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center
- ↑ Stunt Ranch Santa Monica Mountains Reserve
- ↑ Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research Center
- ↑ Valentine Eastern Sierra Reserve
- ↑ White Mountain Research Center
- ↑ Younger Lagoon Reserve