University of California Natural Reserve System
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The University of California Natural Reserve System (UC NRS) is the largest and most diverse system of university-administered reserves in the world. The University of California NRS manages 35 wildland sites, which encompass about 130,000 acres and include examples of most of California's ecosystems. The reserve system is used for teaching, research, and public service.
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[edit] List of Reserves
[edit] UC Berkeley
- Angelo Coast Range Reserve <http://nrs.ucop.edu/Reserves/Angelo/Angelo_Coast_Range_Reserve.htm> - protected by The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
- Chickering American River Reserve <http://nrs.ucop.edu/Chickering-American-River.htm>
- Hastings Natural History Reservation <http://www.hastingsreserve.org/>
- Jenny Pygmy Forest Reserve <http://nrs.ucop.edu/Jenny-Pygmy-Forest.htm> - protected by TNC
- Sagehen Creek Field Station <http://sagehen.ucnrs.org/index.html>
[edit] UC Davis
- Bodega Marine Reserve <http://www.bml.ucdavis.edu/bmr/index.html>
- Eagle Lake Biological Field Station <http://www.csuchico.edu/biol/EagleLake/eaglelake.html>
- Jepson Prairie Reserve <http://nrs.ucdavis.edu/jepson.html> - protected by TNC and the Solano Land Trust
- McLaughlin Natural Reserve <http://nrs.ucdavis.edu/mclaughlin.html>
- Quail Ridge Reserve <http://nrs.ucdavis.edu/quail.html>
- Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve <http://nrs.ucdavis.edu/stebbins.html>
[edit] UC Irvine
- Burns Piñon Ridge Reserve <http://nrs.ucop.edu/Reserves/burns/description.html>
- San Joaquin Freshwater Marsh Reserve <http://nrs.ucop.edu/Reserves/sjfm/moreinfo.html>
[edit] UC Los Angeles
- Stunt Ranch Santa Monica Mountains Reserve <http://nrs.ucop.edu/Reserves/Stunt.html>
[edit] UC Riverside
- Box Springs Reserve <http://nrs.ucop.edu/Box-Spring.htm>
- Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center <http://deepcanyon.ucnrs.org/>
- Emerson Oaks Reserve <http://nrs.ucop.edu/Reserves/Emerson/aboutemerson.html> - protected by TNC
- James San Jacinto Mountains Reserve <http://www.jamesreserve.edu/> - satellite Oasis de los Osos protected by TNC
- Motte Rimrock Reserve <http://nrs.ucop.edu/Reserves/motte/motte.html>
- Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research Center <http://granites.ucnrs.org/>
[edit] UC San Diego
- Dawson Los Monos Canyon Reserve <http://dawson.ucnrs.org/>
- Elliott Chaparral Reserve <http://elliott.ucnrs.org/>
- Kendall-Frost Mission Bay Marsh Reserve <http://missionbay.ucnrs.org/>
- Scripps Coastal Reserve <http://scripps.ucnrs.org/>
[edit] UC Santa Barbara
- Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve <http://nrs.ucop.edu/Reserves/carpinteria/Carpinfo.html>
- Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve <http://coaloilpoint.ucnrs.org/>
- Kenneth S. Norris Rancho Marino Reserve <http://ranchomarino.ucnrs.org/>
- Santa Cruz Island Reserve <http://nrs.ucop.edu/Reserves/scir/SCI_info.html> - protected, owned, and managed by TNC
- Sedgwick Reserve <http://nrs.ucop.edu/Reserves/sedgwick/moreinfo.html>
- Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory (SNARL) / Valentine Eastern Sierra Reserve (VESR) <http://vesr.ucnrs.org/index.html>
- Valentine Camp / Valentine Eastern Sierra Reserve (VESR) <http://vesr.ucnrs.org/pages/valcampmoreinfo.html>
[edit] UC Santa Cruz
- Año Nuevo Island Reserve <http://ucreserve.ucsc.edu/ano_nuevo/anonuevo.html> - UC manages 25-acre site within 4,000-acre Año Nuevo State Reserve, owned and operated by California State Parks
- Fort Ord Natural Reserve <http://ucreserve.ucsc.edu/FortOrd/ftordres.html>
- Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve <http://www.redshift.com/%7Ebigcreek/> - TNC involved in the protection of this site
- Younger Lagoon Reserve <http://ucreserve.ucsc.edu/YoungerLagoon/ylr_home.htm>
[edit] References
- 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).
