University of California Natural Reserve System

Bodega Marine Lab, Bodega Marine Reserve

The University of California Natural Reserve System (UCNRS) is a system of protected areas throughout California.

List of reserves

Reserve	Campus	Area (ha)	Area (Acre)	Coordinates	Web	Notes
Angelo Coast Range Reserve	Berkeley	3,166	7,915	39°43′45″N 123°38′40″W		On the South Fork of the Eel River. Protected by The Nature Conservancy (TNC).
Año Nuevo Island Reserve	Santa Cruz	10	25	37°6′30″N 122°20′10″W		On Año Nuevo Island. UC manages site within the larger Año Nuevo State Reserve, owned and operated by California State Parks.
Blue Oak Ranch Reserve	Berkeley	1,319	3,260	37°22′53″N 121°44′14″W		In the Diablo Range, northwest of Mount Hamilton.
Bodega Marine Reserve	Davis	176	436	38°18′25″N 123°3′54″W		On Bodega Bay.
Box Springs Reserve	Riverside	65	160	33°59′31″N 117°17′43″W		Adjacent to the Riverside campus.
Philip L. Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center	Riverside	6,749	16,873	33°35′N 116°20′W		In the Santa Rosa Mountains, near Palm Desert.
Burns Piñon Ridge Reserve	Irvine	124	306	34°8′20″N 116°27′10″W		In the Mojave Desert, near Joshua Tree National Park.
Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve	Santa Barbara	93	230	34°24′N 119°31′W		In Carpinteria.
Chickering American River Reserve	Berkeley	695	1,720	39°14′48″N 120°19′31″W		In the headwaters basin of the North Fork of the American River, Sierra Nevada.
Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve	Santa Barbara	68	170	34°25′N 119°52′W		Adjacent to the Santa Barbara campus. Coal Oil Point seep field is offshore.
Dawson Los Monos Canyon Reserve	San Diego	93	230	33°8′30″N 117°15′20″W		In the northwestern Laguna Mountains.
Elliott Chaparral Reserve	San Diego	43	107	32°52′6″N 117°8′33″W		At former Camp Kearny, on the Kearny Mesa.
Emerson Oaks Reserve	Riverside	102	255	33°28′N 117°2′W		In the Temecula Valley, southern Riverside County. Protected by TNC.
Fort Ord Natural Reserve	Santa Cruz	242	606	36°40′N 121°46′W		At the former Fort Ord, near Monterey Bay.
Hastings Natural History Reservation	Berkeley	932	2,392	36°12′30″N 121°33′30″W		In the Santa Lucia Mountains, upper Carmel Valley.
James San Jacinto Mountains Reserve	Riverside	12	29	33°48′30″N 116°46′40″W		In the San Jacinto Mountains. Satellite site Oasis de los Osos (west end of the Coachella Valley) protected by TNC.
Jenny Pygmy Forest Reserve	Berkeley	28	70	39°17′N 123°45′W		Above the coast in Mendocino County. Protected by TNC.
Jepson Prairie Reserve	Davis	634	1,566	38°16′N 121°49′W		In the Central Valley. Protected by TNC and the Solano Land Trust.
Kendall-Frost Mission Bay Marsh Reserve	San Diego	7	16	32°47′N 117°13′W		On Mission Bay.
Kenneth S. Norris Rancho Marino Reserve	Santa Barbara	200	500	35°31′41″N 121°4′35″W		In the Santa Lucia Mountains, near Cambria.
Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve	Santa Cruz	1,584	3,911	36°4′N 121°35′W		In the Santa Lucia Mountains, along the Big Sur coast. TNC involved in the protection of this site.
McLaughlin Natural Reserve	Davis	2,800	7,050	38°52′N 122°24′W		Within the Blue Ridge Berryessa Natural Area.
Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve	Merced	2601	6,428	37.3753°N 120.413°W / 37.3753; -120.413 (Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve)		Next to the UC Merced campus
Motte Rimrock Reserve	Riverside	289	715	33°48′45″N 117°15′30″W		In western Perris Valley, Peninsular Ranges.
Quail Ridge Reserve	Davis	784	1,937	38°28′59″N 122°8′58″W		Near the Blue Ridge Berryessa Natural Area. QuRiNet deployed here.
Sagehen Creek Field Station	Berkeley	183	452	39°25′57″N 120°14′13″W		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.
San Joaquin Marsh Reserve	Irvine	82	202	33°39′30″N 117°51′30″W		Upper Newport Bay.
Santa Cruz Island Reserve	Santa Barbara	18,624	46,020	34°0′N 119°44′W		Santa Cruz Island. Protected, owned, and managed by TNC.
Scripps Coastal Reserve	San Diego	342	844	32°52′30″N 117°15′15″W		Adjacent to the UC San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
Sedgwick Reserve	Santa Barbara	2,358	5,896	34°42′N 120°1′W		In the Santa Ynez Valley and the foothills of the San Rafael Mountains.
Sierra Nevada Research Station—Yosemite Field Station	Merced			37°32′23″N 119°39′29″W		Yosemite National Park, Sierra Nevada.
Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve	Davis	233	583	38°30′32″N 122°5′50″W		Within the Blue Ridge Berryessa Natural Area.
Steele Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center	Irvine	248,882	615,000	33°14′N 116°23′W		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	34°6′N 118°39′W		In Los Angeles County, within the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.
Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research Center	Riverside	3,600	9,000	34°48′20″N 115°39′50″W		In the Granite Mountains, within the Mojave National Preserve.
Valentine Eastern Sierra Reserve	Santa Barbara	87	205	37°37′30″N 118°59′30″W		In the high Sierra Nevada and the upper Owens Valley. Includes Valentine Camp and the Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory (SNARL).
White Mountain Research Center	Los Angeles	18	45	37°21′41″N 118°19′36″W		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	36°57′3″N 122°3′57″W		The northwest edge of Monterey Bay on the west side of the city of Santa Cruz.

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).
• University of California Office of the President (2007-07-30). "Natural Reserve System". Retrieved 2007-09-08.

External links

• Official website
• UC Office of Research and Graduate Studies
• UC Natural Reserves photos