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Natural Reserve System UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA The UC Natural Reserve System provides a library of ecosystems throughout California. Reserves offer outdoor laboratories to field scientists, classrooms without walls for students, and nature’s inspiration to all. Founded in 1965 to provide a network of wildland sites available for scientific study, the NRS has grown to include more than 40 locations encompassing more than 756,000 acres across the state. The NRS is the world’s largest university- operated system of natural reserves; no other network of field sites can match its size, scope, and ecological diversity. PEGGY L. FIEDLER KATHLEEN M. WONG KATHLEEN Natural Reserve System UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA UC Merced Sierra Nevada Research Station: Yosemite Field Station Located in historic Wawona village, Yosemite Field Station provides lodging, a laboratory, and meeting space for visiting students and scientists. Its comfortable accomodations and relationship with the National Park Service facilitate research and education programs within Yosemite and the adjacent Sierra National Forest. BECCA FENWICK • UC Merced • Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve The ephemeral wetlands of Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve support rare and endangered fairy shrimp, salamanders, and native wildflowers. Its two million-year-old soils are among the most ancient in North America. Mima mounds add further interest to the foothill topography. The reserve is adjacent to the UC Merced campus, making visits easy for both scientists and © 2014 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA classes taking field trips. Natural Reserve System university of california 1111 Franklin St. Oakland, CA 94607-5200 ucnrs.org Reserves are listed by managing campus Berkeley Los Angeles San Diego 1 Angelo Coast Range Reserve 17 Stunt Ranch Santa Monica 27 Dawson Los Monos 2 Blue Oak Ranch Reserve Mountains Reserve Canyon Reserve 3 Chickering American River 18 White Mountain Research Center 28 Elliott Chaparral Reserve Reserve Merced 29 Kendall-Frost Mission Bay 4 Hastings Natural History Marsh Reserve 19 Merced Vernal Pools and Reservation 30 Scripps Coastal Reserve Grassland Reserve 5 Jenny Pygmy Forest Reserve 20 Yosemite Field Station Santa Barbara 6 Point Reyes Field Station 31 Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve 7 Sagehen Creek Field Station Riverside 32 Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve 21 Box Springs Reserve Davis 33 Kenneth S. Norris Rancho 22 Boyd Deep Canyon Marino Reserve 8 Bodega Marine Reserve Desert Research Center 34 Santa Cruz Island Reserve 9 Jepson Prairie Reserve 23 Emerson Oaks Reserve 35 Sedgwick Reserve 10 Lassen Field Station 24 James San Jacinto 36 Sierra Nevada Aquatic 11 McLaughlin Natural Reserve Mountains Reserve Research Laboratory 12 Quail Ridge Reserve 25 Motte Rimrock Reserve 37 Valentine Camp 13 Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve 26 Sweeney Granite Mountains Santa Cruz Desert Research Center Irvine 38 Año Nuevo Island Reserve 14 Burns Piñon Ridge Reserve 39 Fort Ord Natural Reserve 15 San Joaquin Marsh Reserve 40 Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve 16 Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego 41 Younger Lagoon Reserve Desert Research Center.

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