University of California Natural Reserve System 101
UC NRS Director Peggy Fiedler explains the statewide research-education-conservation system.
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Where Preservation, Research, and Education Collide
Reflecting on the University of California’s Natural Reserve System, which turns 50 this year.
Rancho Marino Reserve
A largely untouched seaside paradise in the woods west and south of Cambria.
Connecting Through Climate Change
How the UC Natural Reserve System is becoming California’s canary in the global-warming coal mine.
Growing Up on the Carpinteria Salt Marsh
A life of learning from one of the healthiest marshes in Southern California.
High Times on the White Mountains
Studying the stars, sky, oxygen deprivation, and more at 14,000 feet.
Sedgwick Reserve, Then and Now
Past, present, and future of this bucolic Santa Ynez Valley property.
SNARL Knows Snow
Studying water, frogs, and more at the Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Lab and Valentine Camp.
Discovering Coal Oil Point
A longtime resident explores this birding mecca for the first time.
UCSB’s Statewide NRS Impacts
Director Trish Holden discusses how campus activities are strengthening the whole UC system.