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Archives for July 2014

President Napolitano explores UC-Yosemite links

July 31, 2014 By Kathleen Wong

by Lorena Anderson, UC Merced and Kathleen M. Wong, UC Natural Reserve System A visit to Yosemite gave University of California President Janet Napolitano a close look at partnerships between UC and the national park, and a chance to meet students whose lives have been transformed by their experiences in a crown jewel of the […]

2014 Arts2NRS Winners

July 28, 2014 By Kathleen Wong

Six artists-in-residence will be working at the UC Natural Reserve System this summer thanks to the 2014 Arts2NRS program. Offered for the first time this year by the NRS and the UC Institute for Research in the Arts (UCIRA), the program supports selected UC-affiliated artists working at some of the NRS’s 39 reserves. The Arts2NRS call […]

Why art at NRS reserves?

July 22, 2014 By Kathleen Wong

By Faerthen Felix, Assistant Manager, Sagehen Creek Field Station Located on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada, in a bowl lined with conifer forests and fens, Sagehen Creek Field Station is a research area owned by the U.S. Forest Service and administered by UC Berkeley. It’s one of 39 reserves in the UC Natural […]

A lesson in nature’s restoration

July 9, 2014 By Kathleen Wong

Cristina Sandoval picks her way through the blackened remains of brush and scrub at UC Santa Barbara’s Coal Oil Point Reserve, where a fire recently consumed an estimated 20 or so acres. It began near midnight on June 26, and within an hour or so—driven by 25 mph winds blowing west to east—it had traveled […]

Culprits of native pigeon die-off found

July 8, 2014 By Kathleen Wong

by Kat Kerlin, UC Davis News Service Major die-offs of band-tailed pigeons native to North America have been linked to a new pathogen in studies led by the University of California, Davis, and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Scientists were able to implicate this new parasite, along with the ancient parasite Trichomonas gallinae, […]

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