Researchers will use California climate innovation funding to analyze fire resilience in state ecosystems using drone images of reserves.
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Marine mammal reproduction rests on a precarious tipping point of ocean resources
A small decrease in the amount of prey female seals can consume causes a big dropoff in elephant seal reproductive success.
Heather Constable named director at Sedgwick Reserve
Heather Constable is the new director of the NRS’s Sedgwick Reserve.
Natural instincts
UC Irvine student Kyle Suen furthers his love of nature through studies and research via resources such as the UC Natural Reserve System.
Kendall-Frost Marsh hosts Love Your Wetlands Day 2023
Community members flocked to this UC Natural Reserve System wetland for an event promoting conservation, climate education, and wildlife habitat cleanup.
Learning to burn: using prescribed fire to keep California’s foothills safe from wildfire
Scientists examine how, where, and when to light prescribed burns to reduce catastrophic wildfire risks in California’s most populous regions.
2022–23 Mathias Grants awarded
by Kathleen Wong, UC Natural Reserve System For the undertakers of the insect world, death must precede the arrival of a new generation. Burying beetles of the genus Nicrophorus need a carcass on which to lay their eggs and feed their larvae. The hitch in this plan: the fact that dead bodies tend to be […]
Fog binds California and Chile together
By Kathleen Wong, UC Natural Reserve System The thick fog that cloaks California shorelines over summer has an atmospheric counterpart south of the equator. Marine fog not only drenches coastal sections of the South American nation of Chile, but is so reliable that some communities there use fog for drinking water. And in both areas, […]