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California Ecology and Conservation

Longtime NRS Executive Director Peggy Fiedler retires

October 26, 2021 By Kathleen Wong

Peggy Fiedler, who made the UC Natural Reserve System an integral part of state and global efforts to understand the impacts of climate change on California ecosystems, has retired after more than eleven years leading the organization.

Teaching a field program amid a pandemic

October 17, 2020 By Kathleen Wong

CEC Fall 2020

Krikor Andonian and Tim Miller, instructors of the NRS’s California Ecology and Conservation program, deliver a report from the field on their Fall 2020 course. CEC program is one of relatively few UC classes being conducted in person right now, and is likely be the only one that will remain in its own social bubble […]

Nonstop nature: the NRS field course

February 9, 2016 By Kathleen Wong

It looked more like the rituals of a secret society than science. Stepping high over gray-green clumps of sagebrush, the gaggle of five pulled a tangle of climbing rope taut to form a square with three columns. After lowering the corners carefully over their selected area, the sun-hatted university students began pawing the foliage in […]

UC-wide program immerses students in the natural world

November 17, 2014 By Kathleen Wong

A new program launching this fall will immerse students from across the UC system in the outdoor classrooms of the UC Natural Reserve System. The NRS Field Studies Program will give students opportunities to closely observe California habitats, practice hands-on field research, and gain a deeper understanding of the natural world. “Field research is how […]

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California Ecology and Conservation brings together 27 students from across the UC system for seven weeks of intensive learning at NRS reserves.

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