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2020-21 Mathias Grant recipients

December 2, 2020 By Kathleen Wong

2020-21 Mathias recipients

Most people will be staying close to home in 2021 due to the pandemic. UC Santa Barbara graduate student Samantha Sambado will not be among them. Her doctoral research will take her on multiple journeys up and down California, in search of ticks and the human pathogens they carry. “Ticks are the number one vector […]

Wildfires spark burn recovery study at 9 UC Natural Reserves

November 3, 2020 By Kathleen Wong

burn recovery study

August wildfires incinerated tens of thousands of acres across seven UC Natural Reserves and affected parkland adjacent to two more reserves. This fall, the UC Natural Reserve System (NRS) will deploy rapid response teams to characterize the extent and intensity of the burns, as well as the effects of wildfire on a wide range of […]

2020 wildfires burn six UC Natural Reserves; seventh threatened

August 22, 2020 By Kathleen Wong

2020 Wildfires

Wildfires are burning at an unprecedented six reserves in the UC Natural Reserve System across northern and central California, and threaten a seventh. Blazes sparked by both lightning and arson have consumed nine buildings and one vehicle, as well as an untold number of acres of grassland, forest, chaparral, and other natural habitats. Beginning the […]

Mine facilities metamorphose into McLaughlin Natural Reserve field station

July 14, 2020 By Kathleen Wong

McLaughlin Prop. 84

This story is part of NRS reserves transformed by Proposition 84 funds, a series describing the facilities improvements and expansions at NRS reserves supported by Proposition 84 bond funds. An industrial mine and ecological research station aren’t typical bedfellows. One uses hulking machinery to extract resources; the other enlists scientists to study environmental phenomena. In […]

Research shows field courses bridge STEM diversity gaps

May 21, 2020 By Kathleen Wong

STEM diversity

When Roxanne Beltran was admitted to UC Santa Cruz, she was thrilled to finally start her college career, possibly to become a marine biologist. But the introductory biology and physics classes she was required to take almost drove her out of science. “I was suddenly in 400 person lecture halls, when my entire high school […]

NRS reserves adapt to coronavirus shutdown

May 19, 2020 By Kathleen Wong

shutdown

Spring is prime time around the University of California Natural Reserve System. As winter thaws, and skies dry, scientists and students alike start migrating to the protected lands of the network’s 41 reserves. Field stations bustle with university classes on field trips, who rub shoulders with faculty and student researchers, and may intersect with buses […]

How the monkeyflower gets its spots

February 27, 2020 By Kathleen Wong

monkeyflower spots

By Kara Manke, UC Berkeley The intricate spotted patterns dappling the bright blooms of the monkeyflower plant may be a delight to humans, but they also serve a key function for the plant. These patterns function as landing pads for bees, attracting nearby pollinators to the flower and signaling the best approach to access the sweet […]

Bringing back the wildflowers

November 14, 2019 By Kathleen Wong

The road linking the northern tip of Lake Berryessa to the southern shores of Clear Lake is particularly arresting in spring.

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