• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

UCNRS

University of California Natural Reserve System

  • Reserves
  • Research
  • Teaching
  • Public Service
  • Information
  • NRS Giving

Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center

Buildout reshapes social club into premier desert science center

June 12, 2020 By Kathleen Wong

Anza 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.

NRS reserves transformed by Proposition 84 funds

June 12, 2020 By Kathleen Wong

Proposition 84

Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center

2019-20 Mathias Graduate Student Research Grant awards

December 9, 2019 By Kathleen Wong

2019-20 Mathias awards

Joshua trees will be under the gun in the California of the future. Scientists predict that it’ll become too hot and dry for these striking Mojave plants to persist in much its the high desert habitat by 2100. How much water these treelike yucca plants can store at one time is key to their conservation. […]

California Heartbeat Initiative soars ahead

October 2, 2019 By Kathleen Wong

CHI research

A University of California project to study the availability of water in California’s ecosystems is off to a soaring start. The California Heartbeat Initiative (CHI) uses drones, sap flow meters, and other remote sensing techniques to monitor the water status of plants across large swaths of the landscape. The project aims to interpret water status […]

Anza-Borrego 2019 super bloom

April 10, 2019 By Kathleen Wong

Anza-Borrego super bloom

Sister reserve links NRS with Africa

May 31, 2017 By Kathleen Wong

The UC Natural Reserve System welcomes a new member to its family. This spring, the NRS entered into a sister reserve relationship with the Gobabeb Research and Training Centre in Namibia. The five-year arrangement aims to foster cooperative research into climate change and the ecosystems of arid lands in California and southern Africa. A network […]

Anza-Borrego reserve reopens bigger, better

November 3, 2014 By Kathleen Wong

Things are looking up for desert rats and other field researchers. After extensive renovations, the NRS’s Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center has reopened its doors to classes and researchers studying the lower Colorado Desert. “We are thrilled with the outcome of the building projects and anticipate that great things will come from this collaboration between […]

2013-2014 Mathias Grants Awarded

January 7, 2014 By Kathleen Wong

To a scientist, the natural world is full of mysteries. How does the winter ant thrive in cold weather when most insects go underground or perish? Are urban birds stressed out by the glow of street lamps, the roar of traffic, and the constant presence of people? What do some of the world’s largest pinnipeds, […]

  • Go to page 1
  • Go to page 2
  • Go to Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Subscribe to our newsletter

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

California Ecology and Conservation

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

Footer

Our work

Reserves
Research
Teaching
Public Service

About Us

Mission
History
Land Acknowledgement
News
Information
Jobs
Contact

Give

Donate Now

For Staff

Resources
Login

Find Us on Social Media

  • Facebook
  • YouTube

1111 Franklin Street, Oakland CA 94607

© 2021 UCNRS · All Rights Reserved · Contact · Privacy Policy