UC Irvine’s three NRS reserves host researchers, students and volunteers addressing ecological challenges.
Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center
Buildout reshapes social club into premier desert science center
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
Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center
2019-20 Mathias Graduate Student Research Grant 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
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
Sister reserve links NRS with Africa
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
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 […]