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Saving the season

August 16, 2019 By Kathleen Wong

By Shelly Leachman, UC Santa Barbara Conservation requires certain heroics: research to identify and develop solutions, and the resources to put them into place. And sometimes it’s a matter of being quick on one’s feet — quite literally. Case in point: Cristina Sandoval, longtime director of UC Santa Barbara’s Coal Oil Point Reserve. In her […]

Citizen scientists census animals on Año Nuevo Island Reserve

August 7, 2019 By Kathleen Wong

Año Nuevo Island animal count project

By Tim Stephens, UC Santa Cruz UC Santa Cruz researchers are inviting citizen scientists to help achieve the first comprehensive counts of the thousands of seals, sea lions, and seabirds on Año Nuevo Island, a rocky islet north of Santa Cruz along the San Mateo coast. The Año Nuevo Island animal count project (sealcount.com) launched […]

Genomics project to inform California species conservation

July 30, 2019 By Kathleen Wong

By Stuart Wolpert, UC Los Angeles University of California scientists are leading a $10 million conservation genomics project to help California officials make ecologically wise decisions as the state continues to confront the effects of climate change. The California Conservation Genomics Project, which is funded by the state, will involve conservation biologists, geneticists, ecologists and climate […]

Limited underground water storage make plants less susceptible to drought

June 24, 2019 By Kathleen Wong

Plants accustomed to accessing smaller amounts of moisture stored in underground rock formations are more resilient to drought conditions.

Field station planned for UC Merced’s Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve

June 14, 2019 By Kathleen Wong

UC Merced aims to build a field station to facilitate research and instruction on the NRS’s Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve.

UC Natural Reserve System gains sister reserve in Baja California Sur

June 4, 2019 By Kathleen Wong

The UC NRS now has a sister reserve in Eco-Alianza de Loreto A.C., a Mexican nonprofit offersing educational and research access to the Gulf of California.

Major gift to Valentine Eastern Sierra Reserves

June 3, 2019 By Kathleen Wong

Major gift to VESR

Valentine Eastern Sierra Reserves gets $1 million gift to expand support for students, staff and researchers, and to upgrade infrastructure

NRS gains reserves at Point Reyes, Mount Lassen

May 16, 2019 By Kathleen Wong

Lassen Field Station

The UC Natural Reserve System has expanded to 41 reserves with the addition of Point Reyes Field Station and Lassen Field Station.

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