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Field Science Fellowship Awards
The NRS has awarded four $6000 Field Science Fellowships to teams made up of a UC undergraduate and their UC faculty mentor. The fellowship enables the student to focus full time on science research at one or more NRS reserves for an entire summer under the guidance of faculty. 2020 is the inaugural year for this program; we hope many more years of supporting undergraduate field research lie ahead. The recipients will be studying subjects ranging from marine ribbon worm diversity to how ground squirrels learn. Read more >>
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$60M oil spill settlement reached
The pipeline company responsible for the 2015 Refugio Oil Spill has agreed to pay more than $60 million to settle damages. The spill fouled the beach at the NRS's Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve and other shorelines as far south as Los Angeles County, and oiled many birds, marine mammals, and other wildlife. Read more >>
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Pathogen takes twisty path to infect sea otters
Sea otters have been dying of infections by a pathogen carried by a land animal, the Virginia opossum. Researchers sampled sea otters from California to Alaska, including at the NRS's Kenneth S. Norris Rancho Marino Reserve and Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve to understand how the microbe spreads. Their findings demonstrate how connected microbial environments are between land and sea. Read more >>
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Climate crisis emaciates newts
California's recent drought racked up a long list of casualties ranging from ancient trees to once-fertile farmland. Newts should be added to that grim list. A new study shows that newts living through drought conditions in southern California had far poorer body condition—were scrawnier for their size—than their northern relatives. The findings, based partly on animals sampled at the NRS's Stunt Ranch Santa Monica Mountains Reserve, may foreshadow how the climate crisis will impact amphibians across the state. Read more >>
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Save the Symposium Date
The NRS plans to celebrate 55 years of supporting some of California's most wide ranging and important field research at a Symposium held November 12-13 in Berkeley. At this point, plans for the event, a full seven months away, are going ahead full steam. Set those dates aside (as well as Saturday, Nov. 14 if you want to attend a field trip to one of four northern California NRS reserves) to attend. Image of San Joaquin Marsh Reserve: Steven Zylius/UCI Learn more and sign up to receive updates >>
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