December 2017

Tracking freshwater through California ecosystems

The NRS has received a $2.179 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to track the pulse of water through California's ecosystems. Based largely at NRS reserves, CHI-Freshwater will use new sensing technologies such as drones and wireless sensor networks to observe plant responses to environmental conditions. The information will help Californians forecast the fate of habitats and adjust land use plans in a changing climate. Read more >>

NRS interns at Point Reyes National Seashore

Meet the five UC undergraduates who landed internships at Point Reyes National Seashore this past summer thanks to a partnership between the NRS and the National Park Service. Internship areas included range management and vegetation ecology, dune restoration and rare plant management, archaeology, and wildlife ecology. Hear what it's like to be a science intern at the park in their own words. Read more >>

Diana Tataru, UC Santa Cruz
Michael Spaeth, UC Merced
Stella Yuan, UC San Diego
Michele Maybee, UC Berkeley
Stephanie Rosas, UC Santa Cruz

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The environmental cost of two-day shipping

Shopping online can produce a smaller carbon footprint than driving to the store. But that may not be the case for rush shipping. Turbocharging your delivery demands a lot of extra resources.

Deep Canyon Lecture Series

Developed by the UC Natural Reserve System's Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center, lectures are held 6 p.m. at UCR Palm Desert, 75080 Frank Sinatra Dr., Palm Desert.

Dec. 14
The physiology and ecology of California's redwoods in a changing world
Professor Todd Dawson of UC Berkeley will describe the role of redwood trees in the water cycle of their forest environment. A plant physiologist, Dawson studies how trees modify their own habitats to inform land management practices in our changing climate. RSVP

NRS IN THE NEWS

A very good dog hunts very bad ants
Santa Cruz Island Reserve
New York Times

Taking a closer look: remnants of California's wild coast
Carpinteria Marsh Reserve
Coal Oil Point Reserve
Montecito Magazine

Animals know how to survive climate change, if humans don't destroy their homes
Bodega Marine Reserve
Newsweek

California's Point Reyes National Seashore: Balancing cleanliness and threats
Point Reyes Field Station (pending reserve)
World Conference of Science Journalists