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Saving oaks in Big Sur
A technique to manage sudden oak death, an exotic disease ravaging the state's beloved oak woodlands, is being tested at the NRS's Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve. The method involves eliminating plant Typhoid Marys from coastal forests. At the same time, the project will help students learn to do field research and save true oaks. Read more >>
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UC Merced NRS Day
UC Merced kicked off a yearlong celebration of the 50th anniversary of the NRS on April 16. The inaugural celebration of the 39-reserve system’s golden anniversary featured a driving tour of the NRS's Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve, which covers nearly 7,000 preserved acres adjacent to campus, followed by afternoon talks about the NRS and reserve research. Read more >>
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Curious about life
The UC Berkeley Biology Scholars Program supports underrepresented minority students purusing the life sciences. The program kicks off with a weekend field trip to the NRS’s Hastings Natural History Reservation in Carmel Valley. This video shows how BSP students get to know one another discover the world of ecological field research over one adventure-filled weekend. Read more >>
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NRS draws crowds at Celebrate UCI, Cal Day
Woodpecker granaries, digital weather nodes, and wetland tours were just a few of the attractions offered at NRS 50th anniversary festivities at UC Irvine and UC Berkeley May 18. Dozens of people toured San Joaquin Marsh Reserve, some brave enough to nibble on wild edible plants, while representatives from three UC Berkeley reserves plus the NRS Systemwide Office showed off research on western bluebirds, the latest in animal tracking technologies, and digital flyovers of the primeval Angelo Coast Range Reserve forest. Read more >>
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Slugs, Gauchos toast NRS 50th
UC Santa Barbara and UC Santa Cruz raised glasses to the 50th anniversary of the NRS at alumni reunions the weekend of May 16-17. Banana slugs, snowy plovers, and the dedication of a natural history center played starring roles in a fitting tribute to the largest university-administered network of natural reserves in the world. Read more >>
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Angelo Reserve on Cal Academy megascreen
A new California Academy of Sciences film immerses viewers in the forest and stream habitats of the NRS's Angelo Coast Range Reserve. Stitching together video from several GoPro cameras mounted on a single tripod mount, Habitat Earth immerses the viewer in the sights and sounds of the stream and forest from every direction. Cal professor and reserve director Mary Power speaks about her decades of research into stream ecosystems at the reserve. See it now at the Academy's Morrison Planetarium.
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