University of California Natural Reserve System

The University of California Natural Reserve System (UCNRS) is a system of protected areas throughout California.[1]

Bodega Marine Lab, Bodega Marine Reserve

List of reserves
Reserve Campus Area (ha) Area (Acre) Coordinates Web Notes
Angelo Coast Range ReserveBerkeley3,1667,91539°43′45″N 123°38′40″W[2]On the South Fork of the Eel River.
Protected by The Nature Conservancy (TNC).
Año Nuevo Island ReserveSanta Cruz102537°6′30″N 122°20′10″W[3]On Año Nuevo Island.
UC manages site within the larger Año Nuevo State Reserve, owned and operated by California State Parks.
Blue Oak Ranch ReserveBerkeley1,3193,26037°22′53″N 121°44′14″W[4]In the Diablo Range, northwest of Mount Hamilton.
Bodega Marine ReserveDavis17643638°18′25″N 123°3′54″W[5]On Bodega Bay.
Box Springs ReserveRiverside6516033°59′31″N 117°17′43″W[6]Adjacent to the Riverside campus.
Philip L. Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research CenterRiverside6,74916,87333°35′N 116°20′W[7]In the Santa Rosa Mountains, near Palm Desert.
Burns Piñon Ridge ReserveIrvine12430634°8′20″N 116°27′10″W[8]In the Mojave Desert, near Joshua Tree National Park.
Carpinteria Salt Marsh ReserveSanta Barbara9323034°24′N 119°31′W[9]In Carpinteria.
Chickering American River ReserveBerkeley6951,72039°14′48″N 120°19′31″W[10]In the headwaters basin of the North Fork of the American River, Sierra Nevada.
Coal Oil Point Natural ReserveSanta Barbara6817034°25′N 119°52′W[11]Adjacent to the Santa Barbara campus.
Dawson Los Monos Canyon ReserveSan Diego9323033°8′30″N 117°15′20″W[12]In the northwestern Laguna Mountains.
Elliott Chaparral ReserveSan Diego4310732°52′6″N 117°8′33″W[13]At former Camp Kearny, on the Kearny Mesa.
Emerson Oaks ReserveRiverside10225533°28′N 117°2′W[14]In the Temecula Valley, southern Riverside County.
Protected by TNC.
Fort Ord Natural ReserveSanta Cruz24260636°40′N 121°46′W[15]At the former Fort Ord, near Monterey Bay.
Hastings Natural History ReservationBerkeley9322,39236°12′30″N 121°33′30″W[16]In the Santa Lucia Mountains, upper Carmel Valley.
James San Jacinto Mountains ReserveRiverside122933°48′30″N 116°46′40″W[17]In the San Jacinto Mountains.
Satellite site Oasis de los Osos (west end of the Coachella Valley) protected by TNC.
Jenny Pygmy Forest ReserveBerkeley287039°17′N 123°45′W[18]Above the coast in Mendocino County.
Protected by TNC.
Jepson Prairie ReserveDavis6341,56638°16′N 121°49′W[19]In the Central Valley.
Protected by TNC and the Solano Land Trust.
Kendall-Frost Mission Bay Marsh ReserveSan Diego71632°47′N 117°13′W[20]On Mission Bay.
Kenneth S. Norris Rancho Marino ReserveSanta Barbara20050035°31′41″N 121°4′35″W[21]In the Santa Lucia Mountains, near Cambria.
Landels-Hill Big Creek ReserveSanta Cruz1,5843,91136°4′N 121°35′W[22]In the Santa Lucia Mountains, along the Big Sur coast.
TNC involved in the protection of this site.
McLaughlin Natural ReserveDavis2,8007,05038°52′N 122°24′W[23]Within the Blue Ridge Berryessa Natural Area.
Motte Rimrock ReserveRiverside28971533°48′45″N 117°15′30″W[24]In western Perris Valley, Peninsular Ranges.
Quail Ridge ReserveDavis7841,93738°28′59″N 122°8′58″W[25]Near the Blue Ridge Berryessa Natural Area. QuRiNet deployed here.
Sagehen Creek Field StationBerkeley18345239°25′57″N 120°14′13″W[26]In the Northern Sierra Nevada, north of Lake Tahoe.
Operated by the University of California under a long-term special-use permit from the U.S. Forest Service.
San Joaquin Marsh ReserveIrvine8220233°39′30″N 117°51′30″W[27]Upper Newport Bay.
Santa Cruz Island ReserveSanta Barbara18,62446,02034°0′N 119°44′W[28]Santa Cruz Island.
Protected, owned, and managed by TNC.
Scripps Coastal ReserveSan Diego34284432°52′30″N 117°15′15″W[29]Adjacent to the UC San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
Sedgwick ReserveSanta Barbara2,3585,89634°42′N 120°1′W[30]In the Santa Ynez Valley and the foothills of the San Rafael Mountains.
Sierra Nevada Research Station—Yosemite Field StationMerced37°32′23″N 119°39′29″W[31]Yosemite National Park, Sierra Nevada.
Stebbins Cold Canyon ReserveDavis23358338°30′32″N 122°5′50″W[32]Within the Blue Ridge Berryessa Natural Area.
Steele Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research CenterIrvine248,882615,00033°14′N 116°23′W[33]An agreement with Anza-Borrego Desert State Park and the Anza-Borrego Foundation makes the park, which is managed by California State Parks, available to field station users.
Stunt Ranch Santa Monica Mountains ReserveLos Angeles12631034°6′N 118°39′W[34]In Los Angeles County, within the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.
Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research CenterRiverside3,6009,00034°48′20″N 115°39′50″W[35]In the Granite Mountains, within the Mojave National Preserve.
Valentine Eastern Sierra ReserveSanta Barbara8720537°37′30″N 118°59′30″W[36]In the high Sierra Nevada and the upper Owens Valley.
Includes Valentine Camp and the Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory (SNARL).
White Mountain Research CenterLos Angeles184537°21′41″N 118°19′36″W[37]Five research facilities ranging from the Owens Valley to the highest point of the White-Inyo Mountains east of the town of Bishop.
Younger Lagoon ReserveSanta Cruz102636°57′3″N 122°3′57″W[38]The northwest edge of Monterey Bay on the west side of the city of Santa Cruz.
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References
  1. "University of California Natural Reserve System—UCNRS". The Regents of the University of California. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  2. Angelo Coast Range Reserve
  3. Año Nuevo Island Reserve
  4. Blue Oak Ranch Reserve
  5. Bodega Marine Reserve
  6. Box Springs Reserve Archived 2009-10-22 at the Wayback Machine
  7. Philip L. Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center
  8. Burns Piñon Ridge Reserve
  9. Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve
  10. Chickering American River Reserve Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine
  11. Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve
  12. Dawson Los Monos Canyon Reserve
  13. Elliott Chaparral Reserve
  14. Emerson Oaks Reserve
  15. Fort Ord Natural Reserve
  16. Hastings Natural History Reservation
  17. James San Jacinto Mountains Reserve
  18. Jenny Pygmy Forest Reserve
  19. Jepson Prairie Reserve
  20. Kendall-Frost Mission Bay Marsh Reserve
  21. Kenneth S. Norris Rancho Marino Reserve
  22. Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve
  23. McLaughlin Natural Reserve
  24. Motte Rimrock Reserve
  25. Quail Ridge Reserve
  26. Sagehen Creek Field Station
  27. San Joaquin Freshwater Marsh Reserve
  28. Santa Cruz Island Reserve
  29. Scripps Coastal Reserve
  30. Sedgwick Reserve
  31. Yosemite Field Station
  32. Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve
  33. Steele Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center
  34. Stunt Ranch Santa Monica Mountains Reserve
  35. Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research Center
  36. Valentine Eastern Sierra Reserve
  37. White Mountain Research Center
  38. Younger Lagoon Reserve
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