University of California Natural Reserve System
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The University of California Natural Reserve System (UCNRS) is a network of protected areas throughout California
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California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

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The UCNRS consists of 37 wildland sites that include 750,000-plus acres, making it the largest university-administered reserve system in the world. Most major California ecosystems are represented, from coastal tide pools to Sierra Nevada forests, and inland deserts
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The reserves also serve as a gateway to more than a million acres of public lands. Founded in 1965 to provide undisturbed environments
Natural environment
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 for research, education, and public service, the Natural Reserve System contributes to the understanding and wise stewardship of the earth
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List of Reserves

Reserve Campus Area (ha
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Area (Acre
Acre
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Angelo Coast Range Reserve
Angelo Coast Range Reserve
The Angelo Coast Range Reserve is one of 35 reserves in the University of California Natural Reserve System. It is located in Mendocino County. Heath and Marjorie Angelo bought the property in 1931 and sold the land to The Nature Conservancy in 1959. In 1989, an agreement with the University of...

Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...

 
3,166 7,915 39°43′45"N 123°38′40"W http://nrs.ucop.edu/Reserves/Angelo/Angelo_Coast_Range_Reserve.htm Protected by The Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy is a US charitable environmental organization that works to preserve the plants, animals, and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive....

 (TNC).
Año Nuevo Island Reserve Santa Cruz
University of California, Santa Cruz
The University of California, Santa Cruz, also known as UC Santa Cruz or UCSC, is a public, collegiate university; one of ten campuses in the University of California...

 
10 25 37°6′30"N 122°20′10"W http://ucreserve.ucsc.edu/ano_nuevo/anonuevo.html UC manages site within the larger Año Nuevo State Reserve
Año Nuevo State Reserve
Año Nuevo State Park is a state park of California, USA, encompassing Año Nuevo Island and Año Nuevo Point, which are known for their pinniped rookeries. Located in San Mateo County, the low, rocky, windswept point juts out into the Pacific Ocean about south of San Francisco and the Golden Gate...

, owned and operated by California State Parks
California Department of Parks and Recreation
The California Department of Parks and Recreation, also known as California State Parks, manages the California state parks system. The system administers 278 parks and 1.4 million acres , with over of coastline; of lake and river frontage; nearly 15,000 campsites; and of hiking, biking, and...

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Blue Oak Ranch Reserve
Blue Oak Ranch Reserve
The Blue Oak Ranch Reserve a unit of the University of California Natural Reserve System, is an ecological reserve and biological field station located in the Diablo Range, northwest of Mount Hamilton, in Santa Clara County, California, United States, located on at 1,500' asl .The land, part of...

Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...

 
1,319 3,260 37°22′53"N 121°44′14"W http://www.blueoakranchreserve.org/index.html
Bodega Marine Reserve
Bodega Marine Reserve
Bodega Marine Reserve is a nature reserve on the coast of northern California, located in the vicinity of the Bodega Marine Laboratory on Bodega Head...

Davis
University of California, Davis
The University of California, Davis is a public teaching and research university established in 1905 and located in Davis, California, USA. Spanning over , the campus is the largest within the University of California system and third largest by enrollment...

 
176 436 38°18′25"N 123°3′54"W http://www.bml.ucdavis.edu/bmr/index.html
Box Springs Reserve Riverside
University of California, Riverside
The University of California, Riverside, commonly known as UCR or UC Riverside, is a public research university and one of the ten general campuses of the University of California system. UCR is consistently ranked as one of the most ethnically and economically diverse universities in the United...

 
65 160 33°59′31"N 117°17′43"W http://nrs.ucop.edu/Box-Spring.htm
Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center Riverside
University of California, Riverside
The University of California, Riverside, commonly known as UCR or UC Riverside, is a public research university and one of the ten general campuses of the University of California system. UCR is consistently ranked as one of the most ethnically and economically diverse universities in the United...

 
6,749 16,873 33°35′N 116°20′W http://deepcanyon.ucnrs.org/
Burns Piñon Ridge Reserve Irvine
University of California, Irvine
The University of California, Irvine , founded in 1965, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, located in Irvine, California, USA...

 
124 306 34°8′20"N 116°27′10"W http://nrs.ucop.edu/Reserves/burns/description.html
Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Barbara
The University of California, Santa Barbara, commonly known as UCSB or UC Santa Barbara, is a public research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system. The main campus is located on a site in Goleta, California, from Santa Barbara and northwest of Los...

 
93 230 34°24′N 119°31′W http://nrs.ucop.edu/Reserves/carpinteria/Carpinfo.html
Chickering American River Reserve Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...

 
695 1,720 39°14′48"N 120°19′31"W http://nrs.ucop.edu/Chickering-American-River.htm
Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Barbara
The University of California, Santa Barbara, commonly known as UCSB or UC Santa Barbara, is a public research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system. The main campus is located on a site in Goleta, California, from Santa Barbara and northwest of Los...

 
68 170 34°25′N 119°52′W http://coaloilpoint.ucnrs.org/
Dawson Los Monos Canyon Reserve San Diego
University of California, San Diego
The University of California, San Diego, commonly known as UCSD or UC San Diego, is a public research university located in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States...

 
93 230 33°8′30"N 117°15′20"W http://dawson.ucnrs.org/
Elliott Chaparral Reserve San Diego
University of California, San Diego
The University of California, San Diego, commonly known as UCSD or UC San Diego, is a public research university located in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States...

 
43 107 32°52′6"N 117°8′33"W http://elliott.ucnrs.org/
Emerson Oaks Reserve Riverside
University of California, Riverside
The University of California, Riverside, commonly known as UCR or UC Riverside, is a public research university and one of the ten general campuses of the University of California system. UCR is consistently ranked as one of the most ethnically and economically diverse universities in the United...

 
102 255 33°28′N 117°2′W http://nrs.ucop.edu/Reserves/Emerson/aboutemerson.html Protected by TNC.
Fort Ord Natural Reserve Santa Cruz
University of California, Santa Cruz
The University of California, Santa Cruz, also known as UC Santa Cruz or UCSC, is a public, collegiate university; one of ten campuses in the University of California...

 
242 606 36°40′N 121°46′W http://ucreserve.ucsc.edu/FortOrd/ftordres.html
Hastings Natural History Reservation Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...

 
932 2,392 36°12′30"N 121°33′30"W http://www.hastingsreserve.org/
James San Jacinto Mountains Reserve Riverside
University of California, Riverside
The University of California, Riverside, commonly known as UCR or UC Riverside, is a public research university and one of the ten general campuses of the University of California system. UCR is consistently ranked as one of the most ethnically and economically diverse universities in the United...

 
12 29 33°48′30"N 116°46′40"W http://www.jamesreserve.edu/ Satellite site Oasis de los Osos protected by TNC.
Jenny Pygmy Forest Reserve Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...

 
28 70 39°17′N 123°45′W http://nrs.ucop.edu/Jenny-Pygmy-Forest.htm Protected by TNC.
Jepson Prairie Reserve Davis
University of California, Davis
The University of California, Davis is a public teaching and research university established in 1905 and located in Davis, California, USA. Spanning over , the campus is the largest within the University of California system and third largest by enrollment...

 
634 1,566 38°16′N 121°49′W http://nrs.ucdavis.edu/jepson.html Protected by TNC and the Solano Land Trust.
Kendall-Frost Mission Bay Marsh Reserve San Diego
University of California, San Diego
The University of California, San Diego, commonly known as UCSD or UC San Diego, is a public research university located in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States...

 
7 16 32°47′N 117°13′W http://missionbay.ucnrs.org/
Kenneth S. Norris Rancho Marino Reserve Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Barbara
The University of California, Santa Barbara, commonly known as UCSB or UC Santa Barbara, is a public research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system. The main campus is located on a site in Goleta, California, from Santa Barbara and northwest of Los...

 
200 500 35°31′41"N 121°4′35"W http://ranchomarino.ucnrs.org/
Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve Santa Cruz
University of California, Santa Cruz
The University of California, Santa Cruz, also known as UC Santa Cruz or UCSC, is a public, collegiate university; one of ten campuses in the University of California...

 
1,584 3,911 36°4′N 121°35′W http://www.redshift.com/%7Ebigcreek/ TNC involved in the protection of this site.
McLaughlin Natural Reserve Davis
University of California, Davis
The University of California, Davis is a public teaching and research university established in 1905 and located in Davis, California, USA. Spanning over , the campus is the largest within the University of California system and third largest by enrollment...

 
2,800 7,050 38°52′N 122°24′W http://nrs.ucdavis.edu/mclaughlin.html
Motte Rimrock Reserve
Motte Rimrock Reserve
The Motte Rimrock Reserve, a unit of the University of California Natural Reserve System affiliated with the University of California, Riverside, is an ecological reserve and biological field station located on a small plateau overlooking the Perris Valley in west-central Riverside County,...

Riverside
University of California, Riverside
The University of California, Riverside, commonly known as UCR or UC Riverside, is a public research university and one of the ten general campuses of the University of California system. UCR is consistently ranked as one of the most ethnically and economically diverse universities in the United...

 
289 715 33°48′45"N 117°15′30"W http://nrs.ucop.edu/Reserves/motte/motte.html
Quail Ridge Reserve
Quail Ridge Reserve
Quail Ridge Reserve is a nature reserve in northern California, located in the vicinity of Lake Berryessa in Napa County, California.the Quail Ridge Reserve is administered by the University of California, Davis, and is a unit of the University of California Natural Reserve System.Quail Ridge...

Davis
University of California, Davis
The University of California, Davis is a public teaching and research university established in 1905 and located in Davis, California, USA. Spanning over , the campus is the largest within the University of California system and third largest by enrollment...

 
784 1,937 38°28′59"N 122°8′58"W http://nrs.ucdavis.edu/quail.html QuRiNet
QuRiNet
The Quail Ridge Wireless Mesh Network project is an effort to provide a wireless communications infrastructure to the wildlife reserve. The network will benefit on-site ecological research and provide a wireless mesh network testbed for development and analysis.This is a joint project with the...

 deployed here.
Sagehen Creek Field Station
Sagehen Creek Field Station
Sagehen Creek Field Station is a research and teaching facility of the University of California at Berkeley's Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, the Berkeley Natural History Museums the California Biodiversity Center, & the University of California Natural Reserve System...

Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...

 
183 452 39°25′57"N 120°14′13"W http://sagehen.ucnrs.org/index.html Operated by the University of California under a long-term special-use permit from the U.S. Forest Service.
San Joaquin Freshwater Marsh Reserve Irvine
University of California, Irvine
The University of California, Irvine , founded in 1965, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, located in Irvine, California, USA...

 
82 202 33°39′30"N 117°51′30"W http://nrs.ucop.edu/Reserves/sjfm/moreinfo.html
Santa Cruz Island Reserve Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Barbara
The University of California, Santa Barbara, commonly known as UCSB or UC Santa Barbara, is a public research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system. The main campus is located on a site in Goleta, California, from Santa Barbara and northwest of Los...

 
18,624 46,020 34°0′N 119°44′W http://nrs.ucop.edu/Reserves/scir/SCI_info.html Protected, owned, and managed by TNC.
Scripps Coastal Reserve San Diego
University of California, San Diego
The University of California, San Diego, commonly known as UCSD or UC San Diego, is a public research university located in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States...

 
342 844 32°52′30"N 117°15′15"W http://scripps.ucnrs.org/
Sedgwick Reserve
Sedgwick Reserve
Sedgwick Reserve is a nature reserve in California, located 35 miles north of Santa Barbara near the town of Santa Ynez in Santa Barbara County, California....

Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Barbara
The University of California, Santa Barbara, commonly known as UCSB or UC Santa Barbara, is a public research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system. The main campus is located on a site in Goleta, California, from Santa Barbara and northwest of Los...

 
2,358 5,896 34°42′N 120°1′W http://nrs.ucop.edu/Reserves/sedgwick/moreinfo.html
Sierra Nevada Research Institute--Yosemite Field Station Merced
University of California, Merced
The University of California, Merced, commonly referred to as UC Merced or UCM, is the tenth and newest of the University of California campuses. Located in the San Joaquin Valley in unincorporated Merced County, California, near Merced, UC Merced was the first American research university to...

 
37°32′23"N 119°39′29"W http://nrs.ucdavis.edu/stebbins.html
Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve Davis
University of California, Davis
The University of California, Davis is a public teaching and research university established in 1905 and located in Davis, California, USA. Spanning over , the campus is the largest within the University of California system and third largest by enrollment...

 
233 583 38°30′32"N 122°5′50"W http://nrs.ucdavis.edu/stebbins.html
Steele Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center Irvine
University of California, Irvine
The University of California, Irvine , founded in 1965, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, located in Irvine, California, USA...

 
2,477 615,000 33°14′N 116°23′W http://nrs.ucop.edu/reserves/anza-borrego/anza-borrego.htm 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 Reserve Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...

 
126 310 34°6′N 118°39′W http://nrs.ucop.edu/Reserves/Stunt.html
Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research Center Riverside
University of California, Riverside
The University of California, Riverside, commonly known as UCR or UC Riverside, is a public research university and one of the ten general campuses of the University of California system. UCR is consistently ranked as one of the most ethnically and economically diverse universities in the United...

 
3,600 9,000 34°48′20"N 115°39′50"W http://granites.ucnrs.org/
Valentine Eastern Sierra Reserve Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Barbara
The University of California, Santa Barbara, commonly known as UCSB or UC Santa Barbara, is a public research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system. The main campus is located on a site in Goleta, California, from Santa Barbara and northwest of Los...

 
87 205 37°37′30"N 118°59′30"W http://vesr.ucnrs.org/index.html Includes Valentine Camp and the Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory (SNARL).
Younger Lagoon Reserve Santa Cruz
University of California, Santa Cruz
The University of California, Santa Cruz, also known as UC Santa Cruz or UCSC, is a public, collegiate university; one of ten campuses in the University of California...

10 26 36°57′3"N 122°3′57"W http://ucreserve.ucsc.edu/YoungerLagoon/ylr_home.htm

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