Reserve
|
Campus
|
Area
(
ha
)
|
Area
(
Acre
)
|
Coordinates
|
Web
|
Notes
|
Angelo Coast Range Reserve
|
Berkeley
|
3,166
|
7,915
|
39°43′45″N
123°38′40″W
/
39.72917°N 123.64444°W
/
39.72917; -123.64444
(
Angelo Coast Range Reserve
)
|
[4]
|
On the South Fork of the
Eel River
.
Protected by
The Nature Conservancy
(TNC).
|
Ano Nuevo Island Reserve
|
Santa Cruz
|
10
|
25
|
37°6′30″N
122°20′10″W
/
37.10833°N 122.33611°W
/
37.10833; -122.33611
(
Ano Nuevo Island Reserve
)
|
[5]
|
On
Ano Nuevo Island
.
UC manages site within the larger
Ano Nuevo State Reserve
, owned and operated by
California State Parks
.
|
Blue Oak Ranch Reserve
|
Berkeley
|
1,319
|
3,260
|
37°22′53″N
121°44′14″W
/
37.38139°N 121.73722°W
/
37.38139; -121.73722
(
Blue Oak Ranch Reserve
)
|
[6]
|
In the
Diablo Range
, northwest of
Mount Hamilton
.
|
Bodega Marine Reserve
|
Davis
|
176
|
436
|
38°18′25″N
123°3′54″W
/
38.30694°N 123.06500°W
/
38.30694; -123.06500
(
Bodega Marine Reserve
)
|
[7]
|
On
Bodega Bay
.
|
Box Springs Reserve
|
Riverside
|
65
|
160
|
33°59′31″N
117°17′43″W
/
33.99194°N 117.29528°W
/
33.99194; -117.29528
(
Box Springs Reserve
)
|
[8]
|
Adjacent to the Riverside campus.
|
Philip L. Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center
|
Riverside
|
6,749
|
16,873
|
33°35′N
116°20′W
/
33.583°N 116.333°W
/
33.583; -116.333
(
Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center
)
|
[9]
|
In the
Santa Rosa Mountains
, near
Palm Desert
.
|
Burns Pinon Ridge Reserve
|
Irvine
|
124
|
306
|
34°8′20″N
116°27′10″W
/
34.13889°N 116.45278°W
/
34.13889; -116.45278
(
Burns Pinon Ridge Reserve
)
|
[10]
|
In the
Mojave Desert
, near
Joshua Tree National Park
.
|
Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve
|
Santa Barbara
|
93
|
230
|
34°24′N
119°31′W
/
34.400°N 119.517°W
/
34.400; -119.517
(
Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve
)
|
[11]
|
In
Carpinteria
.
|
Chickering American River Reserve
|
Berkeley
|
695
|
1,720
|
39°14′48″N
120°19′31″W
/
39.24667°N 120.32528°W
/
39.24667; -120.32528
(
Chickering American River Reserve
)
|
[12]
|
In the headwaters basin of the North Fork of the
American River
,
Sierra Nevada
.
|
Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve
|
Santa Barbara
|
68
|
170
|
34°25′N
119°52′W
/
34.417°N 119.867°W
/
34.417; -119.867
(
Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve
)
|
[13]
|
Adjacent to the Santa Barbara campus.
Coal Oil Point seep field
is offshore.
|
Dawson Los Monos Canyon Reserve
|
San Diego
|
93
|
230
|
33°8′30″N
117°15′20″W
/
33.14167°N 117.25556°W
/
33.14167; -117.25556
(
Dawson Los Monos Canyon Reserve
)
|
[14]
|
In the northwestern
Laguna Mountains
.
|
Elliott Chaparral Reserve
|
San Diego
|
43
|
107
|
32°52′6″N
117°8′33″W
/
32.86833°N 117.14250°W
/
32.86833; -117.14250
(
Elliott Chaparral Reserve
)
|
[15]
|
At former
Camp Kearny
, on the Kearny Mesa.
|
Emerson Oaks Reserve
|
Riverside
|
102
|
255
|
33°28′N
117°2′W
/
33.467°N 117.033°W
/
33.467; -117.033
(
Emerson Oaks Reserve
)
|
[16]
|
In the Temecula Valley, southern Riverside County.
Protected by TNC.
|
Fort Ord Natural Reserve
|
Santa Cruz
|
242
|
606
|
36°40′N
121°46′W
/
36.667°N 121.767°W
/
36.667; -121.767
(
Fort Ord Natural Reserve
)
|
[17]
|
At the former
Fort Ord
, near Monterey Bay.
|
Hans Jenny Pygmy Forest Reserve
|
Berkeley
|
28
|
70
|
39°17′N
123°45′W
/
39.283°N 123.750°W
/
39.283; -123.750
(
Hans Jenny Pygmy Forest Reserve
)
|
[18]
|
Above the coast in
Mendocino County
.
Protected by TNC.
|
Hastings Natural History Reservation
|
Berkeley
|
932
|
2,392
|
36°12′30″N
121°33′30″W
/
36.20833°N 121.55833°W
/
36.20833; -121.55833
(
Hastings Natural History Reservation
)
|
[19]
|
In the
Santa Lucia Mountains
, upper Carmel Valley.
|
James San Jacinto Mountains Reserve
|
Riverside
|
12
|
29
|
33°48′30″N
116°46′40″W
/
33.80833°N 116.77778°W
/
33.80833; -116.77778
(
James San Jacinto Mountains Reserve
)
|
[20]
|
In the
San Jacinto Mountains
.
Satellite site Oasis de los Osos (west end of the
Coachella Valley
) protected by TNC.
|
Jepson Prairie Reserve
|
Davis
|
634
|
1,566
|
38°16′N
121°49′W
/
38.267°N 121.817°W
/
38.267; -121.817
(
Jepson Prairie Reserve
)
|
[21]
|
In the
Central Valley
.
Protected by TNC and the Solano Land Trust.
|
Kendall-Frost Mission Bay Marsh Reserve
|
San Diego
|
7
|
16
|
32°47′N
117°13′W
/
32.783°N 117.217°W
/
32.783; -117.217
(
Kendall-Frost Mission Bay Marsh Reserve
)
|
[22]
|
On
Mission Bay
.
|
Kenneth S. Norris Rancho Marino Reserve
|
Santa Barbara
|
200
|
500
|
35°31′41″N
121°4′35″W
/
35.52806°N 121.07639°W
/
35.52806; -121.07639
(
Kenneth S. Norris Rancho Marino Reserve
)
|
[23]
|
In the
Santa Lucia Mountains
, near
Cambria
.
|
Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve
|
Santa Cruz
|
1,584
|
3,911
|
36°4′N
121°35′W
/
36.067°N 121.583°W
/
36.067; -121.583
(
Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve
)
|
[24]
|
In the
Santa Lucia Mountains
, along the
Big Sur
coast.
TNC involved in the protection of this site.
|
McLaughlin Natural Reserve
|
Davis
|
2,800
|
7,050
|
38°52′N
122°24′W
/
38.867°N 122.400°W
/
38.867; -122.400
(
McLaughlin Natural Reserve
)
|
[25]
|
Within the
Blue Ridge Berryessa Natural Area
.
|
Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve
|
Merced
|
2601
|
6,428
|
37°22′31″N
120°24′47″W
/
37.3753°N 120.413°W
/
37.3753; -120.413
(
Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve
)
|
[26]
|
Next to the UC Merced campus
|
Motte Rimrock Reserve
|
Riverside
|
289
|
715
|
33°48′45″N
117°15′30″W
/
33.81250°N 117.25833°W
/
33.81250; -117.25833
(
Motte Rimrock Reserve
)
|
[27]
|
In western
Perris Valley
,
Peninsular Ranges
.
|
Quail Ridge Reserve
|
Davis
|
784
|
1,937
|
38°28′59″N
122°8′58″W
/
38.48306°N 122.14944°W
/
38.48306; -122.14944
(
Quail Ridge Reserve
)
|
[28]
|
Near the
Blue Ridge Berryessa Natural Area
.
QuRiNet
deployed here.
|
Sagehen Creek Field Station
|
Berkeley
|
183
|
452
|
39°25′57″N
120°14′13″W
/
39.43250°N 120.23694°W
/
39.43250; -120.23694
(
Sagehen Creek Field Station
)
|
[29]
|
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 Reserve
|
Irvine
|
82
|
202
|
33°39′30″N
117°51′30″W
/
33.65833°N 117.85833°W
/
33.65833; -117.85833
(
San Joaquin Freshwater Marsh Reserve
)
|
[30]
|
Upper Newport Bay
.
|
Santa Cruz Island Reserve
|
Santa Barbara
|
18,624
|
46,020
|
34°0′N
119°44′W
/
34.000°N 119.733°W
/
34.000; -119.733
(
Santa Cruz Island Reserve
)
|
[31]
|
Santa Cruz Island
.
Protected, owned, and managed by TNC.
|
Scripps Coastal Reserve
|
San Diego
|
342
|
844
|
32°52′30″N
117°15′15″W
/
32.87500°N 117.25417°W
/
32.87500; -117.25417
(
Scripps Coastal Reserve
)
|
[32]
|
Adjacent to the UC San Diego
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
.
|
Sedgwick Reserve
|
Santa Barbara
|
2,358
|
5,896
|
34°42′N
120°1′W
/
34.700°N 120.017°W
/
34.700; -120.017
(
Sedgwick Reserve
)
|
[33]
|
In the
Santa Ynez Valley
and the foothills of the
San Rafael Mountains
.
|
Sierra Nevada Research Station?Yosemite Field Station
|
Merced
|
|
|
37°32′23″N
119°39′29″W
/
37.53972°N 119.65806°W
/
37.53972; -119.65806
(
Sierra Nevada Research Institute--Yosemite Field Station
)
|
[34]
|
Yosemite National Park
,
Sierra Nevada
.
|
Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve
|
Davis
|
233
|
583
|
38°30′32″N
122°5′50″W
/
38.50889°N 122.09722°W
/
38.50889; -122.09722
(
Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve
)
|
[35]
|
Within the
Blue Ridge Berryessa Natural Area
.
|
Steele Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center
|
Irvine
|
248,882
|
615,000
|
33°14′N
116°23′W
/
33.233°N 116.383°W
/
33.233; -116.383
(
Steele Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center
)
|
[36]
|
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
|
126
|
310
|
34°6′N
118°39′W
/
34.100°N 118.650°W
/
34.100; -118.650
(
Stunt Ranch Santa Monica Mountains Reserve
)
|
[37]
|
In Los Angeles County, within the
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
.
|
Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research Center
|
Riverside
|
3,600
|
9,000
|
34°48′20″N
115°39′50″W
/
34.80556°N 115.66389°W
/
34.80556; -115.66389
(
Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research Center
)
|
[38]
|
In the
Granite Mountains
, within the
Mojave National Preserve
.
|
Valentine Eastern Sierra Reserve
|
Santa Barbara
|
87
|
205
|
37°37′30″N
118°59′30″W
/
37.62500°N 118.99167°W
/
37.62500; -118.99167
(
Valentine Eastern Sierra Reserve
)
|
[39]
|
In the high
Sierra Nevada
and the upper
Owens Valley
.
Includes Valentine Camp and the Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory (SNARL).
|
White Mountain Research Center
|
Los Angeles
|
18
|
45
|
37°21′41″N
118°19′36″W
/
37.36139°N 118.32667°W
/
37.36139; -118.32667
(
White Mountain Research Center
)
|
[40]
|
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 Reserve
|
Santa Cruz
|
10
|
26
|
36°57′3″N
122°3′57″W
/
36.95083°N 122.06583°W
/
36.95083; -122.06583
(
Younger Lagoon Reserve
)
|
[41]
|
The northwest edge of
Monterey Bay
on the west side of the city of
Santa Cruz
.
|