| UCB NRS Reserves |
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| Established |
Laboratory or
Accomodations? |
Location | |
| Angelo Coast Range Reserve | 1994 | Both | Mendocino County |
| Chickering American River Reserve | 1975 | None | Placer County |
| Hastings Natural History Reservation | 1937 | Both | Monterey County |
| Jenny Pygmy Forest Reserve | 1970 | None | Mendocino County |
| Sagehen | 1951 | Both | Nevada County |
| North Fork Association Lands (satellite to Chickering Reserve) | ? | None | Placer County |
| UCB Experimental Forests | |||
| Blodgett Forest | 1933 | Both | El Dorado |
| Whitaker Forest | 1910 | Both | Tulare County |
| Baker Forest | 1917 | Both | Plumas County |
| Russell Reservation | 1966 | Laboratory | Contra Costa County |
| UCB Other | |||
| Botanical Gardens | 1890 | Next to campus | Alameda County |
| Snow Lab | ? | Both | Nevada/Placer Counties |
| Gump Station | 1981 | Both | Moorea, French Polynesia |
| Onion Creek Experimental Watershed | ? | None | Placer County |
| Richmond Field Station | 1950 | Laboratories | Contra Costa County |
| There are many more fieldstations in California
and beyond that are utilized by graduate students at Berkeley. The Natural
Reserve System of the University of California manages 35 reserves that
encompass more than 135,000 acres across twelve ecological regions and is
the largest university-operated system of natural reserves in the world.
Below is a listing of the other 29 NRS reserves plus 56 others reserves
in the state and one outside the state, the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory,
with special ties to UC Berkeley. |
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Established |
Laboratory or
Accomodations? |
Location |
| UCD NRS Reserves |
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| Bodega Marine Reserve | 1970 | Both | Sonoma County |
| Eagle Lake Field Station | 1968 | Both | Lassen County |
| Jepson Prairie Reserve | 1983 | None | Solano County |
| McLaughlin Natural Reserve | 1992 | Both | Napa, Yolo, Lake Counties |
| Quail Ridge Reserve | 1991 | Both | Napa County |
| Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve | 1979 | Both |
Solano and Napa Counties |
| UCD Research and Extension Centers |
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| Hopland
Research and Extension Center |
1951 | Both |
Mendocino County |
| Desert Research and Extension Center | 1912 | Both | Imperial County |
| South Coast Research and Extension Center | 1956 | Both | Orange County |
| Shafter Research and Extension Center | 1922 | Both | Kern County |
| West Side Research and Extension Center | 1959 | Both | Fresno County? |
| Lindcove Research and Extension Center | 1959 | Both | Tulare County |
| Kearney Research and Extension Center | 1964 | Both | Solano County |
| Sierra Foothill Research & Extension Center | 1960 | Both | Yuba County |
| Intermountain Research and Extension Center | 1960 | Both | Siskiyou County |
| Elkus Ranch | 1975 | None | San Mateo County |
| UCD Agricultural Experiment Stations | |||
| Oakville Experimental Vineyard | 1947 | Laboratories | Napa County |
| Wolfskill Experimental Orchards | 1926 | ? | Solano County |
| UCI NRS Reserves |
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| Burns Piņon Ridge Reserve | 1972 | Both | San Bernadino County |
| San Joaquin Freshwater Marsh Reserve | 1969 | None | Orange County |
| UCLA NRS Reserves | |||
| Stunt Ranch Santa Monica Mountains Reserve | 1995 | None (replaced?) | Los Angeles County |
| UCM Other | |||
| Yosemite Station (Wawona) | ? | ? | Mariposa County |
| UCR NRS Reserves | |||
| Box Springs Reserve | 1965 | None | Riverside County |
| Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center | 1958 | Both | Riverside County |
| Emerson Oaks Reserve | 1991 | None | Riverside County |
| James San Jacinto Mountains Reserve | 1966 | Both | Riverside County |
| Oasis de los Osos (satellite to James Reserve) | ? | None | Riverside County |
| Motte Rimrock Reserve | 1976 | Both | Riverside County |
| Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research Center | 1978 | Both | San Bernadino County |
| Sacramento Mountains Reserve (satellite to Sweeney Granite Mountains Reserve) | ? | None | San Bernadino County? |
| UCR Agricultural Experiment Stations | |||
| Citrus Research Center & Agricultural Experiment Station | 1937 | Next to campus | Riverside County |
| Coachella Valley Agricultural Research Station | ? | ? | Riverside County |
| Moreno Field Station | ? | ? | Riverside County |
| UCR Other | |||
| UCR Botanic Gardens | 1957 | Next to campus | Riverside County |
| UCSD NRS Reserves | |||
| Dawson Los Monos Canyon Reserve | 1965 | Both | San Diego county |
| Elliott Chaparral Reserve | 1969 | None | San Diego County |
| Kendall-Frost Mission Bay Marsh Reserve | 1965 | Both | San Diego County |
| Scripps Coastal Reserve | 1965 | Labs | San Diego County |
| UCSD White Mountain Research Stations | |||
| White Mountain Peak | ? | Both | Mono County |
| Owens Valley Laboratory | ? | Both | Inyo County |
| Crooked Creek Laboratory | ? | Both? | Mono County |
| Barcroft Station | 1951 | Both | Mono County |
| UCSD Other | |||
| Cecil and Ida Green Piñon Flat Observatory | 1970 | Both | Riverside County |
| UCSB NRS Reserves | |||
| Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve | 1977 | None | Santa Barbara County |
| Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve | 1970 | Next to campus | Santa Barbara County |
| Kenneth S. Norris Rancho Marino Reserve | 2001 | Residence | San Luis Obispo County |
| Santa Cruz Island Reserve | 1966 | Both | Santa Barbara County |
| Sedgwick Reserve | 1996 | Both | Santa Barbara County |
| VESR: Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Lab | 1973 | Both | Mono County |
| VESR: Valentine Camp | 1972 | Both | Mono County |
| UCSC NRS Reserves | |||
| Aņo Nuevo Island Reserve | 1970 | Both | San Mateo County |
| Fort Ord Natural Reserve | 1996 | None | Monterey County |
| Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve | 1977 | Both | Monterey County |
| Younger Lagoon Reserve | 1987 | None | Santa Cruz County |
| UCSC Other | |||
| Long Marine Lab | ? | Laboratories | Santa Cruz County |
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| Desert Studies Center (Cal State University Consortium) | 1976 | Both | San Bernardino County |
| Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (Cal State University Consortium) | 1966 | Both | Monterey |
| Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve (San Diego State University) | 1962 | Both | Riverside and San Diego Counties |
| Sky Oaks Field Station (San Diego State University) | 1980 | Under Construction | San Diego County |
| Fortuna mountain Research Reserve (San Diego State University) | 1968 | None | San Diego County |
| Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve (San Diego State University) | 1982 | None | San Diego County |
| Sierra Nevada Field Campus (San Francisco State University) | ? | Camping | |
| Romberg Tiburon Center (San Francisco State University) | 1978 | Laboratories | Marin County |
| Voorhis Ecological Reserve (Cal Poly Pomona) | 1983 | Adjacent to campus | L.A. County |
| Hayward Marsh Field Station (Cal State East Bay) | Alameda County | ||
| Cleary Reserve (Cal State East Bay) | Napa County | ||
| Galbreath Wildlands Preserve (Sonoma State University) | 2004 | Camping | Mendocino County |
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| Box Springs Field Station | Riverside County | ||
| Channel Islands Research Station | Ventura County | ||
| Davis Field Station | Yolo County | ||
| Dixon Field Station | Solano County | ||
| Golden Gate Field Station | Marin County | ||
| Point Reyes Field Station | Marin County | ||
| Redwood Field Station | Humboldt County | ||
| San Diego Field Station | San Diego County | ||
| San Francisco Bay Estuary Field Station | SolanoCounty | ||
| Santa Cruz Field Station | Santa Cruz County | ||
| Piedras Blancas Duty Station | 1968 | San Luis Obispo County | |
| Sequoia and Kings Canyon Field Station | Tulare County | ||
| Yosemite Field Station | Mariposa County | ||
| Others | |||
| Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory | 1928 | Both | (Colorado) |
| Philip K. Wrigley Marine Science Center (USC) | ? | Both | Los Angeles County |
| Robert J. Bernard Biological Field Station (Claremont Colleges) | ? | Adjacent to campus | Los Angeles County |
| Jasper Ridge (Stanford) | 1973 | Both | Santa Clara County |
| Hopkins Marine Station (Stanford) | 1892 | Both | Monterey County |
| Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (NOAA) | 1972 | Both | (Based in Seattle WA) |
| Audubon Canyon Ranch - Cypress Grove Preserve | 1992 | Lab | Marin county |