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) | [3] | On the South Fork of the Eel River. Protected by The Nature Conservancy (TNC). |
Año 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 (Año Nuevo Island Reserve) | [4] | On Año Nuevo Island. UC manages site within the larger Año 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) | [5] | 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) | [6] | 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) | [7] | 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) | [8] | In the Santa Rosa Mountains, near Palm Desert. |
Burns Piñon Ridge Reserve | Irvine | 124 | 306 | 34°8′20″N 116°27′10″W / 34.13889°N 116.45278°W / 34.13889; -116.45278 (Burns Piñon Ridge Reserve) | [9] | 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) | [10] | 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) | [11] | 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) | [12] | Adjacent to the Santa Barbara campus. |
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) | [13] | 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) | [14] | 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) | [15] | 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) | [16] | At the former Fort Ord, near Monterey Bay. |
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) | [17] | 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) | [18] | In the San Jacinto Mountains. Satellite site Oasis de los Osos (west end of the Coachella Valley) protected by TNC. |
Jenny Pygmy Forest Reserve | Berkeley | 28 | 70 | 39°17′N 123°45′W / 39.283°N 123.750°W / 39.283; -123.750 (Jenny Pygmy Forest Reserve) | [19] | Above the coast in Mendocino County. 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) | [20] | 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) | [21] | 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) | [22] | 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) | [23] | 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) | [24] | Within the Blue Ridge Berryessa Natural Area. |
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) | [25] | 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) | [26] | 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) | [27] | 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) | [28] | 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) | [29] | 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) | [30] | 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) | [31] | 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) | [32] | 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) | [33] | 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) | [34] | 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) | [35] | 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) | [36] | 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) | [37] | 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) | [38] | 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) | [39] | The northwest edge of Monterey Bay on the west side of the city of Santa Cruz. |