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John Muir Institute
  California Biodiversity Center (CBC) James Reserve
  Center for Conservation Biology (CCB) Natural Reserve System (NRS)
  Center for Embedded Networked Sensing (CENS)
Online Resources:
   
Fieldstations
Departments and Research Groups
Federal and State Agencies, Regional Organizations
Parks, Preserves and Wilderness Areas
Taxonomic Organizations and Museums
Catalogs, Search Engines, Databases and Others
National Forest Service lands
 
    

This list of online resources is duplicated with permission from the California Biodiversity Center

Biodiversity Links #1 - Field Stations in California

This table includes all field stations, experimental forests, agricultural stations and labs that contain areas of natural land, land that is being restored to a natural condition or agricultural land that is specifically intended for long term experimental manipulations and monitoring. It does not include areas of formal gardens with no natural habitat (eg Blake Garden at UC Berkeley), astronomical observatories, botanical gardens (listed here) and arboretums without natural habitat.

State and National Parks, Nature Preserves, Wilderness Areas and Marine Sanctuaries that preserve land may also be amenable to research and are listed here.


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Est.
Labs / Housing?
 Location
UCB NRS Reserves
Angelo Coast Range Reserve 1994 Both Mendocino Co.
Chickering American River Reserve 1975 None Placer Co.
Hastings Natural History Reservation 1937 Both Monterey Co.
Jenny Pygmy Forest Reserve 1970 None Mendocino Co.
Sagehen 1951 Both Nevada Co.
North Fork Association Lands (satellite to Chickering Reserve) ? None Placer Co.
UCB Experimental Forests
Blodgett Forest 1933 Both El Dorado
Whitaker Forest ? Both Tulare Co.
Baker Forest 1917 Both ?
Russell Reservation 1966 Labs Contra Costa Co.
UCB Other
Botanical Gardens 1890 Near campus Alameda Co.
Snow Lab ? Both Nevada/Placer Co.
Gump Station 1981 Both Moorea, French Polynesia
Onion Creek Experimental Watershed ? None Placer Co.
Richmond Field Station ? Labs Contra Costa Co.
UCD NRS Reserves
Bodega Marine Reserve 1970 Both Sonoma Co.
Eagle Lake Field Station 1968 Both Lassen Co.
Jepson Prairie Reserve 1983 None Solano Co.
McLaughlin Natural Reserve 1992 Both Napa, Yolo, Lake Co.
Quail Ridge Reserve 1991 Both Napa Co.
Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve 1979 Both

Solano and Napa Co.
UCD Research and Extension Centers
Hopland Research and Extension Center
1951 Both

Mendocino Co.
Desert Research and Extension Center 1912 Both Imperial Co.
South Coast Research and Extension Center 1956 Both Orange Co.
Shafter Research and Extension Center 1922 Both Kern Co.
West Side Research and Extension Center 1959 Both Fresno Co.?
Lindcove Research and Extension Center 1959 Both Tulare Co.
Kearney Research and Extension Center 1964 Both Solano Co.
Sierra Foothill Research & Extension Center 1960 Both Yuba Co.
Intermountain Research and Extension Center 1960 Both Siskiyou Co.
Elkus Ranch 1975 None San Mateo Co.
UCD Agricultural Experiment Stations
Oakville Experimental Vineyard 1947 Labs Napa Co.
Wolfskill Experimental Orchards 1926 ? Solano Co.
UCI NRS Reserves
Burns Piņon Ridge Reserve 1972 Both San Bernadino Co.
San Joaquin Freshwater Marsh Reserve 1969 None Orange Co.
UCLA NRS Reserves
Stunt Ranch Santa Monica Mountains Reserve 1995 None (replaced?) Los Angeles Co.
UCM Other
Yosemite Station (Wawona) ? ? Mariposa Co.
UCR NRS Reserves
Box Springs Reserve 1965 None Riverside Co.
Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center 1958 Both Riverside Co.
Emerson Oaks Reserve 1991 None Riverside Co.
James San Jacinto Mountains Reserve 1966 Both Riverside Co.
Oasis de los Osos (satellite to James Reserve) ? None Riverside Co.
Motte Rimrock Reserve 1976 Both Riverside Co.
Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research Center 1978 Both San Bernadino Co.
Sacramento Mountains Reserve
(satellite to Sweeney Granite Mtn. Res.) 		? None San Bernadino Co.?
UCR Agricultural Experiment Stations
Citrus Research Center & Agricultural Experiment Station 1937 Near campus Riverside Co.
Coachella Valley Agricultural Research Station ? ? Riverside Co.
Moreno Field Station ? ? Riverside Co.
UCR Other
UCR Botanic Gardens 1957 Near campus Riverside Co.
UCSD NRS Reserves
Dawson Los Monos Canyon Reserve 1965 Both San Diego Co.
Elliott Chaparral Reserve 1969 None San Diego Co.
Kendall-Frost Mission Bay Marsh Reserve 1965 Both San Diego Co.
Scripps Coastal Reserve 1965 Labs San Diego Co.
UCSD White Mountain Research Stations
White Mountain Peak ? Both Mono Co.
Owens Valley Laboratory ? Both Inyo Co.
Crooked Creek Laboratory ? Both? Mono Co.
Barcroft Station 1951 Both Mono Co.
UCSD Other
Cecil and Ida Green Piñon Flat Observatory 1970 Both Riverside Co.
UCSB NRS Reserves
Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve 1977 None Santa Barbara Co.
Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve 1970 Near campus Santa Barbara Co.
Kenneth S. Norris Rancho Marino Reserve 2001 Residence San Luis Obispo Co.
Santa Cruz Island Reserve 1966 Both Santa Barbara Co.
Sedgwick Reserve 1996 Both Santa Barbara Co.
VESR: Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Lab 1973 Both Mono Co.
VESR: Valentine Camp 1972 Both Mono Co.
UCSC NRS Reserves
Aņo Nuevo Island Reserve 1970 Both San Mateo Co.
Fort Ord Natural Reserve 1996 None Monterey Co.
Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve 1977 Both Monterey Co.
Younger Lagoon Reserve 1987 None Santa Cruz Co.
UCSC Other
Long Marine Lab ? Labs Santa Cruz Co.

FIELD STATIONS OUTSIDE THE UC SYSTEM
Cal State University System Reserves
Desert Studies Center (Cal State Univ. Consortium) 1976 Both San Bernardino Co.
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (Cal State Univ. Consortium) 1966 Both Monterey
Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve (San Diego State Univ.) 1962 Both Riverside and San Diego Co.
Sky Oaks Field Station (San Diego State Univ.) 1980 Under Construction San Diego Co.
Fortuna mountain Research Reserve (San Diego State Univ.) 1968 None San Diego Co.
Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve (San Diego State Univ.) 1982 None San Diego Co.
Sierra Nevada Field Campus (San Francisco State Univ) ? Camping  
Romberg Tiburon Center (San Francisco State Univ.) 1978 Labs Marin Co.
Voorhis Ecological Reserve (Cal Poly Pomona) 1983 near campus L.A. Co.
Hayward Marsh Field Station (Cal State East Bay)     Alameda Co.
Cleary Reserve (Cal State East Bay)     Napa Co.
Galbreath Wildlands Preserve (Sonoma State Univ.) 2004   Mendocino Co.
USGS
Box Springs Field Station      
Channel Islands Research Station      
Davis Field Station      
Dixon Field Station      
Golden Gate Field Station      
Point Reyes Field Station      
Redwood Field Station      
San Diego Field Station      
San Francisco Bay Estuary Field Station      
Santa Cruz Field Station      
Piedras Blancas Duty Station 1968    
Sequoia and Kings Canyon Field Station      
Yosemite Field Station      
Others
Philip K. Wrigley Marine Science Center (USC) ? Both Los Angeles Co.
Robert J. Bernard Biological Field Station (Claremont Colleges) ? near campus  
Jasper Ridge (Stanford)     Santa Clara Co.
Hopkins Marine Station (Stanford) 1892 Both Monterey Co.
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (NOAA) 1972 Both  
Audubon Canyone Ranch - Cypress Grove Preserve   Lab Marin Co.

 

Campus/Agency

Total
UCB
15
UCD
18
UCI
2
UCLA
1
UCM
1
UCR
12
UCSD
9
UCSB
7
UCSC
5
CAL State
9
USGS
13
Others
6
TOTAL
100
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