The Environmental Legacy of the UC Natural Reserve System

284 Pages·2013·36.11 MB·English

by  Peggy L. Fiedler

THE ENVIRONMENTAL LEGACY OF THE
UC NATURAL RESERVE SYSTEM
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environmental legacy
the
uc natural reserve system
of the
edited by peggy l. fiedler, susan gee rumsey, and kathleen m. wong
university of california press
Berkeley Los Angeles London
The publisher gratefully acknowledges the generous contri-
bution to this book provided by the University of California
Natural Reserve System.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The environmental legacy of the UC natural reserve system / edited by Peggy
L. Fiedler, Susan Gee Rumsey, and Kathleen M. Wong.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-520-27200-2 (cloth : alk. paper)
1. Natural areas—California. 2. University of California Natural Reserve
System—History. 3. University of California (System)—Faculty.
4. Environmental protection—California. 5. Ecology—Study and teaching—
California. 6. Natural history—Study and teaching—California. I. Fiedler,
Peggy Lee. II. Rumsey, Susan Gee. III. Wong, Kathleen M. (Kathleen
Michelle)
QH76.5.C2E59 2013
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The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of
ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R 2002) (Permanence of Paper). ♾
Cover image: South Fork Eel River, Angelo Coast Range Reserve.
Photo by Christopher Woodcock.
For Kenneth S. Norris, Mildred E. Mathias,
Wilbur W. Mayhew, and the NRS community of managers,
students, and scholars, past, present, and future
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In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.
JOHN MUIR, letter dated Salt Lake, July 1877
Northern California
O R E G O N
1 Heath and Marjorie Angelo Coast Range Reserve
2 Hans Jenny Pygmy Forest Reserve
3 Sagehen Creek Field Station
4 Donald and Sylvia McLaughlin Natural Reserve
5 Quail Ridge Reserve
6 Chickering American River Reserve
7 Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve
Eureka 8 Bodega Marine Reserve
9 Jepson Prairie Reserve
Central California
10 Blue Oak Ranch Reserve
11 Año Nuevo Island Reserve
12 Younger Lagoon Reserve
13 Sierra Nevada Research Station: Yosemite Field Station
1 14 Valentine Eastern Sierra Reserve: Valentine Camp
15 Valentine Eastern Sierra Reserve:
Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory
16 White Mountain Research Center
2 17 Fort Ord Natural Reserve
18 Frances Simes Hastings Natural History Reservation
19 Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve
20 Kenneth S. Norris Rancho Marino Reserve
3 21 Sedgwick Reserve
4 22 Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve
Truckee
23 Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve
5 6 24 Santa Cruz Island Reserve
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Sacramento Southern California
25 Stunt Ranch Santa Monica Mountains Reserve
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26 Box Springs Reserve
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27 Burns Piñon Ridge Reserve
28 Jack and Marilyn Sweeney Granite Mountains
San Francisco Desert Research Center
29 San Joaquin Marsh Reserve
30 Motte Rimrock Reserve
31 James San Jacinto Mountains Reserve
32 Philip L. Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center
10 33 Emerson Oaks Reserve
11 13 34 Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center
12 14 35 Dawson Los Monos Canyon Reserve
15 36 Scripps Coastal Reserve
37 Elliott Chaparral Reserve
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17 38 Kendall-Frost Mission Bay Marsh Reserve
18 Fresno
N E V A D A
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C A L I F O R N I A
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Santa Barbara
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Los Angeles 26
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 31
Natural Reserve System 32
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A R I Z O N A
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N 36 37
0 50 100 miles San Diego 38
0 100 kilometers
M E X I C O
CONTENTS
Preface  •  xiii
Acknowledgments  •  xv
INSPIRATION AND VISION  •  2
Origins of the UC Natural Reserve System  •  4
Evolution of the UC Natural Reserves: An Introduction  •  9
The History of the UC Natural Reserve System  •  9
Principles Guiding the Selection, Operation, and Use of NRS Sites  •  13
Donors and Partners  •  19
The NRS Mission: Research, Teaching, and Public Service  •  21
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA RESERVES  •  30
Heath and Marjorie Angelo Coast Range Reserve  •  32
Bodega Marine Reserve  •  37
Chickering American River Reserve  •  42
Hans Jenny Pygmy Forest Reserve  •  46