The environmental legacy of the UC Natural Reserve System / edited by Peggy L. Fiedler, Susan Gee Rumsey, and Kathleen M. Wong.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Inspiration and Vision. Origins of the UC Natural Reserve System -- Evolution of the UC Natural Reserves : An introduction. The history of the UC Natural Reserve System ; Principles guiding the selection, operation, and use of NRS sites ; Donors and partners ; The NRS mission : Research, teaching, and public service -- Northern California Reserves. Heath and Marjorie Angelo Coast Range Reserve ; Bodega Marine Reserve ; Chickering American River Reserve ; Hans Jenny Pygmy Forest Reserve ; Jepson Prairie Reserve ; Donald and Sylvia McLaughlin Natural Reserve ; Quail Ridge Reserve ; Sagehen Creek Field Station ; Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve -- Central California Reserves. Año Nuevo Island Reserve ; Blue Oak Ranch Reserve ; Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve ; Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve ; Fort Ord Natural Reserve ; Frances Simes Hastings Natural History Reservation ; Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve ; Kenneth S. Norris Rancho Marino Reserve ; Santa Cruz Island Reserve ; Sedgwick Reserve ; Sierra Nevada Research Station : Yosemite Field Station ; Valentine Eastern Sierra Reserve : Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory ; Valentine Eastern Sierra Reserve : Valentine Camp ; White Mountain Research Center ; Younger Lagoon Reserve -- Southern California Reserves. Box Springs Reserve ; Philip L. Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center ; Burns Piñon Ridge Reserve ; Dawson Los Monos Canyon Reserve ; Elliott Chaparral Reserve ; Emerson Oaks Reserve ; James San Jacinto Mountains Reserve ; Kendall-Frost Mission Bay Marsh Reserve ; Motte Rimrock Reserve ; San Joaquin Marsh Reserve ; Scripps Coastal Reserve ; Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center ; Stunt Ranch Santa Monica Mountains Reserve ; Jack and Marilyn Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research Center -- Future Directions for the UC Natural Reserve System. A clearer perspective on global change ; Accomplishing more through innovative partnerships ; Ensuring the growth of UC's Reserve System -- Literature cited -- Index.

The UC Natural Reserve System, established in 1965 to support field research, teaching, and public service in natural environments, has become a prototype of conservation and land stewardship looked to by natural resource managers throughout the world. From its modest beginnings of seven sites, the UC NRS has grown to encompass more than 750,000 wildland acres. This book tells the story of how a few forward-thinking UC faculty, who'd had their research plots and teaching spots destroyed by development and habitat degradation, devised a way to save representative examples of many of California's major ecosystems. Working together with conservation-minded donors and landowners, with state and federal agencies, and with land trusts and private conservation organizations, they founded what would become the world's largest university-administered natural reserve system - a legacy of lasting significance and utility. This lavishly illustrated volume, which includes images by famed photographers Ansel Adams and Galen Rowell, describes the natural and human histories of the system's many reserves. Located throughout California, these wildland habitats range from coastal tide pools to inland deserts, from lush wetlands to ancient forests, and from vernal pools to oak savannas. By supporting teaching, research, and public service within such protected landscapes, the UC NRS contributes to the understanding and wise stewardship of the Earth.

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