University of California Natural Reserve System
The University of California Natural Reserve System is a system of protected areas throughout California.
List of reserves
| Reserve | Campus | Area | Area | Coordinates | Web | Notes | - |
| Angelo Coast Range Reserve | Berkeley | 3,166 | 7,915 | On the South Fork of the Eel River. Protected by The Nature Conservancy. | - | ||
| Año Nuevo Island Reserve | Santa Cruz | 10 | 25 | 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 | In the Diablo Range, northwest of Mount Hamilton. | - | ||
| Bodega Marine Reserve | Davis | 176 | 436 | On Bodega Bay. | - | ||
| Box Springs Reserve | Riverside | 65 | 160 | Adjacent to the Riverside campus. | - | ||
| Philip L. Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center | Riverside | 6,749 | 16,873 | In the Santa Rosa Mountains, near Palm Desert. | - | ||
| Burns Piñon Ridge Reserve | Irvine | 124 | 306 | In the Mojave Desert, near Joshua Tree National Park. | - | ||
| Santa Barbara | 93 | 230 | In Carpinteria. | - | |||
| Chickering American River Reserve | Berkeley | 695 | 1,720 | In the headwaters basin of the North Fork of the American River, Sierra Nevada. | - | ||
| Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve | Santa Barbara | 68 | 170 | Adjacent to the Santa Barbara campus. | - | ||
| Dawson Los Monos Canyon Reserve | San Diego | 93 | 230 | In the northwestern Laguna Mountains. | - | ||
| Elliott Chaparral Reserve | San Diego | 43 | 107 | At former Camp Kearny, on the Kearny Mesa. | - | ||
| Emerson Oaks Reserve | Riverside | 102 | 255 | In the Temecula Valley, southern Riverside County. Protected by TNC. | - | ||
| Fort Ord Natural Reserve | Santa Cruz | 242 | 606 | At the former Fort Ord, near Monterey Bay. | - | ||
| Hastings Natural History Reservation | Berkeley | 932 | 2,392 | In the Santa Lucia Mountains, upper Carmel Valley. | - | ||
| James San Jacinto Mountains Reserve | Riverside | 12 | 29 | In the San Jacinto Mountains. Satellite site Oasis de los Osos protected by TNC. | - | ||
| Jenny Pygmy Forest Reserve | Berkeley | 28 | 70 | Above the coast in Mendocino County. Protected by TNC. | - | ||
| Jepson Prairie Reserve | Davis | 634 | 1,566 | In the Central Valley. Protected by TNC and the Solano Land Trust. | - | ||
| Kendall-Frost Mission Bay Marsh Reserve | San Diego | 7 | 16 | On Mission Bay. | - | ||
| Kenneth S. Norris Rancho Marino Reserve | Santa Barbara | 200 | 500 | In the Santa Lucia Mountains, near Cambria. | - | ||
| Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve | Santa Cruz | 1,584 | 3,911 | 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 | Within the Blue Ridge Berryessa Natural Area. | - | ||
| Motte Rimrock Reserve | Riverside | 289 | 715 | In western Perris Valley, Peninsular Ranges. | - | ||
| Quail Ridge Reserve | Davis | 784 | 1,937 | Near the Blue Ridge Berryessa Natural Area. QuRiNet deployed here. | - | ||
| Sagehen Creek Field Station | Berkeley | 183 | 452 | 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 | Upper Newport Bay. | - | ||
| Santa Cruz Island Reserve | Santa Barbara | 18,624 | 46,020 | Santa Cruz Island. Protected, owned, and managed by TNC. | - | ||
| Scripps Coastal Reserve | San Diego | 342 | 844 | Adjacent to the UC San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography. | - | ||
| Sedgwick Reserve | Santa Barbara | 2,358 | 5,896 | In the Santa Ynez Valley and the foothills of the San Rafael Mountains. | - | ||
| Sierra Nevada Research Station—Yosemite Field Station | Merced | Yosemite National Park, Sierra Nevada. | - | ||||
| Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve | Davis | 233 | 583 | Within the Blue Ridge Berryessa Natural Area. | - | ||
| Steele Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center | Irvine | 248,882 | 615,000 | 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 | In Los Angeles County, within the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. | - | ||
| Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research Center | Riverside | 3,600 | 9,000 | In the Granite Mountains, within the Mojave National Preserve. | - | ||
| Valentine Eastern Sierra Reserve | Santa Barbara | 87 | 205 | In the high Sierra Nevada and the upper Owens Valley. Includes Valentine Camp and the Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory. | - | ||
| White Mountain Research Center | Los Angeles | 18 | 45 | 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 | The northwest edge of Monterey Bay on the west side of the city of Santa Cruz. | - |