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UC Santa Barbara NRS Campus Office
Information One of the most active campuses in of the Natural Reserve System, UC Santa Barbara administers seven NRS reserves: Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve (CSM), Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve (COP), Kenneth S. Norris Rancho Marino Reserve (KNRM), Santa Cruz Island Reserve (SCI), Sedgwick Reserve, Valentine Eastern Sierra Reserve (VESR) – Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory (SNARL), and VESR – Valentine Camp (VC). On-site… Read more…
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UC Santa Cruz NRS Campus Office and Joseph M. Long Marine Laboratory
Information UC Santa Cruz administers five reserves. The NRS campus office directly administers Fort Ord Natural Reserve (FON) and the UCSC Campus Natural Reserve (CNR), and the UCSC Institute of Marine Sciences’ Joseph M. Long Marine Laboratory administers Año Nuevo Island Reserve (ANI) and Younger Lagoon Reserve (YLR). The CNR is not part of the NRS, but… Read more…
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Hastings Large Format Document Collection
This collection consists of maps and other large format documents pertaining to the Frances Simes Hastings Natural History Reservation Read more…
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Hastings Management Collection
This collection consists of administrative records for the Frances Simes Hastings Natural History Reservation, the oldest UC natural reserve. Read more…
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Hastings Map Collection
Collection of maps, drawings, data, and photos (1930s–2000s), including fire maps, wildlife data, architectural plans, and Hastings family photographs. Read more…
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Hastings Specimen and Slide Collection
This collection consists of biological specimens and research records mostly from Frances Simes Hastings Natural History Reservation, in three series. Read more…
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Homestake Mining Company McLaughlin Gold Mine Collection
Abstract This collection includes materials generated by and for the Homestake Mining Company’s McLaughlin Gold Mine, mainly in the 1980s and 1990s, and acquired by the Donald and Sylvia McLaughlin Natural Reserve as mining operations wound down. The collection takes the form of three series. The Mining Operations series includes 18 binders of operating manuals for the McLaughlin… Read more…
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Homestake Mining Company Mining Models Collection
Abstract This collection consists of an unusual, warehouse-sized group of scale models depicting the entire Homestake Mining Company’s (HMC) McLaughlin Gold Mine. These models belong to the Donald and Sylvia McLaughlin Natural Reserve (MNR), but as of 2012 remained on the HMC premises. Location: Where to Find It Donald and Sylvia McLaughlin Natural Reserve Homestake… Read more…
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Jim Andre Collection
Abstract This collection contains Jim Andre’s research and service materials. Andre is reserve director for the Jack and Marilyn Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research Center (SGM). His collection pertains to his own work, as well as SGM’s role in science and conservation in the Eastern Mojave Desert. Topics covered include desert soils and vegetation restoration,… Read more…
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Joshua Tree National Park Museum Collections
Abstract The Joshua Tree National Park Museum Collections document the park’s cultural and natural resources. This includes the long-term history of the site and the surrounding Mojave Desert region, as well as efforts to conserve the park’s resources. Some materials in this collection relate to the nearby UC Burns Piñon Ridge Reserve. Link Joshua Tree National Park Museum… Read more…