University of California Natural Reserve System
Reserve Campus Area ( ha ) Area ( Acre ) Notes
Angelo Coast Range Reserve Berkeley 3,166 7,915 On the South Fork of the Eel River . Protected by The Nature Conservancy ( TNC )
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
Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve 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 ( west end of the Coachella Valley ) 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
List of reserves
The University of California Natural Reserve System (UCNRS) is a system of protected areas throughout California.