Natural Reserve Content / Natural Reserve Content for ٺƵ en Baja Field Station Plans Underway /news/baja-field-station-plans-underway <p><span><span><span>I don’t know about you, but there are huge parts of the past couple of years that I just missed. Even things in 2019 completely escaped my radar as the pandemic interrupted their momentum.&nbsp;</span></span></span></p> January 07, 2022 - 12:01pm Katherine E Kerlin /news/baja-field-station-plans-underway Stebbins Cold Canyon Will Partially Reopen Feb. 15 /news/stebbins-cold-canyon-will-partially-reopen-feb-15 <p>Hikers will be able to return to <a href="https://naturalreserves.ucdavis.edu/stebbins-cold-canyon">Stebbins Cold Canyon</a> Monday (Feb. 15), but not all of the trails on the property will be open immediately.</p> February 09, 2021 - 9:40am Cody Kitaura /news/stebbins-cold-canyon-will-partially-reopen-feb-15 Wildfire Perceptions Largely Positive After Hiking in a Burned Landscape /climate/news/wildfire-perceptions-largely-positive-after-hiking-in-a-burned-landscape <p>When hikers returned to <a href="https://ucnrs.org/reserves/stebbins-cold-canyon-reserve/">ٺƵ Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve</a> in 2016, a year after a wildfire swept through its expanse of oak trees and chaparral in Northern California, half of them expected to see a devastated landscape. But pre- and post-hike surveys conducted by the University of California, Davis, reveal that roughly a third returned energized, awed and excited about the changes they saw.</p> March 26, 2020 - 3:38pm Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/wildfire-perceptions-largely-positive-after-hiking-in-a-burned-landscape Lassen Is ٺƵ’ Newest Natural Reserve /climate/news/lassen-uc-davis-newest-natural-reserve <p>With a terrain covering volcanoes, steaming fumaroles and forestlands, the Lassen Field Station became the newest addition to the University of California, Davis’ Natural Reserve System today (May 16), following approval by the UC Board of Regents.</p> May 16, 2019 - 3:49pm Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/lassen-uc-davis-newest-natural-reserve Summer Dangers Persist at Stebbins Reserve /news/summer-dangers-persist-stebbins-reserve <p>Staff who oversee a ٺƵ natural reserve with popular hiking trails are taking a broader approach to keeping visitors safe in the wake of another heat-related rescue over the weekend.</p> July 31, 2018 - 1:43pm Cody Kitaura /news/summer-dangers-persist-stebbins-reserve Natural Reserves Survive County Fire Untouched /news/natural-reserves-survive-county-fire-untouched <p>The sky has cleared around several ٺƵ natural reserves after they spent several days in the shadow of the County Fire.</p> <p>“Crystal-clear at Cahill today,” due to the wind, reserve steward Paul Havemann said Monday (July 9). He works at Stebbins Cold Canyon Natural Reserve near the Cahill Riparian Reserve.</p> <p>The County Fire sparked June 30 near Guinda and prompted evacuations of researchers from Stebbins and Quail Creek Natural Reserve. The blaze had covered 90,000 acres and been 80 percent contained as of this morning (July 10), Cal Fire reported.</p> July 10, 2018 - 12:30pm Cody Kitaura /news/natural-reserves-survive-county-fire-untouched Trails Reopen at Reserve Near County Fire /news/backfires-slow-advance-county-fire <p>Hiking trails have reopened at Stebbins Cold Canyon Natural Reserve as firefighters make progress against the nearby County Fire.</p> July 06, 2018 - 2:40pm Cody Kitaura /news/backfires-slow-advance-county-fire Stebbins Cold Canyon Natural Reserve Reopens to Public /news/stebbins-cold-canyon-natural-reserve-reopens-public <p>Nearly one year after the Wragg Fire burned ٺƵ’ Stebbins Cold Canyon Natural Reserve and forced its closure, the reserve will reopen to the public this weekend, May 15, from sunrise to sunset.</p> May 10, 2016 - 4:27pm Katherine E Kerlin /news/stebbins-cold-canyon-natural-reserve-reopens-public