Reserves
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| Bodega Marine Reserve |  | A diverse land-and-sea site, the Bodega Marine Reserve straddles a peninsula of coastal granite thought to have been displaced hundreds of miles northward along the San Andreas Fault. |
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| Box Springs Reserve |  | The Box Springs Reserve lies on a steep and rugged granitic slope near the top of Box Springs Mountain, in a transitional zone between coastal sage scrub and chamise chaparral. Research at Box Springs includes Effects of nitrogen eutrophication and fire on invasive annuals in California coastal sage shrublands. |
| Burns Pinon Ridge Reserve |  | Set in the Morongo Basin of the western Mojave Desert, the Burns Piñon Ridge Reserve is a dry, boulder-strewn landscape of shallow canyons and ridges of sculptured granite. |
| Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve |  | The Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve contains a critically important Southern California estuary, which supports many sensitive plant and animal species |
| Chickering American River Reserve |  | Located in the headwaters basin of the North Fork of the American River, the Chickering American River Reserve is the only NRS site set on the windward western slopes of the Sierra Nevada. Research at Chickering includes: a botanical checklist, pollination ecology studies, and wolverine surveys. Wasp-mite symbiosis is currently being studied. A broad plant survey was conducted over several decades by landowner Sherman Chickering, along with an investigation of multiple phenotypes in the lily Fritillaria atropurpurea. |
| Coal Oil Point Reserve |  | One of the best remaining examples of a coastal-strand environment in Southern California, the Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve protects a wide variety of coastal and estuarine habitats. Research at Coal Oil includes: USGS earthquake monitoring: COPR has one of 200 antennae used by USGS geologists to study earth movement, Surfgrass restoration in intertidal zone: Ongoing project includes studies of surfgrass epiphytes and reproduction, and Human impacts on threatened snowy plover: USGS study seeks to understand impacts on the snowy plover and provide conservation guidelines |
| Dawson Los Monos Canyon Reserve |  | Flowing through the bottom of the Dawson Los Monos Canyon Reserve is Agua Hedionda Creek, one of the few perennial streams in Southern California, as it winds its way through the San Diego county foothills to the Pacific Ocean. Research at Dawson includes: The effects of floral predation on the pollination biology and reproductive success of Yucca whipplei, Parasite diversity of small mammals in fragmented areas, and Suitability of soils and habitat types for the federally endangered Pacific pocket mouse. |
| Elliott Chaparral Reserve |  | Formerly part of the Camp Elliott Military Reservation, the Elliott Chaparral Reserve comprises a diverse mixture of natural coastal and desert habitats that is becoming more and more rare with rapid suburban growth in the San Diego region. Research at Elliott includes: The effects of floral predation on the pollination biology and reproductive success of Yucca whipplei, and Ecological assessment of ground obligate beetle diversity in western San Diego County, CA |
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