Natural Reserve Content

Baja Field Station Plans Underway

Katherine E Kerlin — January 07, 2022 - 12:01pm

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.

Stebbins Cold Canyon Will Partially Reopen Feb. 15

Cody Kitaura — February 09, 2021 - 9:40am

Hikers will be able to return to Stebbins Cold Canyon Monday (Feb. 15), but not all of the trails on the property will be open immediately.

Wildfire Perceptions Largely Positive After Hiking in a Burned Landscape

Katherine E Kerlin — March 26, 2020 - 3:38pm

When hikers returned to 69�� Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve 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.

Lassen Is 69��’ Newest Natural Reserve

Katherine E Kerlin — May 16, 2019 - 3:49pm

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.

Summer Dangers Persist at Stebbins Reserve

Cody Kitaura — July 31, 2018 - 1:43pm

Staff who oversee a 69�� 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.

Natural Reserves Survive County Fire Untouched

Cody Kitaura — July 10, 2018 - 12:30pm

The sky has cleared around several 69�� natural reserves after they spent several days in the shadow of the County Fire.

“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.

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.

Trails Reopen at Reserve Near County Fire

Cody Kitaura — July 06, 2018 - 2:40pm

Hiking trails have reopened at Stebbins Cold Canyon Natural Reserve as firefighters make progress against the nearby County Fire.

Stebbins Cold Canyon Natural Reserve Reopens to Public

Katherine E Kerlin — May 10, 2016 - 4:27pm

Nearly one year after the Wragg Fire burned 69��’ Stebbins Cold Canyon Natural Reserve and forced its closure, the reserve will reopen to the public this weekend, May 15, from sunrise to sunset.