McLaughlin Reserve Content

KiDS, a Volunteer Program, Empowers the Next Generation of Scientists

Malia Reiss — November 29, 2023 - 3:20pm

69�� volunteers get 5th graders into the field at McLaughlin Natural Reserve as part of Kids Into Discovering Science, or KiDS.

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.

Reserve, Vet Med, Fire Crew Respond to Blaze

Cody Kitaura — July 02, 2018 - 4:04pm

As the County Fire near Guinda ballooned to more than 44,000 acres over the weekend, 69�� faculty, staff and students not only responded to the fire but also took steps to protect one of the university’s natural reserves and safeguard animals.

Saturday afternoon (June 30), a three-person campus fire crew joined the initial attack on the fire in western Yolo County, and has since returned safely — sent back because other crews had arrived from elsewhere in the state, and officials needed to restore coverage in the rest of Yolo County.

Native Wildflowers Bank on Seeds Underground to Endure Drought

Katherine E Kerlin — March 01, 2018 - 4:15pm

Native wildflowers were surprisingly resilient during California’s most recent drought, even more so than exotic grasses. To see this resilience, 69�� researchers of a new study had to look underground to the seed bank. Native wildflowers increased the seeds they stored underground by 201 percent during the drought.

Burning Questions

Jocelyn C Anderson — May 10, 2016 - 10:33am

When wildfire ripped through two 69�� natural reserves last summer, scientists conducting research there first took a pained look to see if their months or years of research just went up in flames. Then they did what one would expect from scientists: They began to study the effects.