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UCSC Big Creek Reserve landscape photo with poppies and pacific coast.

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Field Courses

Photo Field Reaserch Quarter is now accepting applications for the Summer 2019 class. Go on a photo road trip across California, getting 10 upper division studio art credits in the process. More information on their flyer.

Natural Reserve News

March 5, 2019UCSC professor Michael Loik studies the effects of drought at numerous UC Natural Reserves
December 13, 2018Watch how the 10,000-acre UC Santa Cruz Natural Reserve System is making a real-world impact
October 25, 2018Great Big Story Follows Elephant Seal Researchers at Ano Nuevo Reserve

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Ruins on Año Nuevo Island, UCSC Año Nuevo Natural Reserve

Students and community members convene at the start of UCSC Alumni Weekend Bioblitz

A bobcat gets a better view from a fence at UCSC Younger Lagoon Reserve

A UCSC Campus Natural Reserve Continuous Forestry Inventory crew poses on their last internship work day

Undergraduate intern builds restoration fencing at UCSC Younger Lagoon Reserve

Divers on a transect in the kelp forest at UCSC Landels-Hill Big Creek Natural Reserve

Students at UCSC Fort Ord Natural Reserve

Zero emission work vehicle at UCSC Younger Lagoon Natural Reserve

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