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Mission Statement

To link academic research with the conservation, restoration, and stewardship of natural systems

To promote immersion in nature in order to enhance appreciation, understanding, and respect for natural processes

To educate the next generation of environmental scientists and stewards

Collaboration

Projects

CEB	UCI Nature	MCRS	Partner	Project Title
			ABDSP	Retirement of Citrus Farms for Long-term Water Sustainability in Borrego Springs
			ABF, ABDSP	Restoration Planning for a Wetland in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
			BBSC	Seeds or Seedlings? Comparing Plant Sources for Restoration at Newport Bay
			BBSC, NBC	Managing Invasive Sea Lavendar
			CCH	Developing and Maintaining the UCI Herbarium
			CCSP, CCC	Project CRYSTAL: Effectiveness of Different Types of Mulch in Restoration
			CCSP, CCC	Project CRYSTAL: Using Nurse Plants in Restoration
			CCSP, CCC	Restoration of The Bowl at Crystal Cove State Park
			COI	Implications of Greenhouse Re-Landscaping on Ecosystem Processes
			IRC	Developing a Plant Identification Application for the UCI Ecological Preserve
			IRC	Effectiveness of Goat Grazing for Site Preparation in Restoration
			IRC	Genetic Influence of Seed Source on Drought Adaptations
			IRC	Passive Restoration Experiment
			IRC	West Loma Ecological Restoration Experiment
			IRC, CC	Restoration of Diverse Grassland Communities: Adding Forb Species
			IRC, NCC, TNC	Post-fire Passive Restoration
			IRC, UCR	Loma Ridge Global Change Experiment
			IRWD, IRC	Camera monitoring of large mammal species at the wildland-urban interface
			NCC	Maintaining Biodiversity Within Fuel Modification Zones
			NCC	Rare Plant Prioritization
			NCC	Rare Plant Surveys
			NCC, TNC	Monitoring of Orange County Plant Communities
			NOAA	Population restoration of endangered abalone in Southern CA
			RP	Riparian restoration
			SMCC	Burns Pinon Bird and Vegetation Diversity
			TNC, EE	Pond turtle monitoring
			TNC, NCC	Monitoring of Diseases in Oak Woodlands
			TOL	Plant tissue culture as a conservation method
			TWC	Bluff Lake Reserve Mitigation Bank and Restoration
			UCNRS	Vegetation monitoring within the UCI Reserves (Burns, Anza, Ecopreserve)
			PB	White-tailed kite study

Contact Information

Research and Partnerships

Sarah Kimball
skimball@uci.edu

Natural Lands, Conservation, & Restoration

Megan Lulow
mlulow@uci.edu

Education and Outreach

Jennifer Long
jjlong@uci.edu