Angelo Coast Range Reserve | University of California Natural Reserve System

Time 2020-09-11 22:06:04

Web Name: Angelo Coast Range Reserve | University of California Natural Reserve System

WebSite: http://angelo.berkeley.edu

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Angelo Coast Range Reserve University of California Natural Reserve System COVID-19 Notice:Please contact the Reserve Manager Peter Steel atpsteel@berkeley.edubefore scheduling a visit in 2020. Visitors to the Angelo Reserve will only be accepted under limited conditions according to state, university, and local safety guidelines.The Heath and Marjorie Angelo Coast Range Reserveprotects 7,660 acres of the upperwatershed of South Fork of the Eel River in Mendocino County for university-level teaching and research. The Angelo Coast Range Reserve was the first gift to The Nature Conservancy west of the Mississippi, and for many years, the largest (see site history). Today, it is one of 39 protected natural areas in the University of California Natural Reserve System, and is managed through the U.C. Berkeley campus.Since Heath and Marjorie Angelo protected their land in the 1930s, the population of California has increased over six-fold. The Angelo gift, along with the 17 sq. km Elder Creek basin (designated as an area of critical ecological concern by the Bureau of Land Management) together constitute one of the largest continuous tracts of undeveloped coastal conifer forest remaining in California. The reserve protects 5 km of the upper South Fork Eel River, four undisturbed tributary watersheds, mixed conifer broad-leaf forests, meadows on river terraces, and bands of chaparral at higher elevations.The Angelo Reserve hosts several hundred visitors (faculty, researchers, students and citizens) each year, as well as classes, meetings and workshops. Between1960-2017, research in the Reserve has produced more than 290 publications and 30 PhD dissertations or Master’s theses. 6 videos have been made about Angelo research- see video documentary links below. It is the main field observatory for two NSF Centers and for the Keck Hydrowatch Program. Angelo currently hosts the NSF Eel River Critical Zone Observatory.Research facilities include laboratories at Goldman Environmental Science Center, rustic housing for ~ 40 persons, a small watershed that is intensely instrumented for hydrology, and a wireless backbone for a sensor and communications network. The University of California Berkeley natural history field stations and reserves are pleased to announce the fourth year ofThe Carol Baird Graduate Student Award for Field ResearchAwards will be granted to graduate students to support high quality research that is carried out primarily in the field, based in or around Berkeley’s Natural History Field Stations:Angelo Coast Range ReserveBlue Oak Ranch ReserveHastings Natural History ReservationPoint Reyes Field StationSagehen Creek Field StationApplicants will prepare a proposal of up to five pages (total) describing the project, its importance, proposed methods and logistics, and outreach plan (See Post Award obligation 1 below). Proposal must be submitted by October 5th, 2020 to fieldstations@berkeley.edu with “Carol Baird Graduate Student Award for Field Research” in the subject line.Awards of up to $25,000 will be made to support field research beginning in 2021. Funding may be requested for a single field season or multiple field seasons, and for work at or around a single or several reserves. Support allocations (amount per student, potential for renewal) are flexible, as long as the research is field-based, is of excellent quality, and is substantially improved by this support.Awardees will be selected by a faculty review committee comprised of Faculty Directors of the UC Berkeley Natural History Field Stations and will be announced October 26, 2020.Post Award obligations:1) Awardees will be required to present their findings to the local community around the field station(s), for example at town meetings or at workshops organized by local conservation, educational, or citizen science groups.2) Each awardee must give a 20-minute presentation at a Baird Fest field station symposium scheduled during the fall after their award, and report their research accomplishments to fieldstations@berkeley.edu by 15 November, 20213) By April 15, 2022, a fuller report (with full analyses, photos, videos, links, etc.) should be sent to the same email address, fieldstations@berkeley.edu. Both reports will be evaluated by the faculty review committee, and forwarded to the funding Foundation.Relevant dates:October 5, 2020Applications must be received at fieldstations@berkeley.edu.October 26, 2020Awards will be announced.November 15, 2021Reports from awardees due, submitted to fieldstations@berkeley.edu with “Carol Baird Graduate Student Award for Field Research” in the subject line. Reports should describe research accomplishments based on the award, including scientific findings, publications, and reports, videos, and links to public workshops, lectures, or presentations.April 15, 2022More complete reports, with manuscript drafts if available, data analyses, photos, videos, and other links should be sent to fieldstations@berkeley.edu with “Carol Baird Graduate Student Award for Field Research” in the subject line.

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