In November, UC Santa Cruz proudly announced the establishment of the Strathearn Ranch Natural Reserve, following approval by the UC Board of Regents. The reserve, made possible by an anonymous estate gift to the campus, will provide invaluable ecological, educational, and research opportunities for UC students, faculty and other researchers.

The 2,400-acre oak-studded grassland property in San Benito County, which has served as a cattle ranch for most of the last 100 years, becomes the 42nd reserve within the University of California’s Natural Reserve System (NRS) and the seventh UC Santa Cruz reserve.

“Strathearn Ranch Natural Reserve will be here in perpetuity to help support and answer important conservation questions while providing invaluable experiential learning opportunities for students,” said Gage Dayton, director of the UC Santa Cruz Natural Reserves. “We’ll be able to use the reserve for research, for conservation, for training our future leaders, for working with and learning from tribal and community partners, and for giving our students and community the experience of being in nature in a hands-on way.”

Read the whole story from the UC Newsroom

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