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Hastings |
Contact Information
Mark Stromberg
Hastings Natural History Reservation
38601 East Carmel Valley Rd
Carmel Valley, CA 93924
Phone: 831-659-2664
stromber@socrates.Berkeley.edu |
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Location
Monterey County (upper Carmel Valley);
26 mi SW of Carmel;
142 mi from Berkeley campus.
Map Quest |
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Facilities
Fully functional field station with lab-dorm
complex includes lab with bench/office
space for four to six investigators, housing
for 26, kitchen facilities, modest library;
secure storage space in large barn. |
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Databases
Extensive synoptic collections/field notes;
complete herbarium; long-term weather
data from on-site weather station;
photographic archive; aerial photos/largescale
maps; extensive bibliography;
geographic information system (GIS). |
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Personnel
On-site reserve manager, research
zoologists, and reserve steward. |
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Size
932 ha (2,329 acres); cooperating
landowners: 11,456 ha (28,640 acres) |
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Elevation
467 - 953 m (1,530 - 3,125 ft) |
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Average Precipitation
53 cm (21 in) per year |
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Average Temperatures
July maximum: 31°C (87°F)
January minimum: 1°C (34°F)
Annual mean: 17°C (63°F) |
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Site Spec Sheet (PDF) |
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Natural History
Reservation |
Established in 1937
as a Berkeley campus reserve; 1965 as an
NRS reserve. |
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The Hastings Natural History Reservation, set in the open foothills of the Santa
Lucia Mountains in upper Carmel Valley, protects excellent examples of
habitats characteristic of the interior central Coast Range: annual and perennial
grasslands, oak woodlands, chaparral, and running streams. This hilly reserve lies
primarily on south-facing slopes and encompasses three narrow tributary valleys,
with a few small level areas. Its long history includes more than fifty years of research
on vertebrate ecology and oak-woodland biology. Detailed ornithological records
include sightings of over 165 bird species, nearly half of which have nested on site.
Records are also maintained on nine species of amphibians, ten snakes, and seven
lizards that live on or near the reserve. The abundance of acorns and oak seedlings
provides forage for many mammals, particularly mule deer and pocket gophers. The
reserve is also home to numerous other mammals — not only smaller species, such
as California ground squirrels, dusky-footed woodrats, kangaroo rats, voles, and
mice, but also larger predators, such as bobcats and mountain lions. |
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Photo Gallery
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Public outreach
Environmental consultation
with local ranches; K-12 teacher
education program; the reserve also publishes
a monthly newsletter for neighbors,
researchers, and others, and maintains
an outreach website.
Student activities
Field trips for secondary
schools; student volunteers from
Carmel High School assist researchers,
plant oaks, and help with restoration
and the reserve’s website.
Field courses
Field trips for university
courses in mammalogy, botany, docent
training, plant taxonomy, general biology,
forestry, and conservation biology.
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Selected Research
• Behavioral ecology of western bluebirds.
• Ecology and evolution of social behavior
• Population biology of the California
tiger salamander.
in acorn woodpeckers.
• Genetics, physiology, and fitness of
pocket gophers, with implications for
conservation.
• Restoration ecology of native grasses
and oak woodland.
• Site factors, dendrochronology, and
flowering biology of California oaks.
• Long-term studies of vegetation, bees,
bird populations, small mammals.
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Prescribed fire on School Hill, 1997 |
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Remote Access Weather Station (RAWS) |
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