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1997- 2004

 

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Vol. 22, No.2
(Summer 2004)
   In This Issue Of Transect
  • Feature Article: Sagehen Creek Field Station becomes the 35th NRS reserve!
  • Sagehen brings a half century of history--and scientific data--to the UC reserve system
  • The Leopold Years (1965-1978) and beyond--Sagehen hits its stride after starker takes charge
  • Sagehen hosts two generations of "Bug Boot Camp"
  • The fall--how Sagehen very nearly didn't survive the 1990s
  • Recovery and renaissance-how Sagehen was saved (largely through first-rate management and administration) and so lived on to join the reserve system
  • "Portfolio of reserves" available to Sagehen- based scientists

Vol. 22, No.1
(Spring 2004)

 

   In This Issue Of Transect
  • Feature Article: (Field) Notes from underground reveal the true nature and extent of flora-fungi relations.
  • The upper crust surviving nicely at NRS desert site
  • A search for Hans Jenny awakens new appreciation for the legacy of this world-class soil scientist
  • Old-growth reserve plans new-growth future
  • The bad news--and good news--about Elliott Reserve
  • Remote reserve set to welcome new on-site manager
  • NRS desert reserve celebrates its first quarter of a century and an NRS elder
  • Frank Pitelka, distinguished ecologist and longtime NRS scientist, academic, and administrator, dies at 87 (Clark Kerr, legendary UC president and NRS visionary, dies at 92)
  • UC reserve system premieres on UC TV channel
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Vol. 21, No.2
(Fall 2003)
   In This Issue Of Transect
  • Feature Article: Man meets mollusk and learns: size does matter -even in the intertidal zone
  • Scientists at NRS coastal sites (tide)pool their knowledge
  • Well-mentored, hands-on training at Bodega Marine Reserve gets careers started
  • NRS reserve manager give his expertise to naming state's marine managed areas
  • National Areas Association honors NRS managers with both its 2003 annual awards
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Vol. 21, No.1
(Spring 2003)
   In This Issue Of Transect
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Vol. 20, No.3
(Winter 2002)
   In This Issue Of Transect
  • Feature Article: Microbial Observatiories Reveal Lively Little-Known Worlds Beneath The Surfaces Of Land And Lake
  • Innovative nesting program at Coal Oil Point Reserve proves great success
  • Stunt Ranch Reserve looks forward to new facilities
  • Field course students from Minnesota discover California ecology at NRS reserves
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Vol. 20, No.2
(Summer 2002)
   In This Issue Of Transect
  • Feature Article: NRS Research That Revealed Collapse Of Island Fox Population Now Focuses On Halting Species Extinction
  • First Mathias Symposium highlights 2000-01 winners
  • CA Coastal Conservancy support initiates Phase II of San Joaquin Marsh Reserve Restoration
  • Legacy of 20th-century explorer Al A. Allanson enriches desert research
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Vol. 20, No.1
(Spring 2002)
   In This Issue Of Transect
  • Feature Article: James Reserve Places Nature Virtually At Our Fingertips
  • Mother Lode of DNA data mined at McLaughlin
  • Ever-more-sophisticated technology reveals the secret lives of Año Nuevo elephant seals and sharks
  • Super "ear" installed at Boyd Deep Canyon
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Vol. 19, No.2
(Winter 2001)
   In This Issue Of Transect
  • Feature Article: Bioregional Planning Blooms In California's Coachella Valley
  • A Community unites in stewardship of the Carpinteria Salt Marsh
  • Longtime reserve director Wayne Ferren charts a new course
  • Multiple NRS reserves play important role in the identity of the Putah-Cache bioregion
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Vol. 19, No.1
(Spring 2001)
   In This Issue Of Transect
  • Feature Article: Wartime Challenges Prepared One NRS Founder For Future Environmental Battles
  • New NRS reserve ! Field scientists can order "surf and turf" at the Kenneth S. Norris Rancho Marino Reserve - our 34th site
  • Oak researchers at NRS sites plan how to protect an imperiled native habitat
  • CA Coastal Conservancy helps two NRS reserves
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Vol. 18, No.2
(Winter 2000)
   In This Issue Of Transect
  • Feature Article: A Bird In The Hand Is Worth ... Banding!
  • Forest canopy access system being developed at Angelo
  • Science teacher training program off to a good start
  • Reserve-based research in atmospheric chemistry provides global insights
  • Center for science education opens at Valentine Camp

 

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Vol. 18, No.1
(Summer 2000)
   In This Issue Of Transect
  • Feature Article: The Past Is Nonrenewable: Natural Reserves Protect Rich Cultural Resources
  • Firsthand impressions of a Santa Cruz Island dig
  • Archaeology sheds light on Big Creek mussel mystery
  • Of mammoths and men picturing the past in the East Mojave Desert
  • And a useful glossary of anthropology terms, too!
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Vol. 17, No.2
(Autumn/Winter 1999)
   In This Issue Of Transect
  • Feature Article: From Drudgery To Discovery: The Real Life Of Field Researchers
  • CA lichens receive some long-overdue attention
  • Bee behavior reveals the drawbacks of cooking up habitat from scratch
  • Fish stocking beomes frog stalking in the High Sierra
  • Millennium falcoms get a lift from NRS reserves
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Vol. 17, No.1
(Spring/Summer 1999)
   In This Issue Of Transect
  • Feature Article: NRS Founding Father took Reserve System To The Millennium
  • NRS founder Ken Norris fondly remembered
  • UC reserve system plays national stage at AAAS
  • 1998-99 Mathias student research grant awardees
  • Angelo Reserve receives funding for new environmental sciences center
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Vol. 16, No.2
(Autumn / Winter 1998)
   In This Issue Of Transect
  • Feature Article: Scientists At Sedgwick Reserve Master The Mysteries Of Mud
  • Mud and its ways studied at Sedgwick
  • Año Nuevo elephant seal pups struggle for survival
  • Reserve staff across the system observe El Niño's aftermaths
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Vol. 16, No.1
(Spring/Summer 1998)
   In This Issue Of Transect
  • Feature Article: Science, Art, And Community Service Converge When Kids Meet In The Carpinteria Marsh "Classroom"
  • Carpinteria Marsh kids
  • Multilevel outreach at SNARL/Valentine Camp
  • Jepson Prairie docents
  • Wilderness medicine at James San Jacinto Mtns.
  • Many, many thanks to the Packard Foundation!

These publications were re-created from print.

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Vol. 15, No. 2
(Fall 1997)
   In This Issue Of Transect
  • Feature Article: NRS welcomes new director
  • Hastings scientists help make way for newts
  • Santa Cruz Island home to nine newly listed plants
  • Research takes root at Sedgwick Reserve

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