Records of the UCSD Natural Land and Water Reserves System (NLWRS), later designated as the Natural Reserve System, established in 1965 as part of the University of California Natural Reserves System designed to acquire, protect and preserve native California ecosystems for future study. Represented in this collection are materials from both the UC Natural Reserves System and the UCSD Natural Reserve System, including the Dawson/Los Monos Canyon Reserve, the Elliott Chaparral Reserve, the Kendall Frost Mission Bay Marsh Reserve, the Scripps Coastal Reserve/Knoll, and the Ryan Oak Glen Reserve (1973-1987). The materials related to the UC Natural Reserves System include academic plans for each campus (1976-1982), Advisory Committee minutes and agendas (1974-1987), budgets (1967-1970), correspondence (1962-1971), general publications (1965-1987), and re-evaluations (1978-1980). The UCSD Natural Reserve System materials include academic plans (1977-1982), annual reports (1970-1994), budgets (1983-1985), correspondence (1964-1986), as well as materials associated with the individual reserves such as species lists, correspondence, maps, aerial photographs, re-evaluations, management and maintenance files, sign-in sheets, and newspaper clippings--all documenting creation, acquisition, operation, and use of natural reserve sites managed by the University of California, San Diego. The inclusive dates of the collection are 1948-1999; however, the bulk of the material dates from 1962-1994. The administrative files are arranged in two series: 1) UC Natural Reserves System and 2) UCSD Natural Reserve System.

The UCSD Natural Land and Water Reserves System (NLWRS), redesignated in 1983 as the Natural Reserve System (NRS), was formally established in 1965 as part of the systemwide University of California Natural Land and Water Reserves System created to preserve, protect, and study the native terrestrial, riparian, and marine habitats of California. The founder and first chairperson of the UC Natural Land and Water Reserves System was Kenneth Norris, professor of zoology at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

2.80 linear feet (7 archives boxes)

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