Join us on Thursday, April 16th at 2 pm at the Kendall-Frost Marsh Reserve Field Station and Community Learning Center to hear Aiyana Reissman from University of San Diego present her recently completed master's thesis research on "Drivers of Population Recovery for the Light-footed Ridgway's Rail in Southern California".

This talk is part of a quarterly series of science talks hosted by the UC San Diego Natural Reserve System and the San Diego Bird Alliance. 

Get connected with nature this year by learning about the biodiversity that surrounds you. Join the Natural Reserve System in an introduction to using the community science platform iNaturalist. The workshop will start at 10 am on Thursday, April 16th in the Dunst Classroom at the Geisel Library, and will end with a nearby hike to practice collecting observations. 

This event prepares participants to contribute to the City Nature Challenge, a global collaborative effort to observe as many species as possible from April 24th - 27th.

Join us as we celebrate the City Nature Challenge at all four UC San Diego Natural Reserves. Collecting iNaturalist observations helps us to better understand biodiversity at our Reserves, making them even more valuable for teaching and research. 

Scripps Coastal Reserve - Mesa

Friday, April 24th 8 am - 10 am

Kendall-Frost Marsh Reserve

Saturday, April 25th 9 am - 11 am

Elliott Chaparral Reserve

Saturday, April 25th 2 pm - 4 pm 

Dawson-Los Monos Canyon Reserve 

Monday, April 27th 9:30 am - 11:30 am

We are delighted to announce that we have new art for each reserve thanks to the Creative and Digital Strategy team in University Communications. Attend one of our City Nature Challenge events to get a Reserve sticker of your own. 

On Saturday, January 10th the Climate Science Alliance, in partnership with Tipey Joa Native Warriors and UC San Diego Natural Reserve System, hosted the event Stewarding Plants at Kendall-Frost Marsh: Adaptation through Relationships and Knowledge Sharing. Read more at the Climate Science Alliance blog...

The 21st year of Love Your Wetlands welcomed more than 1,000 visitors and included more than 50 local and regional organizations from Southern California and across the border in Baja California, Mexico. Read more in UC San Diego Today...

Registration is now open for our second annual NRS Research Symposium on Thursday, May 21st from 1 - 4 pm at the Martin Johnson House at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Join us for posters and scientific talks on research from the four UC San Diego Natural Reserves.

Note that weeding will not occur on Friday, March 27th due to the campus holiday. The March 28th Wander the Wetlands will include a Multilingual Native Plant Stroll. Find all our upcoming events here. 

Scripps Coastal Reserve: Mesa docent-led walks

1st Saturdays, 9 - 11 AM

Scripps Coastal Reserve: Mesa weeding

most Fridays, 8 - 10 am

Wander the Wetlands at Kendall-Frost Marsh Reserve

2nd and 4th Saturdays

The observation of the month is this Fuchsiaflower Gooseberry (Ribes speciosum) observed by Reserves Director Clarissa Rodriguez at Dawson Los Monos Canyon Reserve. 

Post your own photos of native plants or animals on iNaturalist while visiting a NRS reserve (perhaps at one of the events below) for a chance to have your photo featured here next month. Check out all the observations collected at UC San Diego Reserves on iNaturalist.