Research Facilities

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In addition to our UC Davis entomological resources at the Bee Biology Facility, and the Richard M. Bohart Museum of Entomology, there are numerous opportunities for field research near the Davis campus at a variety of preserves and biological field stations, including:

• Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve: 576 acres of inner Coast Range canyon in the Vaca Mountains, encompassing a high diversity of slope, exposure, and moisture regimes.
  
  
• Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center: Located in Northern California's foothills, 60 miles northeast of Sacramento, this 5,721 acre area includes riparian habitats along the Yuba River and Englebright Reservoir.
  
  
• Sagehen Creek Field Station: The field station headquaters is located off California Highway 89, 8 miles north of Truckee. The station contains roughly 500 acres of the Sagehen Creek watershed on the eastern slope of the northern Sierra Nevada Mountain Range.
  
  
• Jepson Prairie Reserve: This 1,566 acre preserve contains one of the best remaining vernal pool habitats in California, native bunchgrass prairie, freshwater marsh and numerous endemic species of plants and animals.
  
  
• Bodega Marine Reserve: Contains a broad range of coastal habitats, including harbor mudflats, dunefields, coastal uplands, saltwater and freshwater marsh, and exposed and protected sandy beach and rocky shore. UC's Bodega Marine Laboratory is located on this 416 acre reserve.
  
  
• Hopland Field Station: Located in the North Coast mountain range in Mendocino County near Ukiah, this field station consists of 5,358 acres ranging in elevation from 500 - 3000 feet.
  
  
• The Wolfskill Experimental Orchard: 176 acres of fruit and nut crops in Winters, California.
  
  
• Blodgett Experimental Forest in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
  
  

The exceptionally diverse habitats of California include deserts, offshore islands, coastal areas, and a variety of low foothill to high elevation mountains. This diversity is encompassed by a total of 33 University of California natural reserves and nine agricultural research stations throughout the state such as the Kearney Research and Extension Center and the West Side Research and Extension Center in the Central San Joaquin Valley. All of these resources can be used by arrangement for student projects. Field courses in systematics, behavior, and ecology make use of many of these sites. Original research projects are an important part of the professional training offered in our department's courses.