Field Stations, Research Forests, and Museums

UC Berkeley manages an extraordinary array of field stations, research reserves and experimental forests in California and beyond. In addition, UC Berkeley's natural history museum collections represent over 12 million voucher specimens in anthropology, botany, entomology, herpetology, mammalogy, ornithology, and paleontology.  Other than the Berkeley Forests, the units listed below report to the Vice Chancellor for Research.  

• UC Berkeley Reserves and Field Stations include:
  • Angelo Coast Range Reserve
  • Blue Oak Ranch Reserve
  • Central Sierra Snow Lab
  • Chickering American River Reserve
  • Hastings Natural History Reservation
  • Point Reyes Field Station
  • Hans Jenny Pygmy Forest Reserve
  • Sagehen Creek Field Station
  • Richard B. Gump South Pacific Field Station
     
• Berkeley Forests managed by the Rausser College of Natural Resources include:
  • Baker
  • Blodgett
  • Grouse Ridge
  • Russell
  • Whitaker's
     
• Museums and Science Centers
  • Lawrence Hall of Science
  • Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
  • UC Botanical Gardens
  • Natural History Museums
    • Essig Museum of Entomology
    • Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
    • UC Museum of Paleontology
    • University and Jepson Herbaria