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The Donald and Sylvia McLaughlin Natural Reserve is one of few sites in California that protects unusual serpentine habitats. Chemically hostile to most plants, serpentine deposits cover one third of the reserve, creating islands that support rare and endemic plants, which have adapted to these harsh soils, and numerous associated endemic insects. Where there are nonserpentine soils, the vegetation shifts suddenly to more typical coast range habitats, including riparian woodland, blue oak woodland and savannah, grassland, and chaparral. The reserve and adjacent lands are owned by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), California Department of Fish and Game (DFG), and the Homestake Mining Company. Homestake is in the process of decommissioning an innovative open-pit gold mine which includes extensive reclamation of disturbed lands. The reserve is the repository of over 20 years of environmental monitoring data collected by Homestake.

Site Specifications
established: 1992
location: Napa, Yolo, and Lake Counties, boundary of Putah Creek and Cache Creek watersheds, northwest of Davis; two hours from Davis Campus.
size: 2,776 hectares (6,940 acres)
elevation: 366 to 914 meters (1,200 to 3,000 feet)
average precipitation: 62 cm (24 in) per year
average temperature: July: 25° C (77° F)     January: 8° C (46° F)
facilities: Research station with computers, bunkroom, classroom, and kitchen; facilities expansion underway; storage space.
database: Excellent database and monitoring systems are available on site, with logistical support from the Homestake Mining Company
personnel: On-site reserve managers.

Contact: Cathy Koehler and Paul Aigner, Reserve Managers
UC Davis - McLaughlin Reserve
26775 Morgan Valley Road, Lower Lake, CA, 95457-9411
Phone: 707-995-9005; email: mclaughlin@ucdavis.edu 

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Last Updated 12/14/06