Younger Lagoon Reserve

Reserve Updates

COVID-19 Update

Due to COVID-19 concerns and shelter-in-place orders, Younger Lagoon Reserve tours have been postponed and site access is limited.

For a short video tour of the Reserve, click here or for an extensive virtual tour, here.

For information about virtual teaching and research support, click here.

For more information on the effects of COVID-19 at UCSC, click here.

Department News

January 11, 2021UC Santa Cruz offers virtual tours of Younger Lagoon Natural Reserve
August 29, 2019My first research internship revealed a whole new field of study—Birds!
March 5, 2019UC Santa Cruz professor Michael Loik tests how plants respond to climate extremes

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Younger Lagoon Reserve Weather Station

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