Forgot your password?
Document Actions
Burns Pinon Ridge Reserve
Regional
CALEON - California Ecological Observatory
University of California Irvine
Desert
in the Morongo Basin of the western Mojave Desert, boulder-strewn landscape of shallow canyons and ridges of sculptured granite. Three floristic regions meet at the site: Transverse Range, Sonoran Desert, and Mojave Desert, creating a diverse mixture of flora and fauna characteristic of both deserts and mountains.
Terrestrial
Habitats intermingling at the reserve include piņon-juniper woodland with elements of Joshua tree woodland and montane chaparral, desert wash, and freshwater seep.
Unmanaged/successional vegetation
At least 153 vertebrate species cross paths here, including desert and coast horned lizards, desert and duskyfooted woodrats, mountain and Gambel's quail, and three rare species: Townsend's western big-eared bat, California mastiff bat, and the federally and state-threatened desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizi). Research opportunities are enriched by other natural lands throughout the desert, such as the Joshua Tree National Park a few miles away.
1 - 10 beds
no
yes
1 - 2
No Labs
No Labs
No Labs
No meeting facilities
None
no
50 - 100 miles
124
0
no
Application process required locked gates at entrances
Burns home provides workspace with a computer station and housing for individuals and small groups; workshop is being renovated into a multi-purpose dormitory, classroom, and research space; small trailer; primitive campground;
William Bretz
Manager
wlbretz@uci.edu
(949) 824-6031
Kevin Browne
UCNRS Information Manager
kbrowne@ucnrs.org
