UNIVERSITYOFCALIFORNIASANTABARBARA

SedgwickReserve

ANNUALREPORTFY2014-2015

July1,2014–June30,2015

Part1.ReserveUseData

Part2.ReserveUsers'AffiliationUniversityofCaliforniaBrenSchoolofEnvironmentalScienceSedgwickReserveUniversityofCalifornia,BerkeleyUniversityofCalifornia,DavisUniversityofCalifornia,LosAngelesUniversityofCalifornia,OfficeofthePresidentUniversityofCalifornia,RiversideUniversityofCalifornia,SanDiegoUniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbaraCaliforniaStateUniversityCaliforniaPolytechnicStateUniversity(CSU),SanLuisObispoCaliforniaStateUniversity(CSU),ChicoCaliforniaCommunityCollegeAntiochUniversityRiversideCommunityCollegeSantaBarbaraCityCollegeU.S.-UniversityorCollegeOutsideofCaliforniaCornellUniversityUniversityofMaryland,CollegeParkUniversityofNebraskaInternationalUniversityorCollegeETHZurichK-12EducationDunnSchoolK-12SchoolsCarpinteriaNatureTrackFoundationNon-GovernmentalOrganizationorNon-ProfitEntityArtsOutreach

ChumashReservationLasCumbresObservatoryGlobalTelescopeNetworkPacificaGraduateInstitutePlannedParenthoodSantaBarbaraAudubonSocietySantaBarbaraBotanicGardenSantaBarbaraChannelkeeperSantaBarbaraFoundationSantaBarbaraMuseumofNaturalHistorySantaBarbaraSageHensSantaYnezValleyNaturalHistorySocietySolvangLion'sClubWildernessYouthProjectWildlingMuseumWoodstockPropertyOwnersAssocGovernmentalAgencyorEntityCaliforniaDepartmentofFishandWildlifeBusinessEntityConvergenceMediaProductionsGoogleIndividualorOtherEntitySLOWomen'sHikersSLOPEWildLogicPart3.UsebyInstructionalGroupsReserveuseforcollegeclassinstructionincreasedbyonefromthepreviousyear.Fourteen(14)classeswereheldatthereservein2014-15comparedto13classesin2013-14,andthenumberofstudentswhoattendedincreasedfrom194in2013-2014to378in2014-15.Ofthe14classesheldatthereserveinthisreportingperiodeight(8)werefromUCSB,OnefromUCBerkeley,three(3)fromCalPolytechnicUniversity,onefromAntiochUniversity,andonefromPacificaGraduateInstitute.UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara,CA

BIOLCS101,WalkingBiology,ClaudiaTylerESM299,AdvancedTopicsinEnvironmentalScience,FrankW.DavisGeography(Envst)114A,SoilScience,NinaBinghamCaliforniaNaturalistCertificationCourse,KateMcCurdyGeography(Envst)114B,SoilsandGeomorphology,OliverChadwickES/EEMB119,Ecology&ManagementofCalifornia'sWildlands,NicoleMolinariGeography175,MeasuringourEnvironment,DarA.RobertsESM235,WatershedAnalysis,DerekBoothFoodwebModelling,TonleSap

UniversityofCABerkeley,Berkeley,CAIB297,FieldCourseinPaleobiologyandPaleoecology,Dr.SethFinnegan

CaliforniaPolytechnicStateUniversity(CSU)SantLuisObispo,CA

ES450,FieldworkinComparativeEthnicStudies,Assoc.ProfessorKathleenJ.MartinSoilMorphologySS321,Prof.EmeritusLynnMoodyBiology327/503,WildlifeEcologyand/orPopulationBiology,TonyA.Frazier

PacificaGraduateInstitute,SantaBarbara,CA

DPS732,Ecopsychology:ThePsycheinNature,ElizabethA.Perluss

Part4.CurrentResearch

Principal Investigator Affiliation ProjectTitle Application# Status ProjectDuration

Janneke Hillerislambers | Jonathan Levine UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara|UniversityofToronto|UniversityofWashington|ETHZurich

Californiaannualserpentinecommunities 5611 ending Jan2005toJul2014

Romanov Mark | Kate McCurdy | Spencer Bruttig UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara|SedgwickReserve|WildLogic

UsingtrailcamerastodocumentseasonalwildlifemigrationsatSedgwick 30363 continuing Jan2015toJan2017

Chandra Krintz | Rich Wolski UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara|PowWowEnergy

SmartFarm:PrivateandLocalCloud-basedSensorSystemsforSimplifyingandAutomatingAgricultureAnalytics

30439 new Jan2015toOct2017

Anita Krause | Carla D'Antonio UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara|Google|UniversityofMinnesota-TwinCities

NutrientNetwork:ACross-SiteInvestigationOfBottom-UpControlOverHerbaceousPlantCommunityDynamicsAndEcosystemFunction.

9822 continuing Sep2009toApr2015

Jonathan Levine | Simon Hart UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara|ETHZurich Spatialscalesofspeciescoexistence 29975 ending Oct2014toAug2015

Bruce Mahall | Shelly Cole | Claudia Tyler UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbaraTheroleofwaterstress(drought)inoakseedlingandsaplingsurvivalandperformanceatSedgwickReserve

1784 continuing Jul2006toOct2014

Bruce Mahall | Claudia Tyler UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara SantaBarbaraCountyOakProject 1785 continuing Jan1995toJun2015

Shelly Cole | Claudia Tyler UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara Valleyoakseedlingcompetitionwithnearneighbors 22728 continuing Nov2010toJul2014

Andy MacDonald UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara TickpopulationdynamicsandLymediseaseriskinSouthernCalifornia 25518 continuing Jul2012toDec2016

Grant Canova-Parker | Kate McCurdy UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara UsingtrailcamerastodocumentwildlifeusingSedgwick'swatersources. 26310 continuing Jul2012toJun2015

Patricia Holden | Joshua Schimel | Stefano Manzoni | Sean Schaeffer UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara ControlsoverCsequestration:physiologyvs.physics 26333 continuing Dec2012toDec2015

Heather Schneider | Susan Mazer UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara ProjectBaseline 26607 ending Jan2013toSep2015

Benjamin Gilbert UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara EcologicalDriftinAnnualPlantCommunities 26646 ending Aug2010toMar2015

Brian Haggerty | Outreach Coordinator UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara PlantphenologyatSedgwickReserve 26715 continuing Oct2012toJun2015

Eric Slessarev UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbaraRootsandMicrobialEnzymes:InvestigatinganUnderstudiedComponentoftheTerrestrialCarbonCycle

28281 continuing Jan2014toMay2015

Brenda Juarez | Kate McCurdy UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara ValleyOakRestorationTechniques 29120 continuing Dec2013toJun2015

Nina Bingham | Oliver Chadwick UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara Landscapeevolutionandexhumationofrocknitrogen 29558 continuing Jun2014toDec2014

Paul Alessio UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbaraMeasuringInfiltrationRatesofHistoricLandslidestoDetermineThresholdsforInstability

30283 ending Jan2015toMay2015

Patricia Holden | Ying Wang UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara SoybeanSusceptibilitytoCarbonaceousNanomaterials 30474 new Jan2015toApr2015

Jonathan Markowitz UniversityofCalifornia,SanDiego|UniversityofSouthernCalifornia(USC)

TheComparativeGovernanceofCommonPoolResources 26024 continuing Oct2012toAug2014

Elsa Cleland | Ellen Esch UniversityofCalifornia,SanDiegoLitterdecompositioninCaliforniachaparral:Examiningtheeffectsofphotodegredationandlocalmicrobialadaptionacrossanaturallyoccurringprecipitationgradient.

27137 continuing May2013toMay2016

Andy Lentz UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngelesPhenologyofQuercusLobataontheSedgwickReserveintheFigueroawatershed

19460 continuing Jan2009toJun2015

Victoria Sork UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles Samplingtocreateareferencegenomeforvalleyoak 29876 continuing Sep2014toJun2015

Jonathan Levine | Nathan KraftUniversityofCalifornia,Irvine|UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles|UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara|UniversityofMaryland,CollegePark

Functionaltraitcorrelatesofannualplantcoexistence 28374 continuing Nov2013toAug2017

Stella Copeland | Susan Harrison UniversityofCalifornia,Davis StatewideSitesDataCollectionSusanHarrisonLab 29128 onetime Apr2014toMar2015

Alexandra Weill UniversityofCalifornia,DavisVariationoffire-adaptedtraitsinspaceandtime:whatcanCeanothustellusaboutshrublandresilienceinthefaceofshiftingfireregimes?

31091 ending Apr2015toSep2015

Elsa Cleland | Laurel Brigham UniversityCalisfornia,SanDiego UCClimateInitiativeFellowship--CarbonTurnoverRatesAlongaGradient 30933 ending Apr2015toMay2015

Elsa Cleland | Joseph Waterton UniversityCalifornia,SanDiegoThepotentialfornativeandexoticplantstoadaptivelyevolvetheirphenologiesinresponsetoclimatechange:atestwithStipapulchraandotherwidespreadspeciessampledfromalatitudinalgradientinCalifornia

30816 new Apr2015toJun2018

Erin Riordan | Kelly Easterday UniversityCalifornia,Berkeley ClimateChangeModeling 31034 continuing Oct2014toApr2016

John Hygelund | Lorna Boyd LasCumbresObservatoryGlobalNetwork SedgwickObservatory 20689 continuing Jan2010toJun2015

John Hygelund LasCumbresObservatoryGlobalNetwork DevelopmentoftheGlobalNetworkofRoboticEchelleSpectrographs 25763 continuing Aug2012toAug2015

Walt Koenig CornellUniversity ReproductivePhenologyofValleyOaks(Quercuslobata) 1702 continuing Sep1980toDec2016

Don Miller CaliforniaStateUniversity(CSU),ChicoThreenovelTamalia(Hemiptera,Aphididae,Tamaliinae)speciesassociatedwithleafgallsonArbutus,Arctostaphylos,andComarostaphylisshrubs(Ericaceae)inNorthAmerica

31394 onetime May2015toJune2015

Emily Taylor | Tony Frazier | Natalie Claunch CaliforniaPolytechnicStateUniversity,SLO RattlesnakeEcology 30688 new Jan2015toOct2015

Part5.PublicationsAshley,M.V.,Abraham,S.T.,Backs,J.R.&Koenig,W.D.LandscapegeneticsandpopulationstructureinValleyOak(QuercuslobataNée).Am.J.Bot.102,21242131(2015).Atwell,A.PlasticityinFemaleMateChoosiness:AResultofVariationinPerceivedPredationRiskandtheInteractionofFemaleAgeandMaleDensity.DissertationsandThesesinBiologicalSciences(2014).Baker,B.TheWayForwardforBiologicalFieldStationsChangeneededtoensuresurvivalandscientificrelevance.BioScience65,123-129(2015).Bieryla,A.etal.KELT-7b:AhotJupitertransitingabrightV=8.54rapidlyrotatingF-star.arXivpreprintarXiv:1501.05565(2015).Christie,J.,DeMarco,E.,Hiroyasu,E.,&Kreger,A.WildPigManagementonTejonRanch.BrenSchoolGroupProjectreporttotheTejonRanchConservancy.Cleland,E.E.,Esch,E.&McKinney,J.Priorityeffectsvarywithspeciesidentityandorigininanexperimentvaryingthetimingofseedarrival.Oikos124,3340(2015).Cokus,S.J.,Gugger,P.F.&Sork,V.L.EvolutionaryinsightsfromdenovotranscriptomeassemblyandSNPdiscoveryinCaliforniawhiteoaks.BMCGenomics16,1-19(2015).Dawson,R.I.etal.Largeeccentricity,lowmutualinclination:thethree-dimensionalarchitectureofahierarchicalsystemofgiantplanets.TheAstrophysicalJournal791,89(2014).Delfino-Mix,Annette;Wright,JessicaW.;Gugger,PaulF.;Liang,Christina;Sork,VictoriaL.2015.Establishingarange-wideprovenancetestinvalleyoak(QuercuslobataNée)attwoCaliforniasites.In:Standiford,RichardB.;Purcell,KathrynL.,tech.cords.ProceedingsoftheseventhCaliforniaoaksymposium:managingoakwoodlandsinadynamicworld.Gen.Tech.Rep.PSW-GTR-251.Berkeley,CA:U.S.DepartmentofAgriculture,ForestService,PacificSouthwestResearchStation:413-424.Friberg,M.,Schwind,C.,Roark,L.C.,Raguso,R.A.&Thompson,J.N.FloralScentContributestoInteractionSpecificityinCoevolvingPlantsandTheirInsectPollinators.JChemEcol40,955-965(2014).Ge,Y.,Schimel,J.P.&Holden,P.A.AnalysisofRun-to-RunVariationofBar-CodedPyrosequencingforEvaluatingBacterialCommunityShiftsandIndividualTaxaDynamics.PLoSONE9,e99414(2014).Ge,Y.etal.SoybeanPlantsModifyMetalOxideNanoparticleEffectsonSoilBacterialCommunities.Environ.Sci.Technol.48,13489-13496(2014).Godoy,O.,Kraft,N.J.B.&Levine,J.M.Phylogeneticrelatednessandthedeterminantsofcompetitiveoutcomes.EcolLett17,836-844(2014).Hartman,J.D.etal.HAT-P-44b,HAT-P-45b,andHAT-P-46b:ThreeTransitingHotJupitersinPossibleMulti-planetSystems.TheAstronomicalJournal147,128(2014).Homyak,P.M.,Vasquez,K.T.,Sickman,J.O.,Parker,D.R.&Schimel,J.P.ImprovingNitriteAnalysisinSoils:DrawbacksoftheConventional2MKClExtraction.SoilScienceSocietyofAmericaJournal79,(2015).Kerr,P.H.TheMegophthalmidia(Diptera,Mycetophilidae)ofNorthAmericaincludingeightnewspecies.Zookeys29-83(2014).doi:10.3897/zookeys.386.6913Kivlin,S.N.&Treseder,K.K.Soilextracellularenzymeactivitiescorrespondwithabioticfactorsmorethanfungalcommunitycomposition.Biogeochemistry117,23-37(2014).Kraft,N.J.B.,Godoy,O.&Levine,J.M.Plantfunctionaltraitsandthemultidimensionalnatureofspeciescoexistence.PNAS112,797-802(2015).Kraft,N.J.B.,Adler,P.B.,Godoy,O.,James,E.C.,Fuller,S.andLevine,J.M.(2015),Communityassembly,coexistenceandtheenvironmentalfilteringmetaphor.FunctEcol,29:592599.doi:10.1111/1365-2435.12345

LCOGTSupernovaKeyProject,T.TheLCOGTSupernovaKeyProject.inAmericanAstronomicalSocietyMeetingAbstracts225,#140.07(2015).LinY,PrenticeSE,TranT,BinghamNL,ChadwickOA,andKingJY.ModelingdeepsoilpropertiesonCaliforniagrasslandhillslopesusingLiDARdigitalelevationmodels.GeodermaRegional,inpressLin,Y.,King,J.Y.,Karlen,S.D.&Ralph,J.Using2DNMRspectroscopytoassesseffectsofUVradiationoncellwallchemistryduringlitterdecomposition.Biogeochemistry125,427436(2015).Lin,Y.,Scarlett,R.D.&King,J.Y.EffectsofUVphotodegradationonsubsequentmicrobialdecompositionofBromusdiandruslitter.PlantSoil395,263271(2015).Lister,T.,Knight,M.M.,Snodgrass,C.&Samarasinha,N.H.LCOGTNetworkobservationsofspacecrafttargetcomets.inAmericanAstronomicalSocietyMeetingAbstracts225,#137.22(2015).Martin,C.CostsofFemaleMatingBehaviorintheVariableFieldCricket,Grylluslineaticeps.DissertationsandThesesinBiologicalSciences(2014).McCurdy,K.E.andC.Tyler.EstablishingValleyoaks(Quercuslobata)inGroasis®Waterboxxes-aheadstartforanoakwoodlandsnextgeneration?7thCaliforniaOakSymposium:ManagingOakWoodlandsinaDynamicWorldPosterSession-Regeneration&Restoration.Visalia,CANov.36,2014.Mori,K.etal.Integratedwatershedmodelingforsimulationofspatiotemporalredistributionofpost-falloutradionuclides:ApplicationinradiocesiumfateandtransportprocessesderivedfromtheFukushimaaccidents.EnvironmentalModelling&Software72,126146(2015).Pearse,I.S.,Baty,J.H.,Herrmann,D.,Sage,R.&Koenig,W.D.Leafphenologymediatesprovenancedifferencesinherbivorepopulationsonvalleyoaksinacommongarden.EcolEntomol40,525531(2015).Platt,A.,Gugger,P.F.,Pellegrini,M.andSork,V.L.(2015),Genome-widesignatureoflocaladaptationlinkedtovariableCpGmethylationinoakpopulations.MolEcol,24:38233830.doi:10.1111/mec.13230Sork,V.L.,Smouse,P.E.,Grivet,D.&Scofield,D.G.Impactofasymmetricmaleandfemalegametedispersalonallelicdiversityandspatialgeneticstructureinvalleyoak(QuercuslobataNée).EvolEcol29,927945(2015).Spiegal,S.A.TheEcologicalBasisforGrasslandConservationManagementatTejonRanch,California.eScholarship(2015).Tan,A.J.MicroscaleTopographicInfluenceonGrasslandPrimaryProductivityonSemiaridHillslopes.(MSThesis,UniversityOfCalifornia,SantaBarbara,2014).Trumbore,S.,Czimczik,C.I.,Sierra,C.A.,Muhr,J.&Xu,X.Non-structuralcarbondynamicsandallocationrelatetogrowthrateandleafhabitinCaliforniaoaks.TreePhysioltpv097(2015).doi:10.1093/treephys/tpv097Travis,J.T.MicroscaleTopographicInfluenceonGrasslandPrimaryProductivityonSemiaridHillslopes.(2014).Tyler,Claudia;Moritz,ShellyCole2015.Quercuslobataseedlingsandconspecificneighbors:Competitorsorallies?In:Standiford,RichardB.;Purcell,KathrynL.,tech.cords.ProceedingsoftheseventhCaliforniaoaksymposium:managingoakwoodlandsinadynamicworld.Gen.Tech.Rep.PSW-GTR-251.Berkeley,CA:U.S.DepartmentofAgriculture,ForestService,PacificSouthwestResearchStation:425-431.Wang,Y.ComparativeEffectsofCarbonaceousNanomaterialsonSoil-GrownSoybeans(UniversityOfCaliforniaSantaBarbara2015ERISummerFellowshipReport(2015).Part6.NarrativeCURRENTRESEARCHForty-two(42)researchprojectswerehandledbytheReservestaffduringthefiscalyear.AlistingoftheresearchprojectscanbefoundinPartIV:CurrentResearchFY2014-15.In2014-2015,researchersspent2575daysworkingon26projectsforanaverageof99daysperproject.Thisreflectedfeweroverallprojectsandanaverageof20moredaysperprojectoverthepreviousfiscalyear.Asinpreviousyears,themajorityofresearch

conductedatSedgwickwasdoneduringday-onlyvisits.UCSBresearchershadboththemostprojects(18projectsand1169daysofuse).ThehighestlevelofusewascontributedbytheLosCumbresObservatoryTelescopeNetwork,whichreporteduseoftheBOStelescopeon90%ofviewablenights(1263).ThisusewaslargelybyremoteoperationoftheBOSobservatory.ResearchersfromotherUCcampuseswerethesecondmostfrequentuserswith7projectsand69userdays.Theremainingprojectswerecompletedbyout-of-stateuniversities(5projects,47userdays),andbyInternationaluniversities(4projectsand27userdays).Publications(36)werefoundusingGoogleScholarsearchfunctionsandZoteropublicationmanagementsoftwareandexpendingconsiderabletimetrackingcurrentandpastresearchers.UNIVERSITYLEVELINSTRUCTIONReserveuseforcollegeclassinstructionincreasedbyonefromthepreviousyear.Fourteen(14)classeswereheldatthereservein2014-15comparedto13classesin2013-14,andthenumberofstudentswhoattendedincreasedfrom194in2013-2014to---in2014-15.Ofthe14classesheldatthereserveinthisreportingperiodeight(8)werefromUCSB,OnefromUCBerkeley,three(3)fromCalPolytechnicUniversity,onefromAntiochUniversity,andonefromPacificaGraduateInstitute.PUBLICOUTREACHPublicoutreachcontinuedtobeactiveonthereserveduringthefiscalyear.Therewere3399userstotaling4488userdays.PublicUseGroups:Thefieldstationwasusedbyfifty-three(52),public/nonacademicgroupsduringthefiscalyear,anincreaseoffour(4)groupsinthepreviousreportingperiod.Someofthevisitinggroupswere:theWoodstockHomeOwnersAssociation,theWildernessYouthProject,TheFundforSantaBarbaraBoard,theSantaBarbaraFoundationTHRIVEworkshop,NatureTrackFoundation,SantaBarbaraCountySearchandRescue,five(5)UCSBdepartmentalretreats(Housing&ResidentialServices,AdministrativeServicesDirectorsRetreat,OFASStaffRetreat,MATFacultyRetreat,andKITPRetreat),Wine-TechFoodConference,BoyScoutTroop4ServiceProject,theWildlingArtMuseum,theSantaBarbaraNaturalHistoryMuseum,theSantaYnezValleyNaturalHistorySociety,ChumashWellnessCircle,andLasCumbresObservatoryGlobalTelescope.WalkingEcologyPublicLectureSeries:TheWalkingEcologylectureseriesresumedinNovemberandwaswellattendedbythepublicanddocents,withanaverageof45attendeesperlecture.Thetopicsintheseven(7)lecturesthisfiscalyearincluded:HistoryofSedgwickReservebyCarolGibbens,Crows&BirdsbyCorinaLogan,OaksofSedgwickbyClaudiaTyler,SoilsofSedgwickbyUCSBprofessorOliverChadwick,GrassesofSedgwickReservebyUCSBprofessorCarlaD’Antonio,BeesbyentomologistAnnaHowell,AstronomybySBAstronomyOrganization,andBotanyofSedgwickReservebyBobCummings.Duringthefiscalyear,overonethousandvisitorslearnedabouttheReserve’srichculturalhistoryandhadopportunitiestoseehistoricalpreservationinaction.TheWalkingEcologylectureseriesstartedoutwithCarolGibbens’swellattendedReservehistorytalkandtourofthefieldstationandbarn;160+/-guestsattendedthe5thannualBarnDance.One-hundred(100)elementaryschoolstudentstouredthebarninsearchofbarnowlsandtolearnaboutranchinglifeinearlyCalifornia.Seven(7)Midlandhighschoolstudentsparticipatedinanequestrianovernightcampoutinthebarn.Horsebackridingwaslimitedto100userdays.DarkSkiesEvent:Sixtyastronomyenthusiasts,donorsandfriendsoftheReserveweretreatedtoanightoftheReserve’smostvaluableasset:thedarknightsky.TheyenjoyedSantaYnezValley'sfinestwines,beer,andfood.Despiteheavyrainearlierintheday,theweatherwascooperativeandafewadventurousguestswalkeduptotheByrneObservatoryonLisqueMesa.Unfortunately,acloudcoverpreventedtheSantaBarbaraAstronomicalUnitfrommakinguseoftheirtelescopesthatevening.ThehighlightoftheeveningwastheQ&AperiodbetweentheguestsandLarsBildsten,UCSB'sKavliiInstituteofTheoreticalPhysicsandLCOGT'sWayneRosing.DocentandWEWatchmember,NancyEmerson,deliveredapassionateaddresstotheaudienceaboutpreservingthenightsky.Finally,theguestswerethrilledtowatchthevideoofthenightskyintheSantaYnezValleywhichwasfilmedintheSantaYnezValley,includingtheReserve,byTylerRocheleau,astudentfromBrooksInstituteinSantaBarbara.K-12Program:K-12educationcontinuedattheReserve,facilitatedbyNatureTrack.Studentsfromeight(8)elementaryschoolsvisitedduringthefiscalyear.Approximatelythreehundredseventy-nine(379)studentsfromSantaBarbaraandSantaYnezValleyschoolsvisitedthereservefornatureeducationactivities.Thenumberofclassvisitswastwoless,and129studentsless,thanthepreviousfiscalyear.

PublicHikes:Docent-ledinterpretivepublichikesbeganinNovemberandcontinuedthroughJune2015foratotalofsevenpublichikingdaysinthisfiscalyear.Onehikeontheschedulewascancelledduetorain.Overall,approximatelythreehundred(300)hikersparticipatedinthepublichikes.DocentActivities:Throughoutthe2014-15year,docentsparticipatedinanumberofactivitiestotaling993userdays,includingeight(8)WalkingEcologylectures,theLakeCachumaChristmasBirdCount,eight(8)docent-traininglectures,eight(8)publichikesandthree(3)privatehikeforretreatsofvariousorganizations.Additionally,docentsworkedinthenativeplantnursery,plantednativeplantsandweededaroundthefieldstation,maintainedhikingtrails,andcompletedweeklybirdcounts.TheSedgwickReservePhenologyProject,apartofthelargerCaliforniaPhenologyProject,isnowinits4thyear.Eleven(11)dedicatedSedgwickdocents/phenologistsrecordeddataalonganestablishedphenologytrail,consistingof24plantsof6differentspecies:ValleyOak,CaliforniaLiveOak,CaliforniaBuckwheat,BlueElderberry,CoyotebrushandToyon.Phenologistsuserdaystotaledover402forthefiscalyear.Inthefallof2014,five(5)docentscompletedtheCaliforniaNaturalistcertificationprogramofferedthroughtheSantaBarbaraBotanicGarden.TheirCapstoneprojectsenhancenativeplantknowledgeandrestorationeffortsatSedgwickreserve,wildflowersofthereserve,andaslideshowpresentationofthereservepond’sdenizensandcattaileradicationactivities.Thevalleyoakrestorationprojectcontinuedinthefiscalyear.DocentOakievolunteerswateredtheseedlingsinthefieldeverytwoweeksforatotalofninety-six(96)userdays.Fourteen(14)plantingsthatfailedtosurvivewerereplacedinthespringquarter.Thebirdingteamconductedweeklycountstotaling52fortheyear.STEWARDSHIPForthefourthyearinarow,therewasbelowaveragerainfallattheReserve.Theseasonalrainfalltotalwas9.25inches,recordedbytheDRIweatherstationlocatedIontheridgenorth-westoftheTiptonMeetingHouse.MeanannualrainfallfortheSantaYnezValleyis15.81inches.TheReserve’saquiferwasmeasuredbytheUSGSinOctober2014tobe31feetbelowsurfaceandinMarch2015tobe32feetbelowsurface.Bycomparison,inwetyearstheaquiferreachesthesurface,butaverages20feetbelowsurface.TheUSGShasbeensamplingtheaquifersince1950(65years).Variousprojectswerecompletedthisfiscalyear:Depredationeffortsyielded26feralpigsusingabaitedtrap(carriedoutbyreservestaffand1volunteer).BoyScouttroop#4completedtheirrequiredservicehoursatthereservebyplantingdozensofnativeplantsgrowninthereserve’snativeplantnurseryalongthenewhedgerowborderingthefarm.Farmandgrazingleaseswerediscontinueduntilthedroughtisover.Weedmanagement:Tumbleweedsinthefarmwerediskedunderwiththenewdiskingattachmentonthetractor.Nogoatgrassfoundgrowingatthereserve.Steward,ValentinNavarroremovedweedsmanuallyalongalltheroadsidesandthepond.ThereisasignificantincreaseinthenumberofBlueoaks(Quercasdouglisai)andValleyoaks(Quercaslobata)dyinginplaceandfallingoverinwindevents.InFall2014,twolargeValleyOaksfell-oneinWindmillCanyonandoneneartheDirector’sresidence.DEVELOPMENTThefundraisingyearatSedgwickbeganonahighnoteinJulywiththe5thAnnualBarnDance,afriend-raisingcelebrationthatwasbegunin2010tocommemoratethecompletionoftheBarnrestorationandthedonorwhomadeitpossible.Thisyear,red"ranch"bandanasweregiventoparticipantsandrecordnumbersofguestsweretreatedtotri-tipandsquaredancingonahotsummernight.Januarywasmarkedbytheagreementwithlong-timeSedgwickfriends,JudyandJackStapelmanntogiftasecondresidencetotheReserve,asimilarstructuretothemanager'spre-fabhousethatwasgiftedin2009.Thishousewillbesituatednexttothemanager'shouseandwillprovidearesidenceforthereservesteward.

Inanefforttomaximizedevelopmentopportunitiesandcollaborateeffectivelyamongenvironmentalandecologicalscienceunitsoncampus,SedgwickdonorsandfriendswereinvitedtoaneventinFebruaryattheBrenSchoolthathighlightedfireinaStrategicEnvironmentalResearchInitiative(SERI).TheeveningincludedanartinstallationthatwasconstructedattheCenterforEnvironmentalCommunicationandEducation(CECE)anddinnerattheBrenSchool.ThiswasthefirstinwhatishopedwillbeacontinuingefforttobuildondonorinterestsintheenvironmentthatwillbenefitthesedepartmentsandunitsincludingtheNaturalReserveSystem.SedgwickstaffparticipatedinaUCNRSsystem-wideefforttoidentifyfundingprioritiesforthenextfiveyears,inpreparationforaUCNRS$50millionfundraisingcampaignthatwillbeofficiallylaunchedin2016.KeySedgwickdonorshavebeentargetedtoparticipateincampaignleadership,butallgiftstothecampaignwillbecreditedtoindividualreservesthatdonorswishtosupport.WorkonthebuildingprojectthatencompassestherenovationoftheSedgwickReserveRanchHousebeganinMarch.ABuildingCommitteewasassembledthatincludesSedgwickandNRSmanagement,docents,facultyfamiliarwiththereserveandtheUCSBNRSdevelopmentofficer.Thelatterischargedwithkeepingthedonoruptodateonprogressrelatingtoestablishedmilestonesandanagreeduponpaymentschedule.Itisanticipatedthattherenovationwillbecompletedinthefallof2016.ReservepersonnelalsoparticipatedineventstohighlighttheecologicalandenvironmentalsciencesatUCSB(includingtheNRS).TheseeventsincludedEarthDaySantaBarbaraandUCSB'sAll-GauchoWeekend,bothheldinApril.Exhibitsfocusedonthe50thanniversaryoftheNaturalReserveSystemandeducatingnewaudiencesabouttheNRS.InMay,anevent,DarkSkiesandBrightStarsatSedgwickReserve,washeldtoinformandeducateneighborsandSYVresidentsaboutthecampaigntohavethereservedesignatedasaDarkSkiesPreserve,aworldwideinitiative.About80peoplewereenthralledtohearObservatorydonorWayneRosingtalkabouthisworkwithLasCumbresGlobalObservatoryandatSedgwick.AnannualfundraisingsolicitationwasemailedintotheConstantContactmailinglistinDecember,andhardcopysolicitationsweremailedtokeydonors.Thiseffort,alongwithvariousdonationsthroughoutFY15elicitedatotalof$409,589incontributedfunds.FACILITIESIn2014-15,facilityrentalsgenerated$8,296.19ininvoices,adecreaseof$2,724.51fromthepreviousfiscalyear.Annualmaintenanceonallreservevehicleswascompleted.Otherfacilityprojectsincluded:Finalworkonthemaintenancebarnwascompletedincludingpaintingandelectricalhook-up.Anawningwasbuiltoverthewesternwindowstoshieldthebuildingfromafternoonsunandstewardsmovedcabinetryintothespace.Thenativeplantnurserywasrelocatedinanareaadjacenttothehistoricbarn.Gateswereinstalledandrodent-prooffencesandawatertie-inwerecompleted.Theelectricalupgrade,includingrelocationofthemainelectricalpanelsandsolarinverterstoasinglesiteadjacenttotheparkingarea,wascompleted.Installationofanewwatermaintofieldstationbuildingswascompleted,andafirehydrantwasinstalledattheranchhouse.Plumbinginthestudioapartmenthadtoberedone,astheoldpipesinthebuildingcouldnotwithstandthepressureofwatercominginnewlinesfromWoodstock.InJuly,2014watertoallSedgwickfacilitiesbecamepotable.AnagreementwiththeWoodstockHomeOwnersAssociationprovidesmeteredwatertotheReservebutcannotbeusedforlandscapingorirrigation.Waterisstillbeingpumpedfromthesharedagwelltofillthefieldstationcistern,keepthepondfullandforoutdoorlandscapingwater.Roadprojectswerecompletedincludingresealingthepavedroad,gradingofmainentranceroad,additionofroadbasetoadesignatedparkingarea,gradingwestofthestudiotoimprovedrainageandimprovementoftheroadthatconnectsthebarn,maintenanceshopandresidentialaccessareas.ADMINISTRATIONInthefiscalyear,KateMcCurdyreachedher9thanniversaryasdirectorofthereserve.Assistedbytwopart-time(40%time)outreachcoordinators,thedirectormanagedmultiplereserveusersincludingresearchers(297usersand2453userdays)universitylevelclasses(351usersand559userdays);K-12groups(396usersand421userdays);anddocents,volunteers,NGOgroups,andotherpublicusers(2464usersand2891userdays).Usersin2014-15totaled3,543comparedto2013-14totalusers3,668,adecreaseof125users.

MarchandJune2015usewerethemonthsofgreatestuse.Universitylevelinstructionshowedanincreaseof93usersand187userdaysover2013-14.Twoadditionalpart-timestaffmemberswerehiredinthespringquarter:MeighanDietenhoferwashiredtoassistthedirectorwithwritingamanagementplan.JessicaBoone,fundedbyadonationfunds,washiredtocreateGISmappingofthereserve.OutreachcoordinatorsgeneratedweeklynewsbulletinsenttoSedgwickadministrators,docentsandvolunteers.Abi-annualnewsletterwasgeneratedforthegeneralinterestlistover3,000recipients.Reservemaintenancecontinuedtobesupportedbyacrewofpart-timestewardsValentinBarbosa-Navarro,GloriaLarios,GeorgeGranger,andBrianGuererro.EricMasseyisafull-timesteward.Part7.NRSCampusCommitteeRosterSallyHolbrook,CommitteeChair*;EnvironmentalStudiesandEcology,EvolutionandMarineBiologyPatriciaHolden,Director,UCSBNRS*;BrenSchoolSusanSwarbrick,AssociateDirector*;UCSBNaturalReserveSystem*ExOfficiomembersserveontheCommitteebyvirtueoftheirpositionwiththeNRS(Director,AssociateDirector,CommitteeChair,FacultyAdvisor)SedgwickReserveVacant,FacultyAdvisor*;ChandraKrintz,Representative;ComputerScienceCommunityRepresentativesChetWork,LandTrustofSantaBarbaraCountyMaryMeyer,CaliforniaDepartmentofFishandGameEamonO'Byrne,TheNatureConservancyStudentRepresentativesMarissaBills,UndergraduateRepresentative;AssociatedStudentsNateEmery,GraduateRepresentative,GraduateStudentAssociation