NATURE COMMUNITIES COALITION

Nature Communities Coalition is a nonprofit charitable organization that coordinates science and land management for the Natural Reserve of Orange County that has roughly 38,000 acres of permanently protected open space... UCI Nature offers UC Irvine's faculty and students opportunities to bring their research, scholarship, teaching, public service, and developing careers out into the natural environment in a wide diversity of settings characteristic of California. UC Irvine directly oversees four protected natural areas, two of which include lodging facilities and are about a three hour drive from Irvine, and two of which are within walking distance of campus. UCI-Nature also maintains partnership agreements that facilitate access to additional natural areas and facilities not directly managed by the University. Together, these field-based assets span regional gradients across environments from the ocean to the desert, as well as a diversity of societal contexts, all within a few..