Angelo Coast Range Reserve

Description:
The 4336 acre Angelo Coast Range Reserve has been protected from major human disturbance since the late 1930s, and today, provides a crucial window into the workings of natural river, riparian, wetland, forest, meadow, and chaparral ecosystems of California’s North Coast.
UN Geographic Region: North America
Address: 42101 Wilderness Lodge Road
Country: United States
City: Branscomb
State / Province: CA
ZIP Code: 95417
Latitude: 39
Longitude: 123
FSML E-mail Address: inaughton@berkeley.edu
FSML Web Address: https://www.angelo.ucnrs.org/
FSML Year Founded: 1959
Year joined OBFS: 2026
Contact Name: Ida Naughton
Contact Email: inaughton@berkeley.edu
Contact Position: Director
Contact Address: 42101 Wilderness Lodge Road
Contact Phone Number: 8057570555
Education Director Name: Ida Naughton
Education Director Email: inaughton@berkeley.edu
Station Director Name: Ida Naughton
Station Director Email: inaughton@berkeley.edu
Billing Contact Name: Ida Naughton
Billing Contact Email: inaughton@berkeley.edu
Size of Field Station: 2501-5000
Federal, state, or local governmental partners?: No
Year Round Staff: 1-2
Seasonal Staff: 0
Overnight housing facilities: 21-50
Conference space: 1-25
Electricity: On Grid
Distance to emergency services?: 41-60 minutes
Classes: Undergraduate
Biome Type: Terrestrial
Terrestrial Biomes: Temperate Forest
Minimum Elevation: 301-750 meters
Maximum Elevation: 751-1500 meters
Köppen climate classification: C (temperate)
Urban/Rural: Rural

Year Founded: 1959

Year Joined OBFS: 2026

Size of Field Station (hectares): 2501-5000

FSML Web Address: https://www.angelo.ucnrs.org/

Additional Info

Private nonprofit organization?: Yes

Universities affiliated / Parent Organization

Federal, state, or local governmental partners?: No

Member of the Virtual Field: No

Visting Our Site

Open to the Public: Yes

Overnight housing facilities/# of beds: 21-50

Conference space: 1-25

Food service or catering available?: No

ADA accessibility: Yes

Electricity: On Grid

Internet Access: No

Library: Yes

Classes Offered: Undergraduate

Hiking trails

Access to public transportation: No

Distance to emergency services: 41-60 minutes

Artists in Residence Program: No

Internship employment: No

Environmental Information

Research Facilities

Additional Information

Private nonprofit organization?

Names of Universities affilated: 0

Federal, state, or local governmental partners?: No

Name of partner

Tribal partners/users: Yes

MSI/HBCU users: No

Community College users

Member of the Virtual Field: No

Visiting a FS/ML

Open to the Public: Yes

Year round staff: 1-2

Seasonal staff: 0

Overnight housing facilities/# of beds: 21-50

Distance to emergency services: 41-60 minutes

Library: Yes

Hiking trails

Internship employment: No

Environmental Information

Biomes: Temperate Forest

Minimum Elevation: 301-750 meters

Maximum Elevation: 751-1500 meters

Köppen climate classification: C (temperate)

Freshwater habitats: Yes

Urban or rural

Agricultural fields: No

Research

REU host station: No

Dry lab space: Yes

Wet Lab space

Research vessels available: No

GIS capacity on site

Long term data sets: Yes

On site herbarium or voucher species

Formal Data Management Plan

Mesocosms, plots, stream diversions, or other sets ups for outdoor manipulative experiments: Yes

Date Joined OBFS: February 10, 2026

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