The James San Jacinto Mountains Reserve, a unit of the

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, is a

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and biological field station located at an altitude of in a wilderness area of the

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near Lake Fulmor in

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, United States.

Overview

The James Reserve property was purchased in 1966 by the

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, from Harry and Grace James. In addition to acting as a protected natural area for teaching and research in the sciences, it is also available as an engineering testing ground for various sensor-related and ecosystem monitoring technologies. The primary research focus at the James Reserve has been ecological monitoring using ecological sensing systems. Over the internet, researchers, students and the interested public may unobtrusively visit and view nature via a webcam observatory, which includes an interactive robotic camera. Devices in the outdoor laboratory allow non-intrusive, around-the-clock monitoring. The Director of the Reserve is Dr. Jennifer Gee, who received her Ph.D. from Princeton University, in the field of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.

Access

Overnight accommodations for researchers and school groups may be made for the on-site Trailfinders Lodge. Visitation is by permission only.

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* University of California Natural Reserve System Protected areas of Riverside County, California San Jacinto Mountains University of California, Riverside 1966 establishments in California Protected areas established in 1966 Biological stations {{RiversideCountyCA-geo-stub

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