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The Monterey Bay Aquarium has become a major center for marine and coastal research.
Cannery Row, Monterey, CA (1985).
The University of California, often in partnership with the Nature Conservancy, maintains a chain of Natural Reserves.
site of Wilderness Lodge, Nature Conservancy North Coast Range Preserve, CA (1991).
The Academy of Sciences has long been a center for natural history research on the Pacific Coast, as well as its leading museum.
California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA (1984).
In a Natural Area Reserve, experiments, such as these in the river shallows, can remain undisturbed for weeks or months at a time.
South Fork Eel River, Nature Conservancy North Coast Range Preserve, CA (1993).
Isolated mountain tops in the southwest are favored sites for astronomical observatories.
Kitt Peak, southwest of Tucson, AZ (1987).