Facilities Improvement at the Hastings Natural History Reservation of the University of California, Berkeley

弗朗西斯·西梅斯·黑斯廷斯自然历史保护区 成立于1937年，由加州大学管理， 伯克利，作为一个实地研究站，研究在 动物和植物的生态学和自然历史。 它位于 在蒙特雷西南50公里处的上卡梅尔谷， 加州。 900公顷的场地提供了一个完整的代表， 中部海岸特有的地中海栖息地 范围. 现有设施包括办公场所、一个干燥的 实验室、图书馆和永久和访问住所 研究人员 黑斯廷斯的研究是由两个居民 科学家，来自几所大学的研究人员， 加州校园、学生和访问调查人员。 以来 1937年，超过240个出版物产生了研究在 包括过去五年的43个预约。 该网站是 以脊椎动物生态学研究而闻名，但过去和 正在进行的研究涵盖了植物和 无脊椎动物生态学也是如此。 该项目将提供资金，以扩大现有的 提供额外办公空间的办公室/干实验室大楼 和一个设备齐全的现代化湿实验室，以满足特殊的 实地研究的需要与强大的实验室组成部分。 在 除了实验室大楼外，部分资金将用于 提供污水系统和排水场，以服务于新的 实验室，以及生命实验室的某些项目， 现场设备。

The Frances Simes Hastings Natural History Reservation, founded in 1937 and operated by the University of California at Berkeley, serves as a field research station for studies in the ecology and natural history of animals and plants. It is located in the upper Carmel Valley 50 km southwest of Monterey, California. The 900-ha site offers a complete representation of Mediterranean habitats characteristic of the central Coast Ranges. Existing facilities include office space, a dry laboratory, library, and residences for permanent and visiting researchers. Research at Hastings is conducted by two resident scientists, research associates from several University of California campuses, students and visiting investigators. Since 1937, over 240 publications have resulted from studies at the Reservation, including 43 in the last five years. The site is best known for research in vertebrate ecology, but past and ongoing studies span a spectrum of topics in plant and invertebrate ecology as well. This project will provide funding to expand an existing office/dry laboratory building to provide additional office space and a well-equipped, modern wet laboratory to meet the special needs of field research with a strong laboratory component. In addition to the laboratory building, partial funding will be provided for a sewage system and drain field to serve the new laboratory, as well as selected items of vital laboratory and field equipment.