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

弗朗西丝·西姆斯·黑斯廷斯自然历史保护区成立于1937年，由加州大学伯克利分校管理，是一个研究动植物生态和自然历史的实地研究站。它位于加利福尼亚州蒙特雷西南50公里的卡梅尔山谷上游。900公顷的场地完整地展示了地中海中部海岸山脉的栖息地特征。现有设施包括办公空间、干燥实验室、图书馆以及永久和访问研究人员的住所。黑斯廷斯的研究是由两名常驻科学家、来自加州大学几个校区的研究助理、学生和访问调查人员进行的。自1937年以来，在保留地进行的研究发表了240多篇论文，其中包括过去五年发表的43篇论文。该地点以脊椎动物生态学的研究而闻名，但过去和正在进行的研究也涵盖了植物和无脊椎动物生态学的一系列主题。此计划将提供资金扩建现有的办公室/干式实验室大楼，以提供额外的办公空间和一个设备齐全的现代化湿式实验室，以满足实地研究的特殊需要。除了实验室大楼外，还将提供部分资金用于为新实验室服务的污水系统和排水场，以及重要实验室和现场设备的选定项目。

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.