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News & Press

Students learn smart sustainability thanks to cows at UC Merced (ABC 30 News | by Alex Ruiz, July 2025)

Merced's own super bloom is here. How this grassland reserve protects endangered species
(KVPR | By Rachel Livinal, April 2025)

Education Access to Natural Reserve to Expand with New Field Education Center (March 2024)

Public Radio Highlights Natural Reserves, New Program for Undergraduates (February 2024)

Sierra Club Words of the Wild Newsletter Article on the MVPGR (April 2023)

Cows are Udderly Useful for Healthy Vegetation Management on Nature Reserve (July 2021)

 

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