A Top-Down Procedure for UC-NRS
Development of a new UC campus near Merced has stimulated interest in locating a new NRS reserve. We used this opportunity to develop a generic top-down procedure for selecting new NRS sites based on UC guidelines. This procedure consists of three phases from regional screening to recommendation of a specific parcel(s). The first step is to translate the UC guidelines for NRS acquisition into a logical network that assesses site suitability.