Join Reserve staff for a tour of the Donald and Sylvia McLaughlin Nat ural Reserve, a unit in the UC Natural Reserve System located near Lower La ke in Napa and Lake Counties. The reserve protects about 7,000 acres of unu sual habitats, including serpentine soils as well as riparian woodland, blu e oak woodland and savannah, grassland, and chaparral.
Late April is prime wildflower season and there should be a variety of flowers to see and enjoy. The iNaturalist list for the reserve includes 468 plant taxa. We wi ll explore different areas of the reserve on foot and by vehicle. The visit will be led by reserve staff and will last most of the day. The group will need to arrive punctually and leave all at the same time.
The McLaug hlin Reserve is managed by UC Davis and is not generally open to the public . It is located about a 3- hour drive from our CNPS SCV Chapter office in P alo Alto.
This trip is for CNPS members only (please ensure your memb ership is up to date or join). Space is limited. No drop-ins please. To reg ister and for more information please contact trip organizer Sue Kelso dire ctly at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Detailed trip i nformation will be emailed to registered participants closer to the trip da te.