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Status of NRS Reserve Internet Connectivity Development
(see map of NRS reserves
at the system-wide office for reference)
UCNRS Information Manager, December 2007
The table on this page lists the status of Internet connectivity at the
36 NRS reserve field sites.
If a field site has no facilities, it is assumed that no internet connectivity
is not a priority.
For remote sites with facilities, wireless technologies provide promising
options to establish or improve connectivity. In particular, satellite
links, are a cost-effective means to connect local area networks at those
sites to the Internet. For example, Granite Mountains' solution is based
on a satellite system. For Santa Cruz Island, we have initiated a wireless
radio link that includes both network connectivity and phone channels.
We are also working with CENIC, which
has a mandate to provide and improve network infrastructure for research
and education in the state of California. Each reserve has been submitted
to CENIC for revue. We are still awaiting
specific information from CENIC on the types and speeds of connectivity
options they may provide to NRS, as well as associated costs which may
vary due to location.
For further details and additional connectivity resources see NRS Field
site Internet connectivity options (incl. information on satellite
systems and ways of connecting multiple machines at a reserve to the Internet,
plus CENIC, HPWREN and more). In addition, the survey Information
Technology and Electronic Networking in NRS provides baseline information
on NRS connectivity as of May 2000.
TABLE: CONNECTIVITY
ACTIVITIES BY SITE
BERKELEY
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1.
Angelo Coast Range
Reserve |
Currently have satellite internet. |
| 2.
Chickering American
River Reserve |
No UC facilities at field site. |
| 3. Hastings
Natural History Reservation |
Currently on Satellite Network at a high speed but with
a daily bandwidth limit. T1 connectivity is being funded and planned
for installation in the near future. Contract (in yr. 3/5) with Ground
Control, (SLO) who provide fixed pricing for Hughes satellite connectivity
(Business 300 plan; 1250Mb daily, 1200 Down, 300-512Kb up). Proposal
to install T1 ground line, AT&T connections, UC Berkeley router,
firewall, etc. |
| 4.
Jenny Pygmy Forest
Reserve |
no facilities at field site |
| 5.
Blue Oak Ranch |
This is a new reserve with plans for a large network infrastructure.
Currently looking at network connectivity via radio links to an observatory
nearby. |
| 6.
Sagehen Creek Reserve |
Satellite Connectivity currently installed but price tag has become
prohibitive. In the process of installing a hard-line T1 connection
to replace the satellite. |
| DAVIS |
7.
Bodega Marine Reserve
|
has adequate connectivity through Bodega Marine Lab
(T1). Would like to extend that connectivity to the housing and dining
area. They are looking into a T3. |
| 8.
Eagle Lake Field
Station |
Satellite Connection provided by The Combined Resource
Group at $1079.40 per year for internet service ( $89.95/month ). |
| 9.
Jepson Prairie Reserve |
no facilities at field site. Radio link to campus for
weather station. |
| 10.
McLaughlin Natural
Reserve |
Tachion Satelite Connection. Hard-line T1 connection
very possible at this location and would be a great improvement to
their current situation. |
| 11. Quail Ridge Reserve
|
Has a full T1 to the reserve linked to UC Davis campus.
|
| 12.
Stebbins
Cold Canyon Reserve |
no facilities at field site |
| IRVINE |
13.
Burns Piņon Ridge Reserve |
Dial Up only. Their location makes them a possible CENIC
candidate. |
| 14.
San Joaquin Freshwater
Marsh Reserve |
No facilities on site but very close to university.
Could benefit from a wireless radio link. |
LOS
ANGELES
|
15.
Stunt Ranch Santa
Monica Mountains Reserve |
Currently no facilities at field site but plans for
one have been made. The reserve has a very high level of researcher
use and especially K-12 educational programs. A network connection
could help bring this reserve into the classrooms to enhance their
field trip educational experiences. |
RIVERSIDE
|
16. Box Springs Reserve |
no facilities at field site. Very close to campus. |
| 17. Boyd
Deep Canyon Desert Research Center |
High Speed connections via radio link to UCR Palm
Desert Campus.
Also have a high-speed connectivity via HPWREN
at Agave Hill. |
| 18. Emerson Oaks Reserve |
DSL connectivity currently. Plans are to extend this
network to facilities further inside the reserve. Wireless connectivity
and remote data collecting planned for area. |
| 19. James San Jacinto Mountains
Reserve |
Bonded T1 connectivity but cost of connectivity is high
and looking for alternative solutions. |
| 20. Motte Rimrock Reserve
|
DSL connectivity with wireless network infrastructure.
|
| 21. Sweeney Granite Mountains
Desert Research Center |
Tachion Satelite Connection with VDSL modems connecting
the buildings. Telephone company equipment and cabling to the reserve
is outdated and problematic making high speed hard-line impossible
without improving the telephone infrastructure. There are plans from
the city to solve this problem so Granites may be a candidate in the
near future for a hard-line high speed network. |
SAN DIEGO
|
22. Dawson Los Monos Canyon
Reserve |
Trailer with laboratory on site. |
| 23. Elliott Chaparral
Reserve |
no facilities at field site |
| 24. Kendall-Frost Mission
Bay Marsh Reserve |
Trailer with utilities, lab space, and living area.
Would benefit from a radio link. |
| 25. Scripps Coastal Reserve |
no facilities at field site. Extending campus network
wirelessly over the reserve could allow researchers to take advantage
of remote data collection technology. |
SANTA
BARBARA
|
26.
Coal Oil Point Natural
Reserve |
DSL Connection with wireless infrastucture. Experiencing
limitations due to bandwidth. |
| 27.
Carpinteria Salt
Marsh Reserve |
no facilities at field site |
| 28.
Kenneth S.
Norris Rancho Marino Reserve |
DSL connectivity with a wireless infrastructure. |
| 29.
Santa Cruz Island
Reserve |
Two hop Microwave link for our Internet connection.
The Internet service connection from the island goes directly into
the UCSB campus system and seems to operate at about T1 speed. The
connection has been quite reliable. Connections available at the Field
Station as well as at director's house. Use VoIP for the phone lines.
|
| 30.
Sedgwick Reserve
|
Has adequate connectivity; linked directly to UCSB campus
via frame relay (256 kB/s). Expect to expand this capability for higher
throughput. |
| 31.
Sierra Nevada Aquatic
Research Laboratory |
Has adequate connectivity (256 kb/s) But currently being
replaced by wireless radios. The hope is that it will improve speed
and reliability. Possible candidate for high speed T1 connection via
a different circuit if priced appropriately. |
| 32.
Valentine Camp |
Installation of wireless radio connections to the reserve
is currently being installed. Remote location has made it difficult
to provide connectivity because of inadequate telephony infrastructure
in the area. |
SANTA
CRUZ
|
33.
Aņo Nuevo Island Reserve |
no usable facilities at field site. Connectivity to
island problematic. Wireless connectivity currently installed. |
| 34.
Fort Ord Natural
Reserve |
no facilities at field site |
| 35.
Landels-Hill Big
Creek Reserve |
Satellite connectivity with many throughput issues as
well as power drain on solar powered system. Location makes hard-line
connection very difficult due to lack to telephonic infrastructure.
Has the facilities to support a more robust network connectivity framework. |
| 36.
Younger Lagoon Reserve |
no facilities at field site. Lab across for reserve
could potentially provide wireless internet connectivity to allow
for remote sensing technology. |
CONTACTS, COST ESTIMATES AND FUNDING:
The UCNRS Information Manager (infomgr ucnrs.org)
is a contact for all listed projects. In addition, key contacts for the
various projects are listed below.
Satellite links and other technologies: see the connectivity
options page.
CENIC: David Wasley,
Director of Projects, (510) 987-0445, David.Wasley@ucop.edu. (Bob
Sams in the Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, UCOP, has
expressed interest in coordinating their communications needs with those
of NRS. David Wasley has invited him to participate in our planning discussions).
Cost Estimate and funding: The costs for connections through
CENIC are not yet known. I have submitted a list of potential field sites
to David Wasley, and he is presently looking into the possibilities for
connections to those sites. Once we get information about CENIC options
and associated costs, individual reserves will have to find the resources
to fund the connections. Because this is a coordinated system-wide effort,
we will look into the possibility of grants from NSF's Division of Biological
Infrastructure and other funding organizations.
HPWREN: Hans-Werner Braun, senior fellow, SDSC, 858- 822-0949,
hwb@nlanr.net; PI of the HPWREN project;
Braun and his associate, Frank Vernon of UCSD (HPWREN Co-PI, and SIO geophysicist,
vernon@epicenter.ucsd.edu) went on a site visit at Boyd to meet and discuss
details of the microwave link with reserve director Al Muth. Cost
Estimate and funding: The HPWREN project is willing to provide
the 802.11b radios and antennas for the link, including on Toro Peak,
Agave Hill, and the target location at no cost. At the target location,
the demarcation will be an Ethernet interface. Boyd will have to provide
electricity and equipment housing on Agave Hill (examples: line power
or 12V via a solar array) and whatever is needed to house the radio(s)
and antennas (weather proof box, and 10' tower segment, such as a Rohn
25G that you would concrete into the ground). Due to weather constraints,
installation of the link with Red Mountain and Toro Peak will likely be
after winter 2001/2 (May+). The link will have a bandwidth > T1.
Santa Cruz Island Microwave link: Lyndal Laughrin (LLaughrin@ucnrs.org,
805-448-3491) is the main contact. In addition, Brian White (brian.white@commserv.ucsb.edu,
UCSB Communications Services, 805-893-7279). The project is unusually
complex as it involves several other parties (The Nature Conservancy;
California Coastal Commision; UCSB campus departments such as Engineering).
Also, in addition to a high-speed Internet connection, the link includes
four direct phone lines to replace the present single cell phone connection.
Cost Estimate and funding: Lyndal Laughrin obtained a grant from
NSF's Division of Biological Infrastructure for a communications link
to the main land. The complexity of the link (data and voice, incl. infrastructure
on the island), and the extreme physical parameters (31 miles over water),
account for the total price tag of $35K (Lyndal will provide an updated
cost breakdown with equipment and installation costs). In addition, the
UCSB Communications Services department has been exceptionally helpful
in providing assistance and services at little or no cost (incl. antenna
installation on the Engineering building, planning for the campus feeds
of voice and data).
LIST OF NRS SITE ADDRESSES SUBMITTED TO
CENIC:
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Angelo Coast Range Reserve:
Coordinates: 39 deg. 43 min. 45 sec. North
121 deg. 38 min. 40 sec. West
Address:
42101 Wilderness Lodge Rd.
Branscomb, CA 95417
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Hastings Natural History Reservation:
Coordinates: 36 deg. 12 min. 30 sec. North
121 deg. 33 min. 30sec. West
http://nrs.ucop.edu/reserves/hastings/hastings.html
Street address for connection:
The office building there is not at a street address, but is about 1 mile
in
from the Carmel Valley Road. There, it is at Martin Road, the
crossroad, and this is 38601 E. Carmel Valley Road.
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McLaughlin: http://nrs.ucop.edu/reserves/mclaughlin.html
Coordinates: 38 deg. 52 min. 0 sec. North
122 deg. 25 min. 40 sec. West
Street address for connection:
26775 Morgan Valley Rd.
Lower Lake, Ca 95457
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Quail Ridge: http://nrs.ucop.edu/reserves/quail.html
Coordinates: 38 deg. 28 min. 40 sec. North
122 deg. 08 min. 50 sec. West
Street address for connection:
7100 Highway 128
Napa, Ca 94558
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Motte Rimrock Reserve:
Coordinates: 33 deg. 48 min. 45 sec. North
117 deg. 15 min. 30 sec. West
Address:
21800 Lukens Lane
Perris, CA 92370
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Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research Center:
Coordinates: deg. min. sec. North
deg. min. sec. West
closest addresses:
(To the north, about 50 miles)
Mojave National Preserve Information
Center, 72157 Baker Blvd., Baker, CA 92309.
(To the south, about 30 miles)
Ludlow Chevron, 25635 Crucero Rd., Ludlow, CA 92338.
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Kenneth S. Norris Rancho Marino Reserve :
Coordinates: 35 deg. 32 min. 30 sec. North
121 deg.05 min. 30 sec. West
Address:
393 Ardath Drive
Cambria, CA 93428
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Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory:
Coordinates: 37 deg. 36 min. 51 sec. North
118 deg. 49 min. 47 sec. West
Address:
Route 1, Box 198, Mt. Morrison Rd.
Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546
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Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve:
Coordinates: 36 deg. 3 min. 40 sec. North
121 deg. 34 min. 28 sec. West
Address:
Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve,
Coast Route, Big Sur, CA 93920
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