Brad Shaffer comments on California’s new Randall Wildlife Preserve | Sustainable LA Grand Challenge

Caroline Cheng
January 20, 2022
SLAGC News and Events

Publication: CalMatters

UCLA Expert: Brad Shaffer: Director, UCLA La Kretz Center for California Conservation; Distinguished Professor, UCLA Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Affiliate, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

Synopsis: A new $65 million preserve is being created in California. Located between Los Angeles and the San Joaquin Valley, the Randall Preserve is intended to be both a haven for wildlife and a living laboratory for scientists.

UCLA News: Biologist Brad Shaffer shares his excitement over the region and project with CalMatters. “It’s a crazy admixture of stuff that makes it very diverse and unique. From a biological point of view, that whole region has been known for a long time to harbor all of this very specialized diversity of salamanders and snakes.”