The Russell Ranch Facility is a unique 300-acre facility near the UC Davis campus dedicated to supporting UC Davis’ research, extension, and teaching missions.
Russell Ranch is immediately adjacent to the Putah Creek Riparian Reserve. The Reserve is a riparian and grassland ecosystem, managed for teaching, research, and wildlife and habitat protection. Mitigation areas near Russell Ranch are set aside for valley elderberry longhorn beetle (VELB) and Swainson's Hawk.