Resources and Facilities

Arcata Community Forest

Directly adjacent to the HSU campus, within walking distance, is the Arcata Community Forest (ACF). A working forest, the ACF is a tree farm and prime recreational area for the citizens of Arcata, and it makes Arcata one of the few cities with its own forest. The nearly 600-acre forest also serves as a ready outdoor laboratory for classes. This asset is a tremendous advantage to forestry and watershed management labs as it is right uphill from the HSU Forestry Building.

Forestry Stockroom

The department maintains a stockroom equipped with state-of-the-art instruments for surveying, stream gauging, and forest measurements. Contact George Pease for additional information.

Freshwater Forest

The site of the 2000 Association of Western Forestry Colleges annual conclave, the Freshwater Forest is a 300-acre second-growth redwood forest approximately 15 minutes from the HSU campus. It is the Department's oldest outdoor facility. HSU has received long term use of this property through the generosity of the Pacific Lumber Company .

Industrial and Private Forestlands

Humboldt County is the center of California's forest industry. Producing more of California's annual timber harvest than any other county, Humboldt County is also the location of much of the land of such industry leaders as Simpson Timber Company , Sierra Pacific Industries , Pacific Lumber Company , and others.

The Forestry and Watershed Management Department has excellent working relationships with industrial and private timberland owners and is granted routine access to the hundreds of thousands of private timber lands for class use and examples. This makes the study of forestry and watershed management at HSU a field-oriented course of study and not just a classroom experience.

L.W. Schatz Demonstration Tree Farm

Donated in 1987 by Dr. L.W. Schatz, the 385-acre L.W. Schatz Demonstration Tree Farm is located 45 minutes east of Eureka, CA. It serves as a field experiment station for researchers, an outdoor classroom for educators, and a demonstration area for forestry extension professionals.

McLean Computer Laboratory

Computers are necessary tools for the foresters of tomorrow. The Forestry and Watershed Management Department is fortunate to have its own computing facility for the exclusive use of forestry and watershed students. The McLean Forestry Computing Laboratory was made possible through a grant from the late Mel McLean, co-founder of Eel River Sawmills.

 

Redwood National and State Parks

A management cooperative between the state and federal park systems, this network of parks protects old growth coast redwoods, some of the world's tallest trees. If you would like to learn more, check out Redwood National Park and the California State Parks .

USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Redwood Sciences Laboratory

This laboratory is part of the USDA Forest Service's network of regional research stations. Home to a wide range of scientists and support staff, the Redwood Sciences Laboratory performs watershed, wildlife and fisheries research with a focus on the coastal rainforest region from California to Alaska. Laboratory scientists give guest lectures and provide field trips of their demonstration forest in Caspar Creek.

USDA Forest Service Six Rivers National Forest

Situated on the North Coast of California, Humboldt State is surrounded by four different national forests. Six Rivers National Forest , with the supervisor's office located in Eureka, CA, is the closest. Laboratory periods make frequent field trips to study forest management for multiple uses: outdoor recreation, rangeland, timber, watershed, and wildlife and fisheries needs.

 

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