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Facilities
 There are many educational facilities utilized by the College of Natural
Resources and Sciences, both on and off campus, that provide a unique
learning environment for our students. Below is a list of many of these
facilities.
- Advanced Spatial Analysis Facility
The
Advanced Spatial Analysis Facility (ASAF) supports a wide range of projects
and activities for research on spatial analysis and modeling of natural
resources and environment.
- Arcata City Forest
A public-access redwood forest with many trails located in the hills east of Arcata.
- Arcata
Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary
The marsh is an innovative waste-water
treatment system and home to a diverse ecosystem.
- Campus
Center For Appropriate Technology
Exploring low and no-impact residential
living since 1978.
- CNRS Information
Technology Support Unit
The CNRS Information Tecnology Consultants
support the college's computing infrastructure.
- Coral Sea Research Vessel
For
nearly 40 years, Humboldt State students have gone to sea to study
the ocean and its fisheries, wildlife, biology and geology.
- Fickle
Hill Observatory
Open to Physics students and the only local
observatory.
- Fish
Collection
Approximately 46,000 specimens of fish from around
the world, with an emphasis on Northern California.
- Fish
Hatchery
On-campus fish-rearing facilities available to undergraduate
and graduate students.
- Fish Pathology
Laboratory
One of the few on-campus fish pathology labs in
California.
- Greenhouse
The
largest botany collection greenhouse in the California State University
system and open to the public.
- L.W. Schatz
Demonstration Tree Farm
Educational tree farm facilitating
wildlife and forestry studies.
- Marine Wildlife Care Facility
Educational
facility also activated during oil spills to rescue and rehabilitate
injured wildlife.
- Natural History Museum
Museum
collections chronicle the Earth's natural history, with a focus
on local Northern California.
- Quantitative
Sciences Laboratory
A laboratory used across multiple disciplines
in the College of Natural Resources & Sciences which gives
students access to the latest software in statistics and mathematics.
- Scanning
Electron Microscope
Used by faculty and advanced students in the biological sciences,
geology, and natural resources to examine the surface structure
of organisms and other natural objects.
- Schatz Energy Research Center
Ongoing research center currently building fuel cells, zero-emission
vehicles, and solar hydrogen power systems.
- Scientific
Instrument Museum
The Museum's collection consists primarily of scientific
instruments used at Humboldt State University over the past
75 years.
- Spatial
Analysis Lab
The HSU Spatial Analysis Lab (SA-Lab)
is the home of geographic information systems (GIS) and
remote sensing teaching facilities within the College of
Natural Resources and Sciences.
- Telonicher Marine Lab
In
the coastal town of Trinidad, not far from the main campus,
students in fisheries, oceanography, geology, and biology
test experiments and work on research projects at the
University's marine laboratory.
- Transmission
Electron Microscope
An instrument that generates extremely highly magnified images
of small objects.
- Vascular Plant Herbarium
The Humboldt State University Vascular Plant Herbarium consists
of nearly 100,000 specimens, with a strong emphasis in the flora
of northwest California and southwest Oregon.
- Vertebrate
Museum
A collection of vertebrate skeletons, skins, and preserved whole
animals used for teaching and research.
- Wildlife
Museum
The Wildlife Museum houses over 12,000 specimens
used in education, research and museums.
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