The North Coast is your Classroom

With so much to discover about the world and the people who inhabit it, why limit learning to four walls? Humboldt’s living laboratories are mountains and marshes, forests and fields, beaches and bays, and more. These are the places where educations are made.

Stargazing at the Fickle
Hill Observatory

Banding a Canada goose

Banding a Canada goose at the Arcata Bottoms

Searching for lichens and bryophytes

Searching for lichens and bryophytes at Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

Geomorphology at Big Lagoon

Getting a ground-level view of geomorphology at Big Lagoon

Shooting video at Moonstone Beach

Shooting video at Moonstone Beach

Paddling for water samples at the Arcata Marsh

Paddling for water samples at the Arcata Marsh

Study tree growth and forest management

Climbing campus redwoods to study tree growth and forest management

Seining for fish in Trinidad Bay

Seining for fish in Trinidad Bay

Analyzing vegetation on the South Spit of Humboldt Bay

Analyzing vegetation on the South Spit of Humboldt Bay

Researching the open ocean aboard the Coral Sea

Researching the open ocean aboard the Coral Sea

Netting invertebrates at Dry Lagoon

Netting invertebrates at Dry Lagoon