Welcome to the Redwood Sciences Laboratory, operated by the USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station. Dedicated in 1976, the two-story Laboratory houses research hydrologists, geologists, wildlife and fisheries biologists, plant ecologists, and biometricians, research technicians, and support personnel who are conducting watershed, wildlife, and fisheries research applicable to the Pacific Northwest from Alaska to California. The Laboratory is located on the Preston Forest Research Site, a wooded, 3-acre site on the Humboldt State University campus in Arcata, California. It contains about 15,000 square feet of office and laboratory space, including a library, conference room, and data processing area.
RESEARCH TOPIC EMPHASIS AREAS
The two research units located at the Redwood Sciences Laboratory
conduct research in the broad areas of Water
and Watersheds and Wildlife
and Fish.
RESEARCH UNITS
Cumulative
Effects of Forest Management on Hillslope Processes, Fishery Resources,
and Downstream Environments (RWU 4351) -- Research Objectives:
To gain a better understanding of the physical and biological processes
that integrate terrestrial, riparian, and aquatic ecosystems at
the watershed scale.
Maintaining Faunal Diversity in Forested Ecosystems of the Coastal and Intermountain West (RWU
4251) -- Research Objectives: To develop information on the ecological
community and habitat requirements of wildlife species and to produce forest
management prescriptions to assure the maintenance of viable populations
of wildlife.
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The Redwood Sciences Laboratory
in Arcata, CA, is a field research facility of the
Pacific Southwest Research Station,
headquartered in Albany, California. The laboratory
and research station are part of the Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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