Mendocino College Point Arena Field Station

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The Point Arena Field Station is located on the Mendocino County coast between the city of Point Arena and the Point Arena lighthouse. The facility includes a classroom/laboratory complex, four houses and 15 acres of coastal terrace and tidal study areas.

The field station is utilized by a number of Mendocino College's natural science programs. Mendocino College students enrolled in selected science courses have the opportunity to stay at the field station in order to conduct a variety of scientific research and educational projects. Student projects and research activities in marine biology, oceanography, environmental chemistry, marine ecology and coastal geology are conducted each year.

LORSTA Point Arena, part of the West Coast chain, was established here by the US Army Air Corps in June 1945. It was then operated by the Coast Guard from January 1950 to January 1980. The Point Arena Field Station is housed within the old LORAN buildings.

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