Bolinas Field Station

Description:

The Bollinas Field Station is a center of education, science and inspiration. It inspires biophilia, learning and environmental stewardship through equitable and accessible education and scientific research.

The Field Station is sited on the edge of two significant and major ecological areas, across the street from the Bolinas Lagoon and 1 mile from Duxbury Reef. Bolinas Lagoon is on the Ramsar Convention's List of Wetlands of International Importance; one of only seven North America marine estuaries designated as such.
UN Geographic Region: North America
Address: 72 Wharf Road
Country: United States
City: Bolinas
State / Province: CA
ZIP Code: 94924
Latitude: 37
Longitude: 122
FSML E-mail Address: jmueller@marin.edu
FSML Year Founded: 2025
Contact Name: Joe Mueller
Contact Email: jmueller@marin.edu
Contact Position: Bolinas Field Station Coordinator
Contact Address: 835 college ave
Contact Phone Number: 4154859537
Station Director Name: Joe Mueller
Station Director Email: jmueller@marin.edu
Billing Contact Name: Joe Mueller
Billing Contact Email: jmueller@marin.edu
Size of Field Station: 1-100
Federal, state, or local governmental partners?: No
Community College users: Yes
Year Round Staff: 1-2
Seasonal Staff: 0
Overnight housing facilities: 0
Conference space: 0
Electricity: On Grid
Distance to emergency services?: 0-20 minutes
Classes: Undergraduate
Biome Type: Marine
Marine Biomes: Intertidal - salt marsh, pelagic, benthic, abyssal
Minimum Elevation: 0-100 meters
Maximum Elevation: 0-100 meters
Köppen climate classification: C (temperate)
Urban/Rural: Rural
Research and/or graduate student training: 20
Formal education: 70
Outreach: 10

Year Founded: 2025

Year Joined OBFS

Size of Field Station (hectares): 1-100

FSML Web Address

Additional Info

Private nonprofit organization?: No

Universities affiliated / Parent Organization: No

Federal, state, or local governmental partners?: No

Member of the Virtual Field: No

Visting Our Site

Open to the Public: No

Overnight housing facilities/# of beds: 0

Conference space: 0

Food service or catering available?: No

ADA accessibility: Yes

Electricity: On Grid

Internet Access: Yes

Library: No

Classes Offered: Undergraduate

Hiking trails

Access to public transportation: Yes

Distance to emergency services: 0-20 minutes

Artists in Residence Program: No

Internship employment: No

Environmental Information

Research Facilities

Additional Information

Private nonprofit organization?

Names of Universities affilated: 0

Federal, state, or local governmental partners?: No

Name of partner

Tribal partners/users: No

MSI/HBCU users: No

Community College users

Member of the Virtual Field: No

Visiting a FS/ML

Open to the Public: No

Year round staff: 1-2

Seasonal staff: 0

Overnight housing facilities/# of beds: 0

Distance to emergency services: 0-20 minutes

Library: No

Hiking trails

Internship employment: No

Environmental Information

Biomes: Intertidal - salt marsh, pelagic, benthic, abyssal

Minimum Elevation: 0-100 meters

Maximum Elevation: 0-100 meters

Köppen climate classification: C (temperate)

Freshwater habitats: No

Urban or rural

Agricultural fields: No

Research

REU host station: No

Dry lab space: Yes

Wet Lab space

Research vessels available: No

GIS capacity on site

Long term data sets: Yes

On site herbarium or voucher species

Formal Data Management Plan

Mesocosms, plots, stream diversions, or other sets ups for outdoor manipulative experiments: No

Date Joined OBFS: January 13, 2026

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