Siempre Viva San Quintín Field Station

Description:
Siempre Viva San Quintín (SVSQ) field station is a start-up field station on the Pacific coast of Baja California, Mexico. The station will be sited on 80 Ha. of pristine coastal scrub, and we have access to over 5,000 Ha. of additional habitat managed by Terra Peninsular, AC.

We had our first classes visit in 2025. The year 2026 will be a year of consolidation and growth, so that we can have researchers and classes from around the globe visit and stay on our site.
Logo:
UN Geographic Region: Latin America
Address: 6114 La Salle Ave
Address Line 2: 362
Country: United States
City: Oakland
State / Province: CA
ZIP Code: 94611
Latitude: 30
Longitude: 115
FSML E-mail Address: admin@svsq.org
FSML Web Address: https://www.svsq.org
FSML Year Founded: 2024
Year joined OBFS: 2024
Contact Name: Alan Harper
Contact Email: admin@svsq.org
Contact Position: Board President
Contact Address: 6114 La Salle Ave, #362, Oakland, CA 94611
Contact Phone Number: +1 510 394 5170
Education Director Name: Natalia Rodríguez Revelo
Education Director Email: natalia@svsq.org
Station Director Name: Hector Manuel Sánchez Márquez
Station Director Email: hector@svsq.org
Billing Contact Name: Alan Harper
Billing Contact Email: admin@svsq.org
Size of Field Station: 1-100
Federal, state, or local governmental partners?: No
Year Round Staff: 1-2
Seasonal Staff: 0
Overnight housing facilities: 0
Conference space: 0
Electricity: No Electricity
Distance to emergency services?: 41-60 minutes
Classes: No
Biome Type: Terrestrial
Terrestrial Biomes: Desert
Minimum Elevation: 0-100 meters
Maximum Elevation: 101-300 meters
Köppen climate classification: B (arid)
Urban/Rural: Rural
Research and/or graduate student training: 33
Formal education: 33
Outreach: 33

Year Founded: 2024

Year Joined OBFS: 2024

Size of Field Station (hectares): 1-100

FSML Web Address: https://www.svsq.org

Additional Info

Private nonprofit organization?: Yes

Universities affiliated / Parent Organization: No

Federal, state, or local governmental partners?: No

Member of the Virtual Field: Yes

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: No

Electricity: No Electricity

Internet Access: No

Library: No

Classes Offered: No

Hiking trails

Access to public transportation: No

Distance to emergency services: 41-60 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: Terra Peninsular, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California

Tribal partners/users: No

MSI/HBCU users: No

Community College users

Member of the Virtual Field: Yes

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: 41-60 minutes

Library: No

Hiking trails

Internship employment: No

Environmental Information

Biomes: Desert

Minimum Elevation: 0-100 meters

Maximum Elevation: 101-300 meters

Köppen climate classification: B (arid)

Freshwater habitats: No

Urban or rural

Agricultural fields: No

Research

REU host station: No

Dry lab space: No

Wet Lab space

Research vessels available: No

GIS capacity on site

Long term data sets: No

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: February 24, 2026

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