Cedar Lab
Wet and dry labsMicroscopes, water testing and a sample freezer.
Evergreen Field Station
Evergreen Field Station
A classroom with 600 acres
Adventure belongs here.
Forty minutes up Ridgeline Highway, the Evergreen Field Station is where Bears spend their Field Semester, run long-term research plots and learn to read a landscape firsthand.
The station at a glance
Open year-round since 2025
- 600Acres of forest
Old-growth stands, meadows and two creeks.
- 40Minutes from campus
Free university shuttle on class days.
- 64Bunks
In four heated cabins and a lodge.
- 1,200Students each year
From day trips to full semesters.
The Field Semester
Twelve weeks that change how you see the world
Every Tumbleberry student spends one semester learning off the usual schedule. For many science, engineering and health majors, that means living at the station for 12 weeks and taking a full 15-credit load built around the landscape.
Arts, humanities and business students can choose a station-based Field Semester too, with courses such as nature writing, landscape photography and sustainable tourism. Room, meals and shuttle transport are included in standard tuition and housing charges.
Facilities
What's at the station
Weather station
Live data since 2025Feeds class projects and statewide climate records.
Lodge and cabins
64 bunksShared kitchen, showers and a wood stove.
Trail network
11 milesPart of the 41 miles of university trail.
From the station
We set camera traps in week two and had our first cougar photo by week five. My capstone grew straight out of that data.
I went up expecting to write about trees. I came back with a chapbook about the people who keep the station running.
Planning your time at the station
Field Station Manager Hannah Reyes can help with reservations and questions. Email hreyes@tumbleberry.site or call (541) 555-0240.
