The Albion Biological Field Station is a research and education facility near the
Pacific coast of
Mendocino County, California that is operated by
Pacific Union College, a private liberal arts college affiliated with the
Adventist Church
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is an Adventist Protestant Christian denomination which is distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week in the Christian (Gregorian) and the Hebrew calendar, as the Sabbath, and i ...
and located in the
Napa Valley.
Background
The Albion Field Station is located in
Albion, California
Albion is a census-designated place in Mendocino County, California, Mendocino County, California, United States. It is located south of Fort Bragg, California, Fort Bragg, at an elevation of . Albion had a population of 153 at the 2020 census.
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, on the south bank of the
Albion River
The Albion River is an river in Mendocino County, California. The river drains about on the Mendocino Coast and empties into the Pacific Ocean near the town of Albion, California, where California State Route 1 crosses it on the Albion River Br ...
, in a former
lumber camp.
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, Pacific Union College, retrieved 2010-08-23. It was established in 1947, and provides college courses in biology as well as shorter courses for elementary and high school students and seniors.
[.] It also provides boating facilities, which were significantly renovated beginning in 2007.
In 2007, the net cost to the college of operating the station was $100,000.
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References
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Natural history of Mendocino County, California
Biological stations
1947 establishments in California
Pacific Union College