Campus Numbers
This is the number of acres Cal Poly Humboldt’s campus covers.
What is 144 acres?
What are the two natural resources major that are unique to CAl Poly Humboldt as a CSU?
What is Zoology + Rangeland Resource Science?
The barred/northern spotted owl hybrid at the Game Pens is named this.
What is Ozzie?
The turf at Redwood Bowl was made from approximately this many recycled tires.
What is 30,000?
This fun-loving group is one of the last student-run scatter bands in the country.
Who are the Marching Lumberjacks?
A time capsule was buried under the Student & Business Services building in 1989 to be opened in
What is 2065?
Thanks to two Humboldt students who discovered a galaxy while studying abroad, the campus was able to purchase this telescope now used by current student
What is the Fickle Hill Observatory?
Humboldt’s Fisheries building proudly displays this record-breaking fish.
What is Dottie the largemouth bass?
In WWII, Founders Hall was painted this color for camouflage.
What is green?
William Preston’s land donation required the construction of this facility.
What is an outdoor swimming pool?
Home to over 15,000 specimens — from skins and skeletons to frozen tissues — this museum’s collections include mammals, birds, reptiles, and more
What is the Vertebrate Museum?
This creation behind KA began as a tiny stream turned fishy nursery, but now it’s a trusty little reservoir supplying water to the hatchery.
What is Fern Lake?
The Marching Lumberjacks’ mascot is this
What is Lucky Logger?
This type of tree on campus grew from seeds that traveled to the moon and back in 1971.
What is a Coast Redwood?
These creepy crawlers are used to clean off leftover tissue from specimens by eating the flesh.
What are flesh-eating beetles?
How many animals are on display in the Wildlife + Fisheries Building 100 mammals and 900 birds
100 mammals and 900 birds
True or False: We are the only CSU to maintain a Game Pen, Fish Hatchery, & Forest right on campus.
True
This extinct bird can still be found at the Wildlife Museum — in taxidermy form.
What is the Passenger Pigeon + Carolina Parakeet?
The CCAT center grows and gives away vegetables for this price.
What is free?
This building now known for its cultural centers for academic excellance used to serve as a dormitory.
What is Nelson Hall?
Moon Tree seedlings were gifted to schools and parks during this U.S. milestone year.
What is the Bicentennial (1976)?
Humboldt’s Moon Tree seeds went to the moon on this Apollo mission.
What is Apollo 14?
The Game Pens are also home to these charismatic mammals.
What is deer?
The Forestry building was rebuilt after this disaster in 1980.
What is arson?
True or False: The pool in the KA building is olympic size.
False