Hopland Research and Extension Center

Welcome to Hopland REC, a multi-disciplinary research and education facility in California’s north coast region. We are stewards of more than 5,300 acres of oak woodland, grassland, chaparral, and riparian environments. Studies conducted here since 1951 have led to over 2,000 scientific publications focusing on natural resources and agriculture.

The Hopland Research and Extension Center (HREC) is the University of California's principal field research facility for agriculture and natural resources in the North Coast region. A diversity of soils, plant and animal communities, and elevations makes HREC representative of many parts of the Coast Range in northwestern California.

Join our public programs for youth and adults including: school field trips, summer camps, Mendocino California Naturalist classes, sheep shearing and care workshops, public hikes, and more! Keep an eye on our calendar of events below to find out what is coming up and sign up to our e-mail newsletter to keep up to date. 

Our Mission and Values

Our mission is to maintain and enhance ecosystem integrity through applied research, adaptive management, and educational activities, while also supporting working landscapes.

Land Acknowledgement

We at the Hopland Research and Extension Center, first and foremost acknowledge with honor the Shóqowa and Hopland People on whose traditional, ancestral, and unceded lands we work, educate and learn, and whose historical and spiritual relationship with these lands continues to this day and beyond.

For more information on the Indigenous and colonial history of this land please see this Land History Story Map.

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