High Sierra Institute (HSI)

The High Sierra Institute (HSI) is based at the historic Baker Station in the heart of the Sierra Nevada. At 6,200 feet, HSI sits at the foot of Sonora Pass in the Stanislaus National Forest. The wide range of college courses at HSI employ experimental learning, where participants apply academic concepts to real-life field experiences.

Instruction runs from early June through September each year and includes lodging facilities for enrolled students. Our students come from different places around the State and range from 16 to 75 years old. They are often shocked by the beauty that surrounds them as they learn.

 The High Sierra Institute at Baker Station 

 Study Forestry & Natural Resources at the High Sierra Institute 

 What to Expect at Columbia's High Sierra Institute 

High Sierra Institute - Summer 2022 Schedule 

Course	Section	Course Title	Start Date	End_Dates	Instructor
FNR 11	2638	Natural Resources Field Camp	5/16/22	5/22/22	Hofstra, Thomas
FNR 187	2541	Edible and Medicinal Plants	5/27/22	6/16/22	Campana, Laureen | Hofstra, Thomas
FNR 184	2643	Field Ornithology	6/4/22	6/5/22	Rich, Adam
HHP 59A	2690	Beginning Tai Chi	6/6/22	6/10/22	Campana, Laureen
HHP 59B	2691	Advanced Tai Chi	6/6/22	6/10/22	Campana, Laureen
FNR 86	2544	California Naturalist Cert	6/11/22	8/19/22	Murphy, Lisa
FNR 182	2644	Techniques Surveying Sierra Nevada Wildlife	6/17/22	6/19/22	Rich, Adam
FNR 173	2656	Drawing Nature	6/20/22	7/7/22	Hofstra, Thomas | Tom, Claire
FNR 175	2593	Photo Storytelling/Sierra Nev	6/27/22	7/3/22	Schermeister, Philip
FNR 172	2658	Nature Photography	7/7/22	7/10/22	Schermeister, Philip
BIO 179	2495	Fishing and Fishery Biology	7/11/22	7/15/22	Hofstra, Thomas
FNR 83	2543	Ecological Restoration	7/16/22	7/17/22	Rich, Adam
FNR 64	2616	Water Infrastructure in California	7/18/22	7/24/22	Sinclair, Crystal
FNR 174	2657	Nature Journaling	7/25/22	7/31/22	Hofstra, Thomas | Tom, Claire
FNR 62	2719	Applied Forestry Inventory and Man	8/1/22	8/7/22	McNicol, Lara
FNR 1	2533	Natural Resource Conservation	8/8/22	8/14/22	Sinclair, Crystal
FNR 71	2535	Water Use Efficiency	8/15/22	8/16/22	Hofstra, Thomas

For more information or to enroll please see: https://myapps.yosemite.edu/ccClassSearch/