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If you have not done so already, please sign in on any of the computers; go to www.hastingsreserve.org, then appropriate link under User Inquiries. Copies of the emergency response plan and liability release form are in the pocket of the sign-in book outside the main office door. Please read the plan and note the appropriate emergency phone numbers, fire hydrant locations, and procedures. In general call 911 for emergency assistance. Use the lock-open key and meet any emergency responders at the electronic gate which you should lock open during the emergency.
Housing consists of Hastings and Fanny’s Cabin, Bunkhouse, Ranch, Red and Bell houses, and the five bedroom Robertson house. They have kitchens, bathrooms, twin-size beds, and are wired for phones. If you are a long-term resident, call SBC to make arrangements to have the phone in your housing unit turned on and billed to your personal account. Use a phone card or credit card to make phone calls. Salinas is a long-distance call, Monterey is local. You will be assigned lab and living quarters by the Resident Manager in consultation with the resident research staff. Any problems with the facilities should be reported immediately to the Reserve Steward, Jaime del Valle.
We require recycling and composting. Ask about current recycling policy (plastic, cardboard, paper, glass). Metal cans go in the trash- they are retrieved when the trash is processed at the disposal service. Save your aluminum for resale (MidValley Safeway) or place in community recycling bins ("dumpster" near entry gate). Corrugated cardboard should be broken down (flat). Organic matter, wet kitchen scraps, food scraps, should be collected in 5 gal. plastic buckets provided in each kitchen for compost piles. Plastic bag should be returned to the grocery store. Styrofoam- “peanuts” used in packaging must be taped shut in a box or heavy bag before going into the trash can. Always use the plastic bags provided to line the trash cans. Used batteries go in bucket in Davis Lab.
Before you have visitors, inform the Resident Reserve Director/ or Steward. Overnight housing for visitors will not displace researchers and will be available only if space is available. Your visitors will be charged the daily user fee and must sign the liability waiver form immediately upon arrival. Daily users must remove all personal effects between visits. We have septic tanks here, so do not flush any tampons, sanitary napkins, diapers, paper towels etc. A leaking toilet can flood (and back up) the system. The heater in the Robertson House living room gets hot and will ignite material left on top. If you don’t know how to use the wood stoves, ask. Ashes go in the metal buckets and these buckets must be hauled outside the building and placed on ground (soil) to cool. Leaving the bucket on a wood floor can cause a fire. Washing machines and coin-operated electric driers are available in the Robertson House and Bunkhouse. Pets are not allowed. Resident staff can purchase their own firewood from local vendors, firewood is provided to residents of Red House, Fanny’s Cabin and Hastings Cabin. Do not take bunk beds apart. We urge you to hang laundry on provided lines.
NO SMOKING IN ANY HASTINGS BUILDING IS PERMITTED. Smoking is dangerous all year as the natural vegetation here is quite flammable. Smoking is permitted only in your personal vehicle. No insurance for liability or loss is provided by the University. NO CAMPFIRES or any other open fire is allowed. Wildfires can be started by vehicle exhaust systems; stay on roads.
Vehicles are not provided for travel off the reserve. Before using any vehicle, ask. After driving safety training, researchers supported by the Resident Zoologist may use certain vehicles on reserve roads ONLY. During the winter, the primitive road on the reserve fords a stream in two places. Radio reception varies, but most radios get one PBS affiliate on FM. Television reception is nil. Electrical appliances are limited by the low amperage wiring in the buildings. Fax is available, we require credit card use only. E-mail and web access is available for visitors. Our satellite internet connection is limited by a fair use policy; downloading music, movies, or other large files at any time can trigger limited use for everyone for 24 hours. The area around headquarters is wireless; DHCP. Ask Mark Stromberg for a key to refuel the vehicles. Firearms are not permitted; hunting and collecting are by permit only. If you are using a Hastings vehicle, a driver's safety test is required.
Health hazards include poison oak, rattlesnakes (no one bitten in 50 years, but they are there), stinging ants, mountain lions, ticks (Lyme Disease), and the Hanta virus. Hanta virus, with a 50% mortality rate, is contracted by inhaling a dust of mouse dropping and dried urine. Mice are a constant problem in houses. Keep doors closed, food and water limited and the areas around houses clean. In other words, remove mouse habitat (recycling!) from the area around your house. Traps, gloves, disinfectant and instructions on trapping mice in the houses are provided. Please advise if cleaning supplies are low or missing. Poison oak is virtually everywhere and can be an extreme allergen. A work shop is available to residents. Some basic tools are available as well as a clean, well lighted place to work. Jaime del Valle can provide the required safety training and test for use of potentially dangerous power tools and the 4-wheeled motorcycles. Storage space is limited; do not expect long-term storage space. Toxic wastes must not be put down sinks. If you are generating any toxic waste, you are responsible for storage, transport and removal from the reserve. A modest library is available .
Some neighbors allow research on adjacent private lands. Please contact the Resident Manager for assistance and coordination of requests to neighbors. Please direct visitors to the of office if they look lost. Revised: 5/2007