In 1989, the new Robertson House and the associated Hastings cabin added housing for twelve investigators and a building that can accommodate overnight classes of up to twenty-five when adjacent camping areas are used. By 1994, renovations of the bunk house and older ranch buildings created housing for an additional fourteen investigators. A new, large barn offers secure storage space. Hastings maintains a modest library and extensive records for researchers. The reserve's collections include essen-tially all vascular plants, lichens, many insects, and representative birds and mammals occurring on site.
Databases are available on plant collections and various vertebrate populations.
Since 1990, an automatic weather station has been recording daily and hourly observations on many more meteorological variables. Reams of field notes, organized by species, offer detailed observations made from 1937 to the present. Hastings has modern phone, fax, and e-mail communications. This GIS is based on aerial photographs processed to produce a 20-foot contour map and matched aerial photograph able to show objects two feet across. Six independent housing units at Hastings can accommodate individuals, families, groups, and classes.