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The University of Kansas Field Station is dedicated to field-based environmental research and education. The Field Station is located within the transition zone (ecotone) between the eastern deciduous forest and tallgrass prairie biomes. Faculty, students, and others use the 1,375 ha (3,400 acres) of diverse native and managed habitats, experimental systems, support facilities, and longterm databases to undertake an outstanding array of scholarly activities. The Field Station is available to any qualified person or group whose research, teaching, or conservation interests are compatible with our mission. Please contact us!
Station Highlights
New Collaborations with School of Architecture, Design and Planning
A new trailhead structure at the KU Field Station received a Design Excellence award from the American Institute of Architects, Kansas City chapter. The shelter, designed and built during Spring 2009 by KU architecture students under the direction of Associate Professor Nils Gore, is located at the head of the new Rockefeller Prairie Trail leading to the Kaw Valley Overlook, a second impressive project completed in 2008 by another group of architecture students. The trail, shelter and overlook are open to the public and will soon include displays with interpretive information as well as places to sit and enjoy nature. In Spring 2010 KU media design students under the direction of Dr. Greg Thomas will be working with Field Station staff to develop content for the displays.
Visit Dr. Gore’s website for more about these projects: http://kubuildingtech.org/ngore/
Click on map for more information about nature trails at the Field Station.
News and Events
KU Field Station
Newsletter
The current
issue of the Field Station newsletter, News and Notes, can be viewed
here.
To view archived copies, click
here.
New Weather Station
A new automated weather station has been installed at the Field Station
as part of both national and state climatological networks. The data serve
broad needs, in addition to supporting the many researchers at the Field Station.
Read more about this initiative in the Kansas Water Office newsletter, HydroGram.
Nature Trails
There are a number of self-guided nature trails available at the
Field Station. Please see the
attached map for more information.
Small Grants
Program
Since 2003, the University of Kansas Field Station has made available a number
of small grants ($300-$500) each year to help support undergraduate and graduate
student research at the field station during the summer. We encourage
a diversity of research projects--not only ecological studies but projects
in history, engineering, geology, geography, and other areas may be funded. Details
of the 2012 Program will be posted here when available.
Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology Department
Weekly seminars are held on Tuesdays with
special seminars at other times.
